The transparent cockpit

Susumu Tachi; Masahiko Inami; Yuji Uema

doi:10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6934935

The transparent cockpit

Susumu Tachi, Masahiko Inami, Yuji Uema

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Abstract

You're traveling down the highway with the road flashing by beneath your feet and the scenery looming everywhere-fore and aft, left and right, above and below. Gone are the usual blind spots created by your vehicle's doors, window frames, roof, and floor. You're as free as a bird and just as aware of your surroundings. We call this form of augmented reality a transparent cockpit because it would make the driver of a car feel like he's piloting an airplane-another place where this technology might be used. We have implemented it in test cars using cameras, imaging software, projector displays, and reflective surfaces. Thus equipped, human beings could drive very safely while still enjoying the open road-more open, indeed, than ever before.

Original language	English
Article number	6934935
Pages (from-to)	52-56
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Spectrum
Volume	51
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSPEC.2014.6934935
Publication status	Published - 2014 Nov 1
Externally published	Yes

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