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Perhaps the one thing more fascinating to smartphone fans are the future smartphones; that is the reason why we started the Future of Smartphones series. Here, we not only chat about the future of smartphones, but we dissect the tangible, real future of smartphones in consideration of the technologies being developed around the world, consumer habits, the always-shifting markets and the companies and individuals which make it all happen. Here, you won't find nonsensical wish lists and fantastical scenarios. No, this stuff will most-likely occury. Today's subject is heads up displays and how HUDs will hook up with our smartphones and other mobile PCs to help and entertain us in the real world.
What's a HUD? It's often an invisible display located in front of you to feed you real-time info regarding the physical world around you. The technology now exists in the shape of augmented reality programs on smartphones, which overlay information on your device's display as you view the world through your device's camera. It's also available in some top-end automobiles that just hit stores. Basically, these cars can display some basic info, eg current speed or navigation instructions, on the window itself. This should theoretically prevent you from removing your eyes from the road.
GM asserts it has been working on HUDs for over 20 years now; today, the company's latest project turns the entire windscreen into a HUD. Currently, the HUD in vehicles like the Corvette can only display basic information. GM's newest HUD project adds assorted sensors to the HUD, so it can detect signs, other automobiles, road boundaries, lane lines, for example to help keep you safe.
Now, imagine that your fave smartphone connected to a system like that. A navigation app on your smartphone can upload directions and turn-by-turn graphics on the window. At the base of the window above the automobile stereo, the now playing Pandora song and station are listed algonside a full-color graphic of the album artwork. Your telephone rings through your vehicle speakers, and at the top of the windshield your wife's name and number show up. You speak the words, "answer call." Your spouse tells you that you will need to stop by the corner store before getting home. And the best part is you never have to remove your eyes from the road.
The newest rumours surrounding Google include details about a sun-glasses-like HUD which will wirelessly connect to your smartphone. The concept is you'd wear glasses that look rather standard, but they continually feed you information regarding the world around you, or not. It's your choice how much info you can see. Effectively, this turns you into a living, breathing computer that is constantly connected to the web (and the totality of the humanity's knowledge).
Now, imagine walking down the road, and you see a car that you'd love to buy soon. You reach out and visibly (not really) tap, or "click", on the vehicle from your POV. All of a sudden, a price tag, some basic facts, and some links grow out from the vehicle. An inventory of Google search results populate the left side of your vision. And it all happens with the "click" of your finger, and your smartphone powered the entire experience from your pocket. Then you walk into your favourite cafe where you pull out a bluetooth keyboard attached to your smartphone. You open Microsoft Office on your HUD, and you begin to write that essay that you should've started last week. No laptop required, and you did not even have to pull out your handset.
Currently, we can wirelessly connect our smartphones to our vehicle stereos, home-theater systems, monitors, radios, PCs and more. Clearly, HUDs are the very next step as we attempt to reduce our reliance on touch-input through voice controls, HUDs, gestures and other mechanisms. Naturally, the scenarios I described are basic and utilitarian, and we haven't even scratched the outer surface of what this will mean for the video game industry.
What's a HUD? It's often an invisible display located in front of you to feed you real-time info regarding the physical world around you. The technology now exists in the shape of augmented reality programs on smartphones, which overlay information on your device's display as you view the world through your device's camera. It's also available in some top-end automobiles that just hit stores. Basically, these cars can display some basic info, eg current speed or navigation instructions, on the window itself. This should theoretically prevent you from removing your eyes from the road.
GM asserts it has been working on HUDs for over 20 years now; today, the company's latest project turns the entire windscreen into a HUD. Currently, the HUD in vehicles like the Corvette can only display basic information. GM's newest HUD project adds assorted sensors to the HUD, so it can detect signs, other automobiles, road boundaries, lane lines, for example to help keep you safe.
Now, imagine that your fave smartphone connected to a system like that. A navigation app on your smartphone can upload directions and turn-by-turn graphics on the window. At the base of the window above the automobile stereo, the now playing Pandora song and station are listed algonside a full-color graphic of the album artwork. Your telephone rings through your vehicle speakers, and at the top of the windshield your wife's name and number show up. You speak the words, "answer call." Your spouse tells you that you will need to stop by the corner store before getting home. And the best part is you never have to remove your eyes from the road.
The newest rumours surrounding Google include details about a sun-glasses-like HUD which will wirelessly connect to your smartphone. The concept is you'd wear glasses that look rather standard, but they continually feed you information regarding the world around you, or not. It's your choice how much info you can see. Effectively, this turns you into a living, breathing computer that is constantly connected to the web (and the totality of the humanity's knowledge).
Now, imagine walking down the road, and you see a car that you'd love to buy soon. You reach out and visibly (not really) tap, or "click", on the vehicle from your POV. All of a sudden, a price tag, some basic facts, and some links grow out from the vehicle. An inventory of Google search results populate the left side of your vision. And it all happens with the "click" of your finger, and your smartphone powered the entire experience from your pocket. Then you walk into your favourite cafe where you pull out a bluetooth keyboard attached to your smartphone. You open Microsoft Office on your HUD, and you begin to write that essay that you should've started last week. No laptop required, and you did not even have to pull out your handset.
Currently, we can wirelessly connect our smartphones to our vehicle stereos, home-theater systems, monitors, radios, PCs and more. Clearly, HUDs are the very next step as we attempt to reduce our reliance on touch-input through voice controls, HUDs, gestures and other mechanisms. Naturally, the scenarios I described are basic and utilitarian, and we haven't even scratched the outer surface of what this will mean for the video game industry.
About the Author:
Fausto Mendez is the editor of ReleaseDates.co, a free internet site and subscription service that updates its readers only about the gadgets and brands they wish to know about.
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