“It absolutely could be adapted to consumer vehicles. You put on a visor, or maybe someday in the future a pair of glasses, and you can have your speedometer, your navigation, your stereo controls … right in your field of view.”
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The company also says there are applications in shipping (where sonar could be fed in to show underwater hazards) or aviation. In a future where airspace becomes more congested with drones and autonomous electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, or EVTOLs, the 360 Display could allow human pilots to safely navigate the skies and know the exact distance and location of other aircraft.
The 360 Display was originally developed in an early prototype version for DARPA’s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies program in 2018. That iteration used physical screens and head-tracking technology and was installed in a jury-rigged all-terrain vehicle with a covered-over canopy. According to DARPA, drivers using the prototype in the blacked-out ATV were able to drive through a test course in “roughly the same time” as those driving a normal ATV.