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Cars with Full AR Windshields

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World's 1st Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Windshield Source:  Futurus Future of Driving:  Augmented Reality, Electric, Autonomous, Smart Vehicles The future of driving is zooming towards us and it is electric, autonomous and loaded with augmented reality.  The Chinese technology company Futurus, based in Beijing, has new technology to convert the entire car front windshield of your car into a virtual reality screen.  The transparent display is designed as a smart &/or autonomous human-machine interface platform. The Chinese scientists and engineers who invented it say it makes driving safer. Cutting Edge Technology This technology is a light screen projection system that provides a 60 degree field of view.  The functionality seems impressive.  It can alert drivers to hazards, display navigation guidance, play music, provide internet messages and social media.  The windshield can even display entertainment for passengers.  The entertainment isn

Tesla's Electric Muscle Cybertruck

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Inspired by James Bond 007 Source:  Tesla Futuristic Design but Shattered Windshield Needs Work It was an embarrassing moment for Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week.  His pet project, Cybertruck, the all electric muscle truck with what was billed as bulletproof windows, wasn't bulletproof.  During its debut launch in Los Angeles, the shatterproof windows shattered when hit by a metallic ball.  Musk watched in horror as his armored glass windows were smashed into broken glass, not once but twice by a metallic ball.  Obviously, the windows need more work.  But, the cybertruck is a striking piece of engineering and a world first as a green, electric pickup truck, which Musk thinks is essential to start cleaning up toxic exhaust from trucks Like a Space X Rocket The truck is made of the same stainless steel used by Musk's SpaceX for space rockets.  The steel is designed to make the cybertruck an armored truck that is so bulletproof that a 9mm Lugar round can't penetra