Sunday, November 3, 2013

The Advanced Garmin HUD Technology Advancement!

By Howard Bean


Garmin simply sliced the expense of head-up screens from more than $1,000 to simply $130 with the intro of a stick-on-the-dash HUD that projects navigation information on your windscreen. The Garmin HUD a cool development can quickly pairs with your smartphone running Garmin StreetPilot or Navigon GPS software application via Bluetooth. Much like high-end HUDs, the information bounces off a transflective patch on the windscreen.

Displayed details includes turn arrows, distance to the next turn, your speed, the rate restriction, excessive rate, approximated time of arrival, and lane guidance such as which lane for exits vs. through quality traffic. If you subscribe to superior services, you can also get website traffic info and photo radar alerts.

A head-up screen utilizes a small projector, generally set into the top of the dash but today on top of the dash. It projects information onto a silvered layer at the base of the windscreen. It's almost completely transparent and a lot of travelers do not even understand it exists. Just the motorist can see the screen. Audi, BMW, GM, Nissan/Infiniti, and Toyota/Lexus provide HUDs on some models. BMW has HUDs across most of the line, at $1,200, considered quite expensive. Built-in HUDs likewise provide audio info, flexible cruise control settings, a tachometer, and forward crash warning. Many are multi-color but not full-color, and a lot of do not yet have the resolution to present a relocating map, even if the automaker chose that it would not be too distracting.

In its launch, Garmin states that by providing extensive roadway guidance at a look and right within the motorist's view, HUD can assist increase security and minimize driver interruption. You can find out more information by visiting. That is spot on. Motorists who've never experienced a HUD, or who encounter it for the first time, could think it's sidetracking to have all that details up there in your line of vision. Reality is, it's only one of the most fundamental information you truly should have, and from setup you can trim downward from what the automaker offers.

As for time starts, Garmin HUD is simply for navigation. But envision a hacked Garmin HUD, or another person's head-up display module, that isn't really locked just to Garmin or Navigon navigation. Suppose, for instance, you might project your texts on the HUD. Or redirect the speech-to-text translation of your reply. Great for you, possibly hazardous for another person. Some automakers show texts and the first sentences of emails on the facility stack display. With technology like this available at some point, it's a suggestion that if safety enthusiasts attempt to lock down every little thing done by automakers, third parties will create workarounds.

To wrap up, how amazing is technology. With Garmin HUD, Users can select in between displaying HUD navigation details on their windscreen, with the consisted of, transparent movie, or on to the included reflector lens that attaches directly to HUD. The device pairs wirelessly with a compatible Bluetooth-enabled iPhone, Android phone or Windows Phone 8.




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