Agree. Some aspects of a visualizer are useful but it doesn't need to be as fancy nor as big. Just show things like basic blind spot indicators, TACC following distance and distance to vehicle ahead etc.
The visualization is one of my favorite features and I would never want to remove it from my Model Y. I think it shows so much of what makes a Tesla so special, that is, the car's awareness of its environment. I agree it doesn't help the driver to control stuff though. An option might be nice.
Agreed. They could easily move other information up to the top of the left side of the screen, though. Navigation directions for example - they put them at the bottom where they are either blocked by your hand/arm or covers up by other notifications.
It's not meant to be a picture of reality (like a 3D view feature), it's a view into how the car's AI perceives it's environment. (at least I assume it is). I think the vehicles appearing and disappearing and the wiggling of the roads is because this is precisely how the car "sees" them. They are all probabilistic I assume, and when predicted positions don't match new data they are adjusted dynamically. That's why a truck morphs into a buss. Sometime there is a ghost person crossing the street, No wait! he's not really there. I think that just shows the system struggling to identify objects in its environment, which is part of why I find it so interesting. Why else would they display wiggling blue road lines? They could just low pass filter the display. I like to see it working to figure things out.
What you say may well be correct and I have no problem with the visualization being kept for people who like to look at it, for whatever reason. What I am asking is for the optional ability, via customization, to turn off the visualization (with the potential sub-option of keeping it as a pop-up in parking situations) and to replace it with other customizable displays and controls in that very prominent part of the screen. Doing that would open up many possibilities for the Tesla interface.
no, next update will remove the speedometer to give easy access to the fart noise app!
Clearly you should just have to check your speed with a voice command.
“What’s my speed?”Clearly you should just have to check your speed with a voice command.
"Autopilot adjusted to 30 meters/second"
I thought if you tell it you're cold it will make it warmer
I use the visualization all the time while driving to see the other cars around me when changing lanes. Mirrors and turning my head are still primary but the visualizer is an exceptional safety addition that when you learn how to incorporate into your driving is very useful.
Agreed. I would go so far as to say that only behind is necessary. A top-down view of the back half of the car extending fairly far back so you can see what's in your blind spots and behind you would be excellent. I don't care what the car sees in front since I can already see that.
