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Ignoring for a moment the anti-sell, and even the spaceship control comments from Elon Musk, and just considering a few things:

- Tesla is moving towards no-instrument cluster, low dashes with Model 3
- Tesla is introducing interior camera with Model 3
- Model S/X dash is getting old, rumoured to be revised "soon"
- Tesla has been hiring augmented reality experts
- Tesla is upgrading their media systems from Nvidia to Intel
- Tesla is a strategic partner with Panasonic
- Augmented reality HUDs are a big thing in industry talk at the moment

Could an augmented reality HUD (maybe 2/3 of the windshield in size?), possibly from Panasonic, thus be, as some rumors say, replacing or augmenting the instrument cluster in a future Model S interior facelift? Making use of the revised interior design and upgraded computer and camera setup as well...

Certainly an augmented reality HUD is something where Tesla's software upgradeable platform would fit in nicely.



Panasonic wants to expand partnership with Tesla to self-driving technology, says CEO

Panasonic presents next-generation Augmented Reality Head-Up Display | Panasonic Automotive Systems Europe

Panasonic Automotive’s Head Up Display (HUD) with Augmented Reality (AR) is one of the world’s most sophisticated systems. It is capable of projecting very large virtual images in the driver’s eye line, using AR to enhance the real world with HUD-generated imagery.

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The system uses a total of eight cameras: a rear camera, front camera, night vision camera, a down side view camera, two additional side view cameras and two cameras which track the driver’s head and eyes.

These cameras have many uses. The two cameras which constantly track the driver automatically adjust the HUD in real time so that the imagery is perfectly placed in his or her eye line. This means that movements of the driver’s head will result in updating the AR imagery so that they match and overlay real physical objects on the road.

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Thoughts?

Some other similar work on the market:

HUD Systems: Augmented Reality Is Coming to Your Windshield

Continental Head-up Display Augmented Reality HUD

Jaguar concept car has transparent pillars, windshield HUD with Mario Kart-like 'ghost' mode - ExtremeTech