subject: High Tech Glass – The HUD Device [print this page] In this day and age of luxury, new-fangled electronic devices are always becoming available for consumer use more rapidly than we'd ever dream possible. In vehicles particularly, things really have come far since the very first automobile was constructed. Other than the essential motor functions of a vehicle, you soon had air conditioning, computer chip powered engines, GPS devices, and pull-down TV displays for the little ones. Among the new features is the Heads-up Display, or HUD. A Heads-u p Display enables the driver to look at transparent virtual imagery on the windshield without requiring people to look away from their regular viewpoints.
1988 was the year General Motors originally started using the Heads-up display. The Corvette used the very first color display, and in 2003, BMW became the very first European car manufacturer to provide the HUD. Since the introduction of the HUD, there are more companies installing the HUD system in their production line including General Motors, Honda, Toyota and Lexus. On these vehicle lines, you can even get a night vision functionality as well. Even motorcycle helmets are getting pre-loaded with HUDs. HUD necessitates very specialized windshields that have been set up with a near perfect precision to generate a clear image when displayed on the windshield. This information included in these displays comes with a speedometer, tachometer and a navigation system.
Aside from being a luxurious item, the Heads-up Display has been found to be a security feature as well. HUD allows for quite a few benefits. A HUD helps shorten the eye movement time of the driver and helps concentrate on the front of the automobile instead of downward in the direction of the cluster of interments on the dashboard. With fewer disturbances to focus on, the driver's information is in line of sight on the front of the vehicle. This way he can read the necessary information whilst focusing on the street.
With the introduction of the HUD and its mainstream use in increasingly more production cars, it is just one more thing to make our existence simpler, better and safer for everybody. There are such a lot of other things that we all take for granted in our vehicles, such as the seat belt, breaks and also a great set of tires. Before long, roughly each new automobile will include a Heads-up Display, and that will hopefully be as safe as it is exciting.
