In essence, BMW’s new technology aims to create a feeling for passengers as if they are in an “open” space or more specifically, sitting on a convertible car.
Recently, BMW has filed a new patent focusing on reducing motion sickness for passengers, especially those seated in the back.
Before BMW, some automakers have been seeking solutions for motion sickness for many years. For instance, Volkswagen has explored things like movable seats and LED strips. Jaguar has also spent years researching to try to eliminate the brain’s confusion causing motion sickness.
According to Carbuzz, as the future of autonomous driving continues to develop and become more common, the rate of users experiencing motion sickness is expected to increase. And it seems that BMW wants to proactively “tackle” this on their models.
The simplest solution is a panoramic sunroof, a spacious area combined with an appropriate window aperture that will limit conflicting signals to the brain. With BMW’s roof-mounted screen, the benefits of a sunroof will be reduced. And to address this issue, the Theatre Screen roof-mounted display will show images that are in sync with the car’s movement. This means that BMW’s screen can act as a “panoramic sunroof”, projecting images of the sky, trees on the road, or simulated images like mountains, oceans. Cameras can capture the outside scenery of the car and project the images onto the screen.
Complex technology like this requires the car to have multiple sensors. BMW notes that the roof-mounted screen will need to compensate for the car’s inclination relative to the sky, speed and orientation compared to fixed celestial objects like the sun, moon, stars, or birds flying in the sky.
BMW could also use GPS, combined with weather forecasts and astronomy, to project the most realistic images onto the screen, regardless of weather or light conditions. In addition, AI can make the scenery on the roof more vivid if you’re looking at the cloud-free sky.
Acceleration and gyro sensors will ensure that the images “accelerate” in sync with the car, and all these ideas combined aim to make the passengers feel like they’re sitting in an outdoor car, helping to reduce motion sickness. This idea seems promising but is likely only available in autonomous cars.
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Reference: Carbuzz
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