Daihatsu teaming up with Provision to build 3D holographic dashboard for concept car

First of all, do we really need a holographic dashboard? Daihatsu are teaming up with Provision Interactive Technologies to build a new 3D holographic dashboard for the latest concept car which is great news seeing as we all love concepts.

The new 3D holographic dashboard is called the HLXX and is pretty simple idea when you look into it, there is a traditional flat display screen 2D dashboard that is used for all the normal and usual driving information with a new 3D holographic screen in front that overlays warnings or alerts.

This new design means it will be much clearer for the driver to see, Daihatsu have said they are planning on getting the HLXX 3D holographic dashboard into production as early as 2012.

Do you think we need 3D holographic dashboards in our cars?

Source - Autoblog

Sony PS3 firmware update v2.20 will feature BD-Live interactive Blu-ray this month

Sony have recently announced the next Sony PS3 firmware update v2.20, it will feature BD -Live interactive Blu-ray this month, oh yes the Blu-ray 2.0 spec or what they call BD-Live is close to launch people.

This new addition will add on new interactive features to your PlayStation 3 and you should all expect to download video content, interactive movie-based games and ringtones and as you guessed it, a whole lot more when it is released.

So within the next ten days roughly you will see this update, it will also allow you to copy photos and music play lists over USB from your PS3 to your PSP.

Here are some more features to sink your teeth into -

1. Audio Output Device” will be a new Remote Play setting, enabling PSP
to serve as a remote control for music played through PS3.
2. DivX and WMV format videos that are larger than 2GB will be playable
3. PS3 system’s Internet browser will be enhanced: Video files directly
linked from a Web page will be able to be streamed, and the browser’s
view speed will be improved
4. Mosquito Noise Reduction” will be added as an AV setting in the control panel of the DVD/BD player for improved movie playback
5. Resume play” will enable PS3 system to start playing a Blu-ray disc
and DVD at the point it was stopped, even if the disc had been
removed
6. 1 BD-J format disc is not supported
7. 2 BD discs recorded with BDMV format are not supported

Let me know what you think and please do tell us if you know more about this update.

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