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Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by dillonmckay on Monday June 17, 2019 @09:09AM (#20202521)
Any good links for projections HUDs?

My cousin had a Pontiac in the late 90s that would project the speed on the windshield.

Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by baybal2 on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:53AM (#20204206)
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Carrobot is an actual projector, thus there are no questions about focus adjustments.

Other are usually just segment led or el screens, some with collimator, some without

Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by coredog64 on Monday June 17, 2019 @09:30AM (#20202700)
IIRC, that dates back to when Hughes was still part of GM. A good HUD uses collimation to project data out in the distance. A crappy HUD throws it up at the same distance as your windshield, forcing you to refocus.
Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by agumonkey on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:53AM (#20204218)
I bought a stupid semi reflective sheet to put google maps on my smartphone under.. not good enough of course.
Re:Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles by geggam on Monday June 17, 2019 @11:36AM (#20203999)
new bmw 540i has a beautiful hud integrate into the nav system ( rented one in the EU )