Modern automobile industries have been rapidly growing in fuel efficiency, security performance, etc., but have never broken through in human-vehicle interfaces. Nowadays cars have been lighter, faster, more environmental friendly. Zero-to-sixty time, streamlined design, and XXX have been some of the most popular topics in automobile market, while the center-stack design has not move a bit in the past years: square form, low-resolution screen, and buttons that closely XXXX. When comparing center stacks of the 1963 models with the 2013 ones, you’ll find out that this part has rarely changed in more than 50 years.
Atmel’s AvantCar concept design, which was showcased at CES 2014, may bring some inspirations to the automobile designers. This demo is to showcase a flexible screen along with highly sensitive touch functions, and provide a streamlined interior design reference, making larger cargo space and wider passenger room. Curved screen has become a popular concept in consumer electronics markets, but is relatively rare in industrial applications. So far I haven’t seen any curved screen product, which might bring a radical change to the car industry.
Just imagine a car with smooth curved touchscreen center-stack, with accurate voice control or gesture control. How disruptive can it be?
