While I do see some interesting uses for this type of system in a car, I like some things to NOT be controlled via a centralized interface.
When it's hot in the car, I like to twist a dedicated knob into the blue. When I want to change the radio station, I like to hit a button that I know will change the station and only change the station, anytime I press it, without any modifiers or menu selections or anything else.
Like all other advancements, I think this type of interface is going to trickle down to the Hyundais and Kias (which are on the move up-market just like Honda and Toyota once were) and all the other entry-level vehicles.
I guess my comments are more about the trend in auto interfaces generally, not unnecessarily this system which seems to focus on gear selection (is that really an interface in need of refinement in an automatic vehicle??)
I think there may come a time when it's actually cheaper for a car company to just plop a single interface computer screen to control a car's functions, on an otherwise barren (and easier to manufacture and assemble) instrument panel.
At that point, I think the high-end carmakers are going to return with a sense of nostalgia to the instrument panels of old, with the luxury and refinement of dedicated buttons and switches that each carry out their own individual tasks!
I guess these comments are more applicable to the general trend of car interfaces lately, not necessarily this particular system for gear selection (is that an interface really in need of refinement in an automatic vehicle??)
When it's hot in the car, I like to twist a dedicated knob into the blue. When I want to change the radio station, I like to hit a button that I know will change the station and only change the station, anytime I press it, without any modifiers or menu selections or anything else.
Like all other advancements, I think this type of interface is going to trickle down to the Hyundais and Kias (which are on the move up-market just like Honda and Toyota once were) and all the other entry-level vehicles.
I guess my comments are more about the trend in auto interfaces generally, not unnecessarily this system which seems to focus on gear selection (is that really an interface in need of refinement in an automatic vehicle??)
I think there may come a time when it's actually cheaper for a car company to just plop a single interface computer screen to control a car's functions, on an otherwise barren (and easier to manufacture and assemble) instrument panel.
At that point, I think the high-end carmakers are going to return with a sense of nostalgia to the instrument panels of old, with the luxury and refinement of dedicated buttons and switches that each carry out their own individual tasks!
I guess these comments are more applicable to the general trend of car interfaces lately, not necessarily this particular system for gear selection (is that an interface really in need of refinement in an automatic vehicle??)