What Augmented Driving Will Feel Like

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The auto industry is grappling with the realization that fully autonomous cars may be further from production than once hoped. But related technologies (automated driver assistance) are making cars vastly safer now. The driving experience these increasingly automated cars can be bewildering. Inspired by the mixed reality industry, a new human-machine interface will unify these disparate sensors, map data, and services into a coherent, intuitive interface. Today's car-control interface (wheel, pedals, gearshift) is a mechanical relationship. In the future, these controls will be joined by an interface that allows the driver to "feel" the information contained in a simultaneous virtual environment overlaid 1:1 on the physical environment of the car.