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We recently got a van with a "360 camera" (the screen in the center console can display an image that appears to be coming from a camera 10ft/3m above the van).
by JshWright 7y ago
We recently got a van with a "360 camera" (the screen in the center console can display an image that appears to be coming from a camera 10ft/3m above the van). When I first heard it described I figured it was a gimmick I'd never use, but I've been very wrong about that. I'm able to park much more smoothly thanks to cameras (even something at simple as centering the vehicle in spot becomes much faster when you can look in one place, rather than back and forth between mirrors).
- Animats 7y agoOh, that finally shipped! I saw the Fujitsu chip set for that offered a few years ago.
- stagger87 7y agoThere are many manufacturers of 360 degree car camera systems. They have been in vehicles for over a decade now.
- coolspot 7y agoInfinity Q45 had it in 2010.
- kube-system 7y agoIt has been available on a ton of cars over the past half-decade. It's starting to become a standard feature now. Even the sub $16K Nissan Versa Note has it standard.
- edm0nd 7y agoSome of the M series BMWs have this feature, it's amazing.
- JshWright 7y agoIn this case it's a Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid. It gets ~30 miles on the battery which more than covers our around-town driving (we average 2,500 miles between fill ups), and it feels like driving a spaceship...