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Actually, you'd want to get rid of those in car displays that require you to take your eyes off the road to do almost anything now, and will also spoil your nig

Actually, you'd want to get rid of those in car displays that require you to take your eyes off the road to do almost anything now, and will also spoil your night vision. There was an episode of Radiolab that was talking about this, and they made a very compelling case for it, along with those super bright headlamps that ruin your night vision when they're equipped on an oncoming vehicle. Tellingly, almost all increase in traffic accidents we've seen recently have happened at night. Pedestrian accidents with trucks haven't really gone up more than other vehicles either.

whitakerch 2y ago
You'd want to get rid of both.
lukan 2y ago
"along with those super bright headlamps that ruin your night vision when they're equipped on an oncoming vehicle." I hate them. I dream of the day, when proper night vision gear with the result displayed to the front window will be standard in cars, so all the cars can have no, or very soft lights to drive around savely at night. Also, why not heat vision to better spot humans (and animals)? For the AI as well as the humans. Is the tech military restricted? Probably partly.
- ruined 2y ago
  photonic intensifiers are ITAR controlled, but china has started manufacturing gen2 equivalents recently. digital is controlled but more widely made, but also barely worth it. the real issue is how to display it. for head-mounted setups it's essentially full field of view, and in monocular use combination is subconscious, but it's still rather awkward and requires practice. you can't achieve the same effect on a windshield, even with HUD. cadillac had this feature in the 90s, though.
  - godelski 2y ago
    This made me interested and I found a small showcase of HUDs in cars from the 1950's-1990's https://hudway.co/blog/history-of-automotive-heads-up-displays https://hudway.co/blog/history-of-automotive-heads-up-displa...
  - lukan 2y ago
    "the real issue is how to display it" Unfortunately, yes. I know that there are various sci-fi solutions in the labs already, of projecting the image directly into the eye, or correctly on the windshield while taking the head position of the driver into account, but it probably takes a long time till they are a) reliable b) affordable c) standard in every car
- schmidtleonard 2y ago
  One nice side effect of headlights becoming LED arrays is that selective dimming is free in terms of marginal cost. Right now it's a luxury car gimmick but it'll eventually trickle down, and then we can mandate it.
Anotheroneagain 2y ago
People are getting more and more night blind.

whitakerch 2y ago

You'd want to get rid of both.

lukan 2y ago

"along with those super bright headlamps that ruin your night vision when they're equipped on an oncoming vehicle." I hate them. I dream of the day, when proper night vision gear with the result displayed to the front window will be standard in cars, so all the cars can have no, or very soft lights to drive around savely at night. Also, why not heat vision to better spot humans (and animals)? For the AI as well as the humans. Is the tech military restricted? Probably partly.

ruined 2y ago
photonic intensifiers are ITAR controlled, but china has started manufacturing gen2 equivalents recently. digital is controlled but more widely made, but also barely worth it. the real issue is how to display it. for head-mounted setups it's essentially full field of view, and in monocular use combination is subconscious, but it's still rather awkward and requires practice. you can't achieve the same effect on a windshield, even with HUD. cadillac had this feature in the 90s, though.
- godelski 2y ago
  This made me interested and I found a small showcase of HUDs in cars from the 1950's-1990's https://hudway.co/blog/history-of-automotive-heads-up-displays https://hudway.co/blog/history-of-automotive-heads-up-displa...
- lukan 2y ago
  "the real issue is how to display it" Unfortunately, yes. I know that there are various sci-fi solutions in the labs already, of projecting the image directly into the eye, or correctly on the windshield while taking the head position of the driver into account, but it probably takes a long time till they are a) reliable b) affordable c) standard in every car
schmidtleonard 2y ago
One nice side effect of headlights becoming LED arrays is that selective dimming is free in terms of marginal cost. Right now it's a luxury car gimmick but it'll eventually trickle down, and then we can mandate it.

Anotheroneagain 2y ago

People are getting more and more night blind.