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Some cars have matrix LED headlights, where the car can turn off the LEDs pointing at oncoming cars, as well as turn the lights when driving around corners. He
by atombender 2y ago
Some cars have matrix LED headlights, where the car can turn off the LEDs pointing at oncoming cars, as well as turn the lights when driving around corners.
Here [1] is the VW ID.3. It's subtle, but notice how the area around the other cars is much darker. In real life it's kind of amazing to watch, as you see the LEDs follow the other cars on the road and "erase" them from the light.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFH0URtbX1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFH0URtbX1s
- lifestyleguru 2y agoSurely the inhabitants inside the houses being flashed on, drivers in front of this car, and drivers from the opposite direction just finishing the curve are ecstatic about this "brilliant technology". Nothing excites people more than being flashed on with blinding white light especially in bad weather during the night.
- atombender 2y agoMaybe you misunderstood. What you say is already true for the type of regular high beams that all cars have. What matrix LEDs do is "blot out" areas they should not shine. That is an improvement over high beams, not worse. I believe the ID.3 does blot out drivers in the opposite direction even in a curve.
- neallindsay 2y agoApparently these were illegal in the US until 2022, so I don't know how many cars here even have them yet. https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1135084_us-finally-allows-use-of-modern-matrix-headlights https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1135084_us-finally-allow...