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How is this related to Toyota? Toyota the car manufacturer?

BugsJustFindMe 8mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Connected_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Connected_North_America
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einr 8mo ago
Yes. Had to look it up, but apparently it was developed by TCNA (Toyota Connected North America) which does car software and such.
homarp 8mo ago
it'actually Toyota Connected North America, Toyota Motor Corporation's subsidiary founded in collaboration with Microsoft for working on in-vehicle software, AI, and related tech initiatives.
- jajuuka 8mo ago
  So basically the same sort of thing Samsung does with its corporate subsidiary. At least that's the first one I think of. But I know there others who leverage the brand all the way down the ladder.
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Carrok 8mo ago
Yes, that Toyota. Looks like it came out of this group. https://www.toyotaconnected.com/about https://www.toyotaconnected.com/about
giobox 8mo ago
I'm guessing its used for some of their in-car UIs - unreal engine has found a market (Rivian, Volvo, Ford...) for embedded automotive use now that so many cars display an interactive 3d model to the driver for things like tapping to unlock corresponding door or trunk etc etc. > https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/uses/hmi https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/uses/hmi
- mmooss 8mo ago
  Why is a full game engine needed to display a GUI for unlocking a door? There are endless simpler solutions. The apps I use every day don't use game engines (except games).
  - spencerflem 8mo ago
    Game engines, UI frameworks, desktop environments, and web browsers all share a lot of features. The Arcan project is my favorite piece of software running with this idea rn
  - kube-system 8mo ago
    The market for automotive features in the US diverged from "need" long ago.
  - jmalicki 8mo ago
    A game engine is sort of just a UI toolkit for interacting with 3d objects. If you want a 3d model you can interact with, you call that a game engine. Should they invent something new because they dislike the word "game"?
    - glaslong 8mo ago
      Worked for a shop that had the hardest time grasping this. We had to tell them UE4 was a "3D Rendering Engine" because they couldn't get over the term "game engine" in planning meetings...
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numpad0 8mo ago
They needed a GUI toolkit for dash display, and didn't really like long engine init time of Unreal/Unity/Godot.
- koakuma-chan 8mo ago
  Was bevy considered?
  - debugnik 8mo ago
    I don't think anyone's seriously using Bevy's 3D renderer, only the ECS. The only successful 3D game made with Bevy so far seems to be Tiny Glade, which used its own renderer.
  - pornel 8mo ago
    I'm surprised Toyota even used something as new-ish as Flutter. Carmakers usually are the last to adopt anything. Bevy is the opposite of an old boring solution. It's a cool engine, but I imagine a manufacturer would like to have long-term support with 15-year timelines. Bevy doesn't offer that, and even trying to have that wouldn't be good for Bevy.
    - surajrmal 8mo ago
      Tech is becoming front and center to car sales. Adopting newer technologies is probably seen as a necessary risk to stay competitive.
  - apitman 8mo ago
    Bevy releases have a lot of breaking changes, and so do many of the 3rd party plugins.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Connected_North_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Connected_North_America

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einr 8mo ago

Yes. Had to look it up, but apparently it was developed by TCNA (Toyota Connected North America) which does car software and such.

homarp 8mo ago

it'actually Toyota Connected North America, Toyota Motor Corporation's subsidiary founded in collaboration with Microsoft for working on in-vehicle software, AI, and related tech initiatives.

jajuuka 8mo ago
So basically the same sort of thing Samsung does with its corporate subsidiary. At least that's the first one I think of. But I know there others who leverage the brand all the way down the ladder.

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Carrok 8mo ago

Yes, that Toyota. Looks like it came out of this group. https://www.toyotaconnected.com/about https://www.toyotaconnected.com/about

giobox 8mo ago

I'm guessing its used for some of their in-car UIs - unreal engine has found a market (Rivian, Volvo, Ford...) for embedded automotive use now that so many cars display an interactive 3d model to the driver for things like tapping to unlock corresponding door or trunk etc etc. > https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/uses/hmi https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/uses/hmi

mmooss 8mo ago
Why is a full game engine needed to display a GUI for unlocking a door? There are endless simpler solutions. The apps I use every day don't use game engines (except games).
- spencerflem 8mo ago
  Game engines, UI frameworks, desktop environments, and web browsers all share a lot of features. The Arcan project is my favorite piece of software running with this idea rn
- kube-system 8mo ago
  The market for automotive features in the US diverged from "need" long ago.
- jmalicki 8mo ago
  A game engine is sort of just a UI toolkit for interacting with 3d objects. If you want a 3d model you can interact with, you call that a game engine. Should they invent something new because they dislike the word "game"?
  - glaslong 8mo ago
    Worked for a shop that had the hardest time grasping this. We had to tell them UE4 was a "3D Rendering Engine" because they couldn't get over the term "game engine" in planning meetings...
    - 8mo ago

numpad0 8mo ago

They needed a GUI toolkit for dash display, and didn't really like long engine init time of Unreal/Unity/Godot.

koakuma-chan 8mo ago
Was bevy considered?
- debugnik 8mo ago
  I don't think anyone's seriously using Bevy's 3D renderer, only the ECS. The only successful 3D game made with Bevy so far seems to be Tiny Glade, which used its own renderer.
- pornel 8mo ago
  I'm surprised Toyota even used something as new-ish as Flutter. Carmakers usually are the last to adopt anything. Bevy is the opposite of an old boring solution. It's a cool engine, but I imagine a manufacturer would like to have long-term support with 15-year timelines. Bevy doesn't offer that, and even trying to have that wouldn't be good for Bevy.
  - surajrmal 8mo ago
    Tech is becoming front and center to car sales. Adopting newer technologies is probably seen as a necessary risk to stay competitive.
- apitman 8mo ago
  Bevy releases have a lot of breaking changes, and so do many of the 3rd party plugins.