Mercedes-Benz showcases massive 56-inch 'Hyperscreen' dashboard replacement

[Nobina]

It's all about style and form over function these days...

 

[poohbear]

8-core CPU and 24GB RAM...more powerful than my desktop!!!! (I have a measly 4-core cpu with 16gb RAM!) The times are changing fast!

 

[Sedziwoj]

A friend of mine was using a pebble for a long time; physical keyboards are a lot faster to message on with less typos.

It is not what 0.1% is important in market. You always find people which use only horses, do you think is good example too?

 

[Hadakajime]

Despite what the name says, you have to look at a touchscreen to use it. ... eyes OFF the road. Not to mention useless in direct sunlight.

In contrast, you can feel for a knob or physical button. ... eyes ON the road. Perfectly usable in direct sunlight.

Engineers and UX designers are turning in their graves

 

[willhen50]

Probably cost as much as the car to replace if you break it...

Not to mention the NUMBER OF DISTRACTIONS that will effect the driver, assuming the driver is in full control. Then there is the "hackers" who are scheming now to take control of the CPU.

 

[Nestea]

Hideous. Physical controls are a must for critical functions, as well as HVAC. Last thing I want after a long day of staring at screens is everything in my car to be on yet more screens

Give me physical dials and knobs any day. They are tried and true, and far easier to replace if they do break.

let them do the mistakes. some need to learn it the hard way. same as VW learned it with their blue-lit LED dashboards (NGL I liked it :S).

minority report (holo controls) and star trek will never arrive. if there's no haptic/tactile feedback it won't work. maybe if the dashboard was some sort of jelly type of thing like the controls of that time machine in star trek discovery.

Even the expanse made the mistake of not using mind-control but motion control to control TVs in their ships and homes. How does the TV discern if you are only waving or trying to control it. Do you have to look at it?