Customer: BMW Group
Project: MINI Augmented Vision
The vision: Augmented reality glasses which project visual information via transparent displays into the driver’s field of vision, thus making the ride safer and more comfortable
- Support of research and decision making on the way to developing a trade fair demonstrator
- Conception and implementation of an architecture and a communication protocol for several distributed components of the vehicle
- Integration of a visual tracking system for detection of the driver’s head position
- Augmentation of the vehicle interior: Presentation of a head-up display showing speed, navigation and speed limit information
- 3D augmentation of the outside world: Indication of the course of the route as well as notices about points of interest and parking lots on the street
- Transparent vehicle parts: Superimposition of the passenger door with real-time videos of an external camera
- Selection of travel destinations through event posters
- Pedestrian navigation from the parking lot to the final destination
- Development of an Android app for the augmented reality glasses
Success
- Demonstration of completely new augmented reality functions
- Marketing success through the presentation at the Auto Show Shanghai and extensive press coverage
- Very high customer satisfaction and positive feedback from the BMW Group top management
- Compliance with a very ambitious timetable
- Flexible adaptations to changing specifications caused by parallel hardware development
- Successful cross-company collaboration with further software and hardware subcontractors in the scope of an agile Scrum process
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