Media and Entertainment in the Era of Autonomous Vehicles
Summary
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) essentially convert drivers into passengers, eliminating the role were a human is required to pay attention to driving and navigation. In fact, a company named Holoride, working with partner Audi, have already created a series of VR games that most remarkably, are actually synced to the movement of the vehicle. Their futuristic creation also uses VR headsets, this time to create an Augmented Reality environment with HUD-style overlays, and even humanoid virtual assistants, or avatars. One of the core challenges to producing technologies like I2V is achieving enough network throughput to provide the VR headsets with a fluid graphical layer that feels realistic. Nissan and Audi are confident that 5G network infrastructure will be able to provide low latency connectivity required to give passengers a realistic and immersive VR or AR experience while traveling.