Just recently we saw how holographic projections could be used to allow HUD to be created on a car’s wing mirror or the rearview mirror, and now in order to makes those blind curves and other obstacles safer, researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University, in a project funded by Denso, have developed an augmented reality system that lets drives see through obstructing walls in order to negotiate blind curves more aptly.
Based on a two-camera system, located in places, one to record the driver’s view and the other to see behind the vision hindering walls and obstacles, the feeds from the second camera are picked by the computer system and then skewing it in accordance with the driver are superimposed on the first camera, making the hindrance look transparent, helping the driver to see through the walls and avoid potential hazards.
Using software that transforms moving objects in the images to avoid distortion, the team of researchers is now planning to get the system into the cars which could be based on a system that can take wireless feed from roadside cameras and project the image of that hidden scene onto the windscreen rather than a monitor, making things even easier for the driver.
Via: NewScientist
