Oh I think sited users will do just fine. There are screens where the windows would be so they will still be able to see outside. It’s just now they will have night vision and infrared as well as the regular optical spectrum. Depends on how good the screens are I guess. I used to work next to Dolby labs and got a tour once. They had a demonstration of a window that looked outside and then a screen mounted in the wall that looked exactly the same shape / size as the real window and the demonstration was you had to guess which one was real and which was a screen. Most people couldn’t tell the difference. So if they have technology like that probably sited users won’t mind if it’s a glass screen instead of a glass window. Only difference is you can’t roll it down. That being said though the car would be much safer because it doesn’t have all the cutout spots for windows and viewing areas. You can use solid metal panels and have a lot more rigidity and structural stability with out the window so crashes should be safer.
> On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:50 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow, that design does sound pretty hideous. However, I don't think the lack > of windows will stand. I don't think cited users would put up with that for a > minute! > > It is interesting what Google has done. Always good to have choices! > Cheers, > Donna > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 18, 2015, at 8:01 AM, Scott Granados <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dona, has anyone described to you what this prototype car looks like? There >> were some photos leaked a while back, who knows since they are rumors but >> they basically had a pod that had 4 wheels (it’s not a 3 wheeler like some >> models) and it had no (0) windows. Think about that for a minute. What it >> did have were screens and cameras and a ton of autonomous driving features. >> You’d also be interested in what Google is doing. They have already had >> blind folks operating their autonomous vehicles for a while now. I believe >> that one of the engineers on the project is blind but I haven’t been able to >> come up with a name. I saw a special on CNBC about a year ago and can’t >> recall the gentleman’s name they had who was using the car to get to and >> from work and to the store etc. It would drop him off in front of the >> grocery store door, he’d do his thing and come out and hit a key fob that >> would summon the car that had parked it self and it pulled up and picked him >> up. >> >> Never thought I’d see it in my lifetime, shocks me how far along they >> actually are. Google has made massive steps forward in machine vision. >> >>> On Sep 18, 2015, at 8:21 AM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I just saw this on MacRumors and thought you guys would be interested if >>> you haven't seen it. I sooooooooooo want to be a test driver! >>> http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/18/apple-met-california-dmv-autonomous-vehicle/?utm_source=osx&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=front >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
