{"id":27810,"date":"2023-01-05T06:33:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T06:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/this-bmw-can-change-between-32-colours-and-represents-the-future\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T06:33:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T06:33:34","slug":"this-bmw-can-change-between-32-colours-and-represents-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/05\/this-bmw-can-change-between-32-colours-and-represents-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"This BMW can change between 32 colours and represents the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BMW is looking into the future of infotainment, car style and heads-up displays with the new i Vision Dee concept car.<\/p>\n

The automaker revealed the i Vision Dee\u00a0at CES 2023 to showcase some of its futuristic tech. It\u2019s exciting stuff and it will be interesting to see how, and if, BMW includes all of the technologies in its cars over the next few years. The huge heads-up display promises the future, and it\u2019s hard not to love a car that can cycle through 32 different colours, and there\u2019s more to it than that, including new infotainment updates and core changes to how BMW thinks of its cars as technology.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Dee\u2019 in the\u00a0 concept car\u2019s name stands for \u2018Digital Emotional Experience,\u2019 and the company is taking great lengths to truly present the car as something more personal, and personalizable, than in the past.<\/p>\n

The customization of the exterior, the brave choice to develop its own infotainment stack instead of opting to work with Apple and Google, and finally, a new way for that infotainment to be displayed with a windshield sized heads-up display. This concept showcases BMW\u2019s key moves going forward and starts to paint a clearer picture of how luxary automakers are adapting to connected cars.<\/p>\n

A car with personality<\/h2>\n

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The colour-changing tech uses E-ink, and it can shift between 32 colours, unlike last year\u2019s model which went between white and black<\/a>.\u00a0 The new version has 240 E-ink panels, so it can even become a gradient from one end to the other. This is the aprt that likely won\u2019t come to consumer cars any time soon, but it is eye catching and rasies some fun ideas about the future of how a car can change to suit its driver.<\/p>\n

The car even has a welcome scenario that can be personalized with graphics, lights and sound effects to really make the car feel like it belongs to the driver. The car\u2019s headlights and grill also appear to be one unit and BMW says that in conjunction, the two parts of the car can display expressions giving the i Vision Dee a face.<\/p>\n

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It can even project an image of the driver\u2019s avatar on the window as you walk up to further personalize the experience. It\u2019s all very Need for Speed<\/em> and looked fabulous. Considering the cost of E-ink, this is likely not something anyone will be able to have, but it\u2019s a very cool achievement to curve it around the body of a car this way, and it\u2019s mesmerizing to watch change.<\/p>\n

The new BMW OS 9<\/h2>\n

While it\u2019s unclear if the i Vision Dee is running any actual BMW infotainment until I get to sit in it BMW did share a lot about its new OS update for 2023 at CES. Moving forward, the German automaker is looking to expand its infotainment section by swapping out its Linux backbone for open-source Android. This means that the company will get more access to apps and better background task management, but to be clear, it isn\u2019t adopting the Google Automotive Services<\/a> that GM<\/a> and Volvo<\/a> have begun to use.<\/p>\n

This new system looks very similar to the BMW OS 8 from the iX<\/a> and other newer BMWs<\/a>, but there are a few key changes, like new climate controls and a redesigned central screen to bring media controls closer to the driver and a larger map for turn-by-turn nav. This system doesn\u2019t look completely fleshed out, with the now-playing widget missing play\/pause controls, but other perks like 3D maps in navigation help modernize BMW OS.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a step in the right direction, but the software still doesn\u2019t seem to have the polish of a modern smartphone OS. however, like modern smartphones, it\u2019s built to make it easy for BMW to update it.\u00a0 Enough time and commitment can lead to a much smoother operating system in a few years.<\/p>\n

This custom work gives BMW a lead in features, but I worry Google and Apple<\/a> will catch up to the bespoke automaker in features and will tieing cars and smartphones more closely together. Something that I\u2019m not sure is super good for consumers moving forward, but it does seem like the easiest option for a lot of people.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also worth noting that since this is open-source Android, it\u2019s unlikely that it has Google Play services which means no Google Maps, YouTube Music, etc. The company is pulling apps from the Aptoid app store, and its website claims that OEMs like BMW<\/a> have final say over what apps make it onto the store in its cars. This should allow for a good amount of podcasting and music streaming apps, but it won\u2019t do much to align your Google account on your phone with your car.<\/p>\n

A full windshield heads-up display<\/h2>\n

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One area of the car that I haven\u2019t gotten to go fully hands-on with yet is the new full windshield heads-up display. Stay tuned on Friday the 6th for an impression of that once I spend more time with the concept car.<\/p>\n

The car has five levels of augmented reality, allowing drivers to see music playing, directions, speed, incoming calls and more if they choose, or they can dial it back to be just driving-related information. You can also disable it if you want a more analogue experience or take it to the maximum and drive around in an augmented reality experience.<\/p>\n

That said, what\u2019s the most intriguing thing about it is that it\u2019s the part of the car that BMW has committed to bringing aspects of the large heads-up display to its future Neue Klasse vehicles in 2025. This likely includes the large size and some more realistic elements, like the ability to choose how much stuff you want to display on the screen at once. if I had to guess what might get scaled back in this department would be the virtual reality experience.<\/p>\n

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