GPS Navigation in a Heads Up Display

The Virtual Cable system in development from Making Virtual Solid aims to bring GPS navigational directions off of small screens and bring them into the real world. Or at least so they appear to be. The system projects a 3-D image onto the windshield that will appear to the driver as though it were a part of the land scape. HUD technology in cars is certainly not new, nor is GPS navigation. Combining the two however is somewhat tricky since the projected image must accurately correspond to the drivers view. The technology is still under development, but a “working proof of concept” has been built. If they can really make this work, it wouldn’t surprise me to see this technology become commonplace in cars within a couple of years. The advantages over regular GPS navigation systems are huge.