“Welcome to the real world.” With these words Blaupunkt launch their latest commercial for their new Travel Pilot 700 navigational system. Featuring a built-in camera, this device will film what is ahead of the vehicle and then superimpose the navigational display on top of that! Other features include:
- Traffic sign detection
- DVB-T television when standing still
- Voice control
- Web and email through integrated Wireless LAN
- Hands-free phone calls and music via Bluetooth
- Speed camera warnings
- TMC traffic rerouting
- PC sync for route planning and POI download
My Garmin device from 2006 suddenly begins to feel old.
If I have to complain at something though, it’s just that my view of the “real world” might be a bit different than Blaupunkt’s. In my world cities have cars in them, and how the superimposed navigational display will look above a dozen or so vehicles will be interesting to watch. It looks good when the cities are empty though!
