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Marcedes got some buzz a few years ago with a car wrapped in LEDs on one side and cameras on the other passing through a live image that created this illusion of invisibility but that was just a promotional stunt check out Nissan's rearview mirror that uses a back facing camera to feed an image that is free of rear seats body pillars or the heads of backseat passengers why is it every car doing this already Jaguars looking forward in its current work to develop interior pillars that are upholstered in flexible display material and that fed by exterior cameras no more losing pedestrians in those ever thickening pillars these days the cameras are the easy part and judging by what LG has been showing lately the screens may be as well Jaguars sibling Land Rover is developing a full-width HUD that could fill the lower part of the windshield with an image from chin mounted cameras seemingly rendering the engine bay empty and see-through beyond off-road precision imagine the reduction in things run over in garages Samsung isn't in the truck business yet but they think their displays should be on the backs of them connected to cameras on the front to give the car behind a view through the giant thing making that judgment to pass are not more based on knowledge and less on prayer and Minnie and Qualcomm are working on augmented reality glasses that would do more than that usual display of information in your field of vision turn to look over your shoulder to park and suddenly your eyes are on extension cords having to look like a housefly is perhaps a small price to pay to avoid curbing your nice house or car tech demystified right now at CNET on cars comm click on car tech 101