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Ford demos mixed reality car design at Microsoft Ignite (CNET News)

2017-09-25
changing the design of the mirrors doesn't just affect the look and feel of the car it impacts safety the team at Ford can now see the real-time impact on visibility when adjusting the dimensions of that sideview mirror historically they need to create a full-scale replica of the car and have someone sit in the driver's seat to get that line of sight on the side view angle but now they're able to consider design changes as well as regulatory requirements well simultaneously seeing with the driver would see essentially being two places at the same time the team at Ford is often working against tight deadlines with teams all across the globe in the future with Microsoft technology they'll be able to join a call and enter the same shared experience allowing them to see their creations and to rapidly review designs quicker than ever before Terry's gonna bring Noah into the discussion you'll see Noah on one screen and a view into what Noah is seeing on another screen as he's working remotely Noah is wearing one of our new windows mix reality headsets which will be available starting October 17th now Noah has a fully immersive view so as Terry makes changes to the mirror Noah sees those exact same changes live in virtual reality our vision for the future one's physical and digital worlds across devices empowering people to collaborate and the same shared experience from anywhere around the world
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