Technologies Introduced by BMW at CES 2024

In the past years at CES The German automotive giant, which comes up with very unusual and unique concepts bmw, made a more “introverted” presentation this year. Of course, this does not mean that there is nothing exciting that the company offers, on the contrary, there are innovations that can become a part of our lives. The company focuses on technology and media content that it thinks its customers would like to have.

Making a statement on the subject Frank Weber, BMW Group CTO and Member of the Management Boardfirm “more content, more customization and more gamesHe said that he is focused on ” and that more innovations will come. He also added that the software used in BMWs is perfectly integrated with augmented reality and reliable artificial intelligence.

“More content, more customization, more games”

So BMW in its vehicles for more video content and provide access to game content. Not only that, the company says that in the future, its customers will be able to access technologies that they do not have access to today. These technologies include features such as augmented and mixed reality and in-car voice assistant using generative artificial intelligence.

It is possible to sit and play games in a BMW

BMW’s operating system, BMW OS 9 or iDrive 9′The basis of this is Google’s Android Auto. Consumers who purchase the BMW Digital Premium package have access to games from various third-party developers. Passengers can play games on screens such as the 32-inch convertible screen of the BMW i7.

With the new update, BMW drivers will be able to use real game controllers to play games. Having any controller with a Bluetooth connection option will be enough. This feature will be distributed as an update to all vehicles this year. Games Play single player or multiplayer it’s going to be possible. Of course, BMW will also take some precautions to ensure that this feature does not distract the driver or be misused.

Passengers in the back seat will be able to enjoy movies

While there are many people playing games while traveling, there are also many people watching something. With BMW’s new system, the number of contents we can watch in vehicles will increase. For example, rear seat passengers who wanted to watch something on the 31-inch screen of the BMW i7 sedan could watch something on Amazon Fire TV.

with iDrive 8.5 or 9 update “DTS AutoStage Video ServiceIt will be possible to watch live broadcasts, news, sports competitions, special content for children, movies and TV series on these screens, which will have a feature called “”. BMW will make this feature available in its luxury and “heavy brother” vehicles in 2024.

Augmented and mixed reality

Giants in the automotive industry have been trying to use augmented reality applications in their vehicles for a long time. BMW believes that it is the first company that can use this feature as desired. The company says it will show this feature for the first time at CES.

passengers, Xreal Air 2 AR Once they put on the glasses, they will see “how navigation guidance, hazard warnings, entertainment content, charging station information and parking assistance visualizations are perfectly integrated into the real-world environment.” BMW has developed a solution to ensure smooth interaction with virtual objects while moving quickly in the real world. Meta He was also working with.

BMW says this augmented reality can be used in all kinds of road and driving situations, thanks to the glasses paired with the vehicle’s sensor data. BMW believes that the owners of the vehicles where these features will be offered will be drivers. Like this with screens and augmented reality toolsThe time spent on the road will be used efficiently.

Black Lightning became Blue BMW: Voice assistant is coming

Finally, BMW Amazon Alexa continues its work to develop its own voice assistant through technology. Although nothing is finalized yet, BMW is developing its own model using Alexa’s big language model as a basis. This artificial intelligence assistant will be able to provide simple directions, quick information, and answer questions about the vehicle. It will also be able to control some features of the vehicle.

Although Alexa has been used in BMW vehicles since 2018 bmw, will enable “more human dialogues” to be established and complex operations to be carried out with the new assistant. These features will be possible thanks to new large language model technologies.

Another remarkable innovation of BMW is teleoperation happened. Although this feature is quite interesting and can make life easier, it is almost certain that we will have to wait for its arrival. The system works as follows: Your vehicle goes to a pre-determined parking area, for example Ispark, or to your home’s garage if your home has a garage, searches for a suitable empty space and parks itself.

Then, you can call your car when you want to use it so that you don’t have to search for your car. In fact, this process is a process with a very low latency internet connection. by operator is managed. Of course, this technology needs further development, but it will be very effective once it becomes available.