Honda Head-Up Display Prototype
Client: Honda Research Institute USA
Provided: design, prototyping, sound
Date: 2013
I worked with Honda Research Institute to create a prototype head-up display application that addressed a number of defensive driving scenarios, focused around situational awareness, specially objects moving in front of the car, speeding vehicle approaching in rear, and vehicle breaking in front of car. I also designed a morphing rear-fan to help the driver become aware of situations in the rear proximity. In all of these concepts the following technology is assumed: car's built-in IR sensor / camera to track objects that move in the path of a vehicle, and then displays overlaying augmented reality graphics onto the windshield via a micro-projector, aligning them to the user's perspective. The resulting application provides a unique way for the client to tweak the look and feel of the graphical animations for the scenarios in real-time, subbing in real driving footage in the background for the imagined scenarios. I programmed the application in openFrameworks (C++/OpenGL), allowing the elements to be procedurally generated. I eventually added sound design to provide sensory feedback. Special thanks to the team that I worked with at Honda Research Institute USA: Karlin Bark, Cuong Tran, and Victor Ng-Thow-Hing.
Prototype HUD application for situational awareness scenarios. UI on the right is used to control the graphics treatment in realtime.