JLR offers a 360° view of the road ahead

Posted on 15 Dec 2014 by Jonny Williamson

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced plans to develop technologies that could offer drivers a 360° view out of their vehicle, uninterrupted by the pillars that support the roof.

Dubbed the ‘360 virtual urban windscreen’, the initiative involves embedding a screen in the surface of each pillar inside the car taking a live video feed from cameras covering the angles outside the car usually obscured in the blind spots created by the A, B and C-pillars. Reportedly, pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles would be…

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