As you get better, the Car Hero “unlocks” vehicle control to the point where the autonomous system is overridden and you’re in complete control. It lets you “play along” and try to match the skill level of the system. ![]() Just enter your destination into the navi app on your smart phone and the car takes care of the rest. Imagine a gaming experience which can actually teach a beginner to drive or challenge the experienced… whether you’re a lowbie or a legend, Car Hero takes “getting there” to a whole new level. The OnStar Car Hero is a vehicle and a game… it turns driving into gaming and challenges your skills against the car’s autonomous system. Great idea, but let’s just hope that some of the concept stays on the drawing board until we’re comfortable with Grandma in a turbocharged unicycle passing us by on I-75. Yeah, that’s the part that terrifies me, too. Essentially this will not only make people better drivers, but will also allow expert road stallions to have a continuous challenge. Beat the “Normal” mode and you’re now allowed to hit the highway.īeat the game on “Hard” or “Expert” and further craziness transpires as the vehicle can “transmorph” into a 3-wheeler, 2-wheeler- or even single wheel vehicle for the ultimate driving challenge. Still following me? No? Think of it this way: if you complete Car Hero on “Easy” you are then allowed to actually take control of the vehicle on the road, perhaps only in your neighborhood and under 35 miles per hour. However, by playing along via the in-car steering wheel and pedals and doing their best to follow the Guitar Hero schematic projected onto the road, drivers can eventually hone their skills enough to actually take control. Car Hero is an autonomous vehicle that drives you to your location. The vehicle is meant to help teach prospective drivers the ins and outs of the road while at the same time making it a fun, game-like experience. In other words: no, this is not an actual game coming out in 2030 (unless Activision gets to the patent office first).Ĭar Hero is actually quite a novel idea, albeit probably mighty dangerous. ![]() General Motors’ submission is a concept dubbed “Car Hero”. This year the theme was “Youthmobile 2030”, asking designers how to translate emerging communication methods into automobiles for the future. We’ve all played Forza and marveled at the realism of driving in Gran Turismo (especially with a table-mounted wheel), but what if driving a car was more like a video game? As a part of the annual Design Challenge at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the design studios of several auto manufacturers compete to create concepts based on a theme.
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