Virtual reality (VR) may soon keep you entertained during long car journeys.
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Holoride is a new platform that promises to turn commuting into VR experiences. Users will be thrust into a VR environment that mirrors their surroundings, the developer claims. It’s part of a growing interest in bringing virtual information into everyday life, known as augmented reality (AR).
“Future developments in AR in cars would be exciting to see,” Jack McCauley, former co-founder of virtual reality company Oculus, told Lifewire in an email interview. “For example, if you’re driving in a foreign country and road signs in English appear on your windshield, that could be very useful.”
While many companies are making moves into the VR and gaming spaces, holoride is currently the only solution that enables VR experiences in moving cars, holoride CEO Nils Wollny told Lifewire in an email interview. Holoride uses real-time vehicle and map data and the vehicle’s Wi-Fi or Bluetooth to connect data to a VR headset.
