GRAZ: Volkswagen's Golf GTI Aurora showcar that made its world premiere in Austria last week features a completely operational, hologram-controlled sound system in what the brand claims is a world first.
The trunk of the Golf GTI Aurora concept introduced at the annual Worthesee event near here isn't your average luggage compartment. When you lift up the trunk door, you're met with a hologram.
You'll find it floating comfortably above a black screen integrated into the floor of the compartment displaying controls for a high-end sound system.
Unlike with 3D movies – which require audience members to wear a pair of specialised glasses for images to pop out of the screen – the hologram created by the show car requires no additional equipment for viewing.
The technology "automatically recognises the user's operating requirements and implements them – making it intuitive and logical to operate."
Music controls, volume, and playlists can be selected just by poking the air. Because users "see and live in three dimensions ... they know how to handle the projected 3D control elements."
While this premiere proves that holograms are no longer reserved for cinematic universes like that of Star Wars, the head of Development at VW Group Components Mark Möller admitted that implementing such technology into production vehicles is still a way off.
