Navdy Is A Head-Up Display That Might Just Bring Your Car Into The Future!

Today, a new company is launching and they are on a mission to change the future of driving. It is a Head-Up Display, like the ones that aircraft pilots use, it will go on your dashboard and features a 5.1-inch wide transparent display. The Navdy it self features both a high quality projector and a IR camera, this allows you to view navigation and more right on the screen, plus being able to control it with simple gestures. It aims to create a safer and more intuitive experience while driving, this means you don’t have to be touching your phone or holding your phone while you are behind the wheel.

Via the head-up display, it will allow you to keep your eyes on the road, as it is a 5.1-inch transparent display, in fact it will appear 6-feet in front of your windshield. You will be to see navigation routes, speed, incoming calls, use applications, and more. Similarly to Automatic, it gets power via the onboard computer (OBD II port) and will works in all cars that were produced in or after 1996. Since it is linked to your car, it can alert you of speed, miles to go, fuel level, tire-level warning or even a battery warning. It can even link with Spotify, your music library, and others and you can control this via touch less controls and gestures. You can use voice commands to start directions, send texts, and make a phone call. Of course you can set certain voice command off via parental controls, for instance if you don’t want your new driver accessing social media applications, this can be turned off. 

Navdy will be landing in 2015 and it is available for pre-order now at a first time price of $299, which is 40% off of the estimated retail price of $499. If you back the product by pre-ordering, you will be rewarded via $30 discount after every ref feral and if you get 10 referrals you Navdy is free. Backers will also be able to vote on which applications will be integrated with Navdy when it ships early next year. You can see a gallery, a video, and a press release below.

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Press Release

Navdy: World’s First Head-Up Display (HUD) For Any Car

‘Google Glass for your car’ available for pre-order starting today 

SAN FRANCISCO– (August 5, 2014)— Today Navdy announced the start of its pre-order campaign for a breakthrough Head-Up Display (HUD) that allows drivers to access their smartphone’s apps while keeping their eyes on the road. Navdy combines a high quality projection display with voice and gesture controls to create a safer, highly intuitive driving experience.

Drivers are three times more likely to get into an accident when they take their eyes off the road to look down at a touchscreen.  “Smartphones were never designed to be used while driving,” said Navdy co-founder and CEO Doug Simpson. “Touchscreen-based apps force you to take your eyes off the road. So we started by completely rethinking what the experience of using apps behind the wheel should be like. Navdy is built from the ground up to be the safest and most intuitive way to make calls, use navigation, listen to music or access notifications without ever looking away from the road. 

Navdy is running a 30 day pre-order campaign at http://navdy.com/preorder.  Navdy is planning to raise $60,000 through its pre-sales campaign to get backers on board and support initial production efforts.

Navdy is the world’s first in-car platform that offers:

·       Advanced display technology:  Projects a transparent image directly within your field of view that appears to float six feet in front of your windshield so you can maintain your focus on the road while viewing navigation instructions, incoming calls, speed, etc.  It’s the same technology used by airline pilots to keep their eyes on the runway while landing an airplane.

·       Works in any car: The device can be mounted on any car dashboard, and is powered by plugging in to the onboard computer (OBD II port), available in all cars produced since 1996.

·       Intuitive touch-less gesture and voice controls: You never need to look away from the road while using Navdy. Glance-able apps are controlled with intuitive touch-less hand gestures, while voice recognition lets you ask for directions. Navdy’s noise cancellation technology and wide angle gesture sensors are specifically designed to create an optimal driving experience.

·       All the apps you need:  Navdy works with navigation apps such as Google Maps for turn by turn directions, and music apps such as Spotify, Pandora, iTunes Music and Google Play Music. Navdy can read aloud or display notifications from text messages or social media apps, subject to Parental Control settings.  Navdy is compatible with iPhone (iOS 7+) and Android (4.3+) smartphones.

·       Integrated with your car:  Navdy links to your car and is able to display information such as your speed, RPM, miles-to-empty, fuel economy stats, tire-pressure warning or battery-voltage warning from the car’s computer, all presented on your windshield within your field of view.

·       Tuned for the driver: Critical information like turn by turn directions and your speed do not disappear when a phone call comes in the way your navigation app disappears to the background on a smartphone when a call comes in.  The information you need, when you need it is always present and clearly within your field of view.

Pricing & Availability

Backers will be able to pre-order Navdy at the introductory price of $299, a 40% discount from its projected retail price of $499. Backers will also be rewarded for spreading the word to their friends and family; every time someone buys Navdy from your referral you’ll earn a $30 discount, which means after 10 referrals your Navdy is free! Backers will also vote on which smartphone apps and features they’d like Navdy to support when it ships in early 2015.