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Written By: Ian Markowitz
Pioneer today unveiled a whole selection of in-vehicle entertainment systems. While none of them were truly “ground breaking,” Pioneer did unveil several overall technologies which will likely improve the in-vehicle experience, and if Pioneer has their way, will truly bridge the gap between the computer and the vehicle. While they didn’t unveil any drastically different products, they did unveil some new technologies which will be integrated into their products which could make any car ride more enjoyable. Pioneer stressed the importance of bridging the gap between the computer and the car during the entire press conference. It was interesting though that the only way that Pioneer seems to be able to bridge that gap at the current time is through an iPhone.
One of the new technologies which Pioneer was promoting this year was a new touch screen interface for their in-car navigation multimedia units. Unfortunately, it seemed as if Pioneer was trying to replicate the interface of the iPhone/iPod Touch, but in the video demo of the interface, it seemed that the interface was a bit slow and not nearly as smooth as an iPhone. Another new introduction from Pioneer was something similar to the feature in iTunes of the Genius Mixes which Pioneer is calling musicsphere which will be an iTunes plugin which will create up to 40 different playlists for you based on different musical qualities which you can then select from on the unit.
The last announcement was for an ecological interface so the user can understand how ecologically they are driving. Major selling point? Doubtful.
A view of the Ecological Interface
A view of the MusicSphere interface
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