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What is multi-modal HMI?

June 11, 2019

BMW X5 lesson #1 --- What is multi-modal HMI?

I was entering a new destination and I realised that when my hand was on the iDrive controller a rotary appeared on the central information display.

When my hand was near the central information display an on screen keyboard appeared.

That is multi-modal HMI! That is surprise and delight!

When you evolve and evolve and evolve the evolution becomes revolution.

Many thanks to Scott Hodgins and Jon Ward at Tobii Pro

#hmi #idrive #displays #infotainment #bmw

Data collection for a personal study, views are my own

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