Virtual Cable Shows a New Way to Use GPS

One of the most difficult aspects of using any car-based GPS system is the constant need to reference the display screen in order to know where you’re going. Granted, most systems have vocalization software that will read you the directions while you drive, but that too can be overly ambiguous at times.

Taking these limitations to heart, a new company called Virtual Cable has developed a product that could really change the game for automotive sat nav applications.

(Click through the jump to read on about Virtual Cable.)

Essentially what the Virtual Cable does is place a three-dimensional line over the mapped route, so that it seems to be projected over the road itself. This red “cable” is produced using a system of mirrors, but appears to the driver to hover physically within the landscape, thus allowing one to use nothing but their peripheral vision to follow a plotted path. Also, since the system is independent of your sat nav device, it will continue to work just as well should your navigation source change.

To be clear, the Virtual Cable system is still in development. That means that the image pictured above (along with the demonstration videos on the company’s website) is merely a representation of how the device would work. But given the intuitive nature of the invention, we would love to give this product a try, when and if it comes to market.

+ Virtual Cable