Pioneer GPS concept to keep an eye on

Pioneer GPS concept to keep an eye on

Pioneer will truly be living up to its name when this GPS system hits the shelves. The idea is to combine a traditional GPS unit with cameras mounted on your car. The GPS unit will then ‘see’ the road in front of you.

The working name for the unit is the Image Recognition Car Navigation System. We have to assume that will be one of the first flaws beaten out of it in Beta testing. The good people at Pioneer believe the unit will be able to warn you of objects in the road, measure the distance between you and the car in front of you, give clearer directions after matching up the images it sees and the map data in its memory, and even suggest a more scenic route if the landscape remains unchanged. It will be just like traveling with another person minus the annoying small talk.

Since this is a concept there is no firm date on when it will arrive, if ever, but if the local BestBuy winds up with them on the shelves expect a hefty price tag, probably in the range of a smallish nuclear submarine.

(Via NaviGadget.)