09 10 201518 cial In the future we have to offer appropriate solutions with in the automobile Otherwise when in doubt the driver will use his mobile device And that would certainly be the wrong approach The BMW Group introduced data glasses for cars at the Shanghai Motor Show Is this a possible next step in controls or are Google glasses a gimmick Data glasses are one alternative for the display of information During driving however they have a disadvantage Your eyes have to make adjustments And if everyone is not wearing data glasses the information is mainly intended for just the driver And that is perceived as a drawback In my estimation the use of data glasses is too far removed from natural motion and the way that people communicate Gesture control is supposed to be an opportunity to reduce driver distraction Gesture control is important For many people it has become completely natural But let s not fool ourselves Today s mobile devices have educated us in this direction by now Even while just babies many children can use tablets Gesture control is also very intuitive and requires less precision A touchscreen requires greater attention So gesture control definitely has a series of advantages and will become more widespread in cars But it will not suddenly replace other control systems Instead there will be a duality over a period of time since there are people who have not yet dealt intensively with mobile devices These drivers prefer the haptic feel of a pushbutton In addi tion there are safety related functions that we won t activate by gesture such as the turn signal Where do things stand when it comes to natural speech control Recognizing analyzing and interpreting flowing speech is very involved and decidedly complex There are innumera ble experts at Apple Microsoft and other companies who are creating efficient algorithms that will enable natural speech control in the future As this field is not our core competency we have formed partnerships especially for it We are general ly turning to a cloud solution The rationale is that speech re quires a high level of data processing and we can only manage it using the cloud as Apple does with Siri But there is a catch You need connectivity for this This field has to develop fur ther But less restrictive systems with a reduced syntax already exist even at our company So the technology marches on You are addressing the fact that connectivity is a core issue in today s cars But in most cases connectivity is in short supply Many developers are vehemently calling for 5G You can handle a great deal with LTE in a stationary situation or a stop and go traffic The problems start at high speeds on the autobahn We also think that 5G is needed But what is the mobile telecom provider s business model Then the connected car will be driving off line quite often I would not say that Wi fi hotspots are also conceivable For example Google has just announced that it is getting a flat rate for the new smartphone generation in the U S where the customer gets a number and can use it to either log on over the cellular network or even use wi fi hotspots They act inde pendently of the 5G networks One other example In England all the rail lines are wired with fiber optic cable If you build hotspots at the right distance the data can be quickly trans Digital natives expect a self learning car Jaguar s flagship model the 2016 XJ which goes on sale this autumn will have the latest JLR technologies on board Photo JLR INTERVIEW

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