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Using Virtual Reality to train drivers

Discussion in 'Gen 4 Prius Main Forum' started by raspy, Sep 8, 2016.

  1. raspy

    raspy Senior Member

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    Some of you may remember I made a comment on my post about my first experience of using DRCC that I wish the dealer or Toyota themselves had given me a practical training session showing me all the brand new capabilities with regard to Toyota Safety Sense before I actually tried the features myself on the open road in traffic.

    It seems that Audi understand that need, and has developed a Virtual Training Car, which demonstrates their Pre Sense City feature to show how the car would respond if a virtual pedestrian walked in front of your car. Alas, it only seems to be for use in training Audi salespeople, at the moment.

    VR goggles and giant touchscreen tables: How Audi explains new car technology | Ars Technica
     
    #1 raspy, Sep 8, 2016
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    Didn't Toyota once require new Prius owners to attend a class on how to operate the car? I was surprised that I got all of two minutes with my sales representative. It was the end of her day and she needed to get home to her kids. I get that and I don't mind because I'm the type of person that will read the manual, search online sites, and do a bit of safe testing on my own. It's fun. But I know most people won't do that. I don't blame them.

    Even after I took delivery of the car and read the instructions, I still have learned a few things. Use of the safety features is a pretty important to understand completely.
     
    #2 MichelleStone, Sep 8, 2016
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