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Article: 3D Car navigation system.(Gadgets & Gizmos Back Bytes)
- Article from:
- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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Here's another one for mobile executives, but whether it comes to Australia or not is another matter. Sony's latest car navigation system has the Japanese jumping in the car to take a ride just so they can see its video game-like graphics. The system uses a 3D graphics engine to produce some of the coolest images yet to be featured in such a product: a 3D representation of the road ahead, complete with landmarks and major buildings, and your course marked out with a gold line. The map is stored on a 30GB hard disk drive that can be ...