Microsoft zooms into Car Infotainment with a bang! – Commute UX
As the world awaits better times to invest in newer technologies in the pursuit of mankind’s never ending and ever evolving ambitions on engineering newer things to make life exciting, Microsoft is showing pointers on the road ahead.
Microsoft has taken HCI and car infotainment to the next level through its Commute UX initiative.
It’s a curve that is literally tending towards the famous “Knight Rider” which I used to watch with awe in my childhood days.
Imagine “talking” to services that reside on the cloud as you drive down! Commute UX is all about bringing computing and collaboration to its best possible use particularly in car infotainment systems.
The Commute UX initiative is based on the following drivers
Speech enabled - speech is the interaction channel left in eyes busy/hands busy activity such as driving.
Multimodal - speech is strong in browsing large lists (music, address book), touch screen/buttons - for selection from short lists (disambiguation). Smooth transition from speech only to GUI/touch only interfaces based on the conditions and user.
Situation aware - to mimic the behavior of the passenger and not to speak during passing, lane change, etc. Gradually to change the behavior based on speed, weather, and driving conditions - turn GUI off under heavy driving conditions to minimize the driver's distraction, for example.
Context and person awareness - increases the usability of the system by filling defaults, coming from the context and habits of the driver. They are easy to obtain, monitor and store as the car has limited number of users (drivers).
Seamless integration of in-car and in-cloud services - Connected to the cloud dialog system just gets smarter and provides more information and services in a smooth and nice way.
Browse through through the following to catch a glimpse of Commute UX
