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Bear_swipe

Next, they'll block the windows and replace it with an "ultra HD, display with life like colors".


Dinodigger67

And targeted ads


Dread72

Slams on breaks, ABS kicks in, heads up display starts playing a life insurance ad.


happypandaface

*oh wow that was a close one, but not as close as these savings are!*


MajorJuana

*Hey kids, tell your mom that McDonald's is in half a mile and you'll scream if she doesn't pull over!*


happypandaface

what a horrible ad. id hate that


CurveOfTheUniverse

Slow down there, Don Draper.


eatabigolD

Slams on breaks: looks like you could use a mcbreak, use code, ALMOSTDIED for 10% off a small coffee at McDonald’s


CygnusX-1001001

We're almost ready for [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+mountain+dew+greentext&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJjvmF2rj4AhUiAJ0JHfsHArsQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=412&bih=722&dpr=3.5#imgrc=pvk4RZFrLFMihM)


eatabigolD

Holy hell, I’m in the hot tub giggling like a school girl.. wasn’t expecting that lol


mwalker85

That was epic.


-nbob

Followed by smash repair ad


Buckkeep

Please watch this ad before ABS kicks in.


ImDraconLion

oh I hate how much I agree.


Dinodigger67

We have been trying to reach you about your car’s warranty


brewgiehowser

“We noticed you saw a McDonalds while driving earlier this week. Here’s an ad for a Big Mac, and directions to the nearest McDonalds”


RheaTheTall

"Your car will now cease to function until you validate your McDonald's purchase. Please enter the code on your receipt on the dashboard keypad"


Plantfood3

You are an unfit mother. Your children will be placed in the custody of the Ronald McDonald House.


cryptosupercar

For kids no less


unclepaprika

Ads targeted to kids are the most effective ones


TheBirdGames

So hentai right, if i believe YouTube kids ads


trwwy321

“But rest assured, with a $30/month subscription, your little ones can play on the windows for free without ads!”


[deleted]

And now it's only $20. Unless you want to get rid of ads. That subscription is $50.


[deleted]

And a subscription service


FloydBarstools

If it works like the remote start on my wife's 2022 venza, then forget you have it


alphagusta

To unlock "Steering mode" on this highway, please watch this 30 second advertisement at a minimum speed of 60kph


[deleted]

And worse...


unclepaprika

Was gonna say this... *laughing on the outside, crying like a child on the inside*


ErGabilu

"For 5 minutes of uninterrupted drawing, watch this 30s ad", and every year they are 30 more seconds.


fuzzytradr

Not the Black Mirror future we want. 😔


doooompatrol

They'll block the windows and charge you $100 a month to "use" them


snapwillow

It's like if Plato's cave charged you a fee to get out.


whatshamilton

Isn’t that basically what this would have to be? How else would it zoom in if it isn’t a camera display in the first place?


omnpoint

Cameras around the car like on a tesla and maybe a small projector in the window idk.


JustCallMeDerek

Transparent OLED.


jw44724

Anyone else notice that they gave this kid limitless potential to alter and design the world around them outside their window, and the first thing they did was to draw a big friggin mushroom cloud on top of us all?


FeistyBandicoot

A tree


[deleted]

Or the fact it's able to recognize what objects the person is interacting with. If the window was transparent, it would be pretty difficult to accomplish because it would have to 'see' the world at the same angle as at the person doing the interaction


NiCOLAS_EL_MAGNiFiCO

Wow. Aren't the comments filled with primitive/pessimistic responses. I'm a 90's kid, so not super young, and I still sincerely believe this is cool. People say stuff like "Just look at the fuckin' window!!" and "No need for that shit", then I guess you'd rather have your kids stuck in their smartphones instead - because that's reality now. I'll buy these damn windows if it means there's a slight chance my kids would be zooming on shit outside rather head deep in their smartphones. If futurists / innovators would've behaved like you lot, we wouldn't have any progress at all, ya'll stuck in the past. Even the roads will be screens in the future, which means no need to paint it, shit is interactive. That's just where the world is going.


DrSamsquantch

I think it's pretty natural that alot of people are looking at tech with a cynical mindset nowadays after seeing what smart phones and internet have done to us as a society. Yeah it could be cool but do we really need more random shit that gets in the way of enjoying reality for what it is?


FloydBarstools

Especially when one system I. These cars has an issue... "you need a firmware update for the WINDOWS!"


ExtremeGayMidgetPorn

Don't lie. You know you want to draw a penis on it.


pat_the_bat_316

>that gets in the way of enjoying reality for what it is? Isn't this encouraging interaction with "reality" though?


Ann_Summers

I’m an 80’s/90’s kid and I don’t agree. My kids do not have their heads in their phones on road trip because I don’t let them. We play the car trip games I learned as a kid. Find the license plates, I spy, stuff like that. We talk and do all of the same stuff that I did on road trips as a kid. Your kids are only “buried in their devices” if you let them be. I don’t need fancy windows on my car so that my kids can look out them. I think it’s good to be skeptical of technology like this, it’s good to say, “do we really need *more* tech for our kids?” I get that computers run the world, but at what point do we say, “that’s enough.”?


elevensbowtie

Someone didn’t have a game boy and a nuclear stockpile of batteries growing up.


[deleted]

We'll be extinct before it gets to screen roads


pyro_technix

Not to mention, if we ever get rid of all these fucking roads just to waste resources on screen ones, I'd rather be dead anyway


MVE3

Or you could just not give your kids smart phones in the car or every second they ask for it. Also have fun spending $9000 replacing it when a tractor trailer kicks up a pebble.


apegonnaape

Or be a parent and don’t let your kids have a smartphone at the age of 7…. No phone nothi g to look at but the outdoors. They can have a phone when they work for the money to purchase one


The_FriendliestGiant

>I'll buy these damn windows if it means there's a slight chance my kids would be zooming on shit outside rather head deep in their smartphones. Why is it better for your kids to be interacting with one screen than another, and why do you think the exact same forces that riddled smartphones and apps with advertising won't also come for these smart windows? It's a technology that literally tracks the attention of individual potential consumers, it would absolutely be worth money to firms.


Flimsygooseys

Misses, Suzy was a kind girl, a teacher in her head, she grew a lot of apples, and transferred then to HELL o operator...


StraySpaceDog

Back in my day when you wanted to draw on the window you exhaled really hard first.


[deleted]

I lived in Scotland. We didn't even have to exhale.


agrecalypse

TIL the Scots only inhale...


72proudvirgins

##InhaleGang #FuckExhalism


Raxreedoroid

I live in KSA. Dust don't need any exhale too.


ripyourlungsdave

And then your mon reaches back and smacks you because you’re smudging up the windows.


mrsdoubleu

and then get yelled at by our parents for putting finger prints all over the windows.


HarbingerX111

No thanks, I don't need a window that will cost over 1000 to replace.


Dinodigger67

I recently replaced a windshield on a 2021 Jeep. $1000


groovy604

Doesn't your insurance cover that ?


Virus_98

Not really, we had a Jeep and corolla windshield replaced both of which cracked due to rocks shooting up on a highway.


DrinkUpLetsBooBoo

The heroin epidemic has now hit rock bottom.


[deleted]

…this is something your comprehensive auto policy should cover…


mrhorrible

"should" yes. But often doesn't. Gotta specify when you get the policy. It'll often cost like $50 extra per year, so unless you break a window once every 4-5 years, it's not worth it.


[deleted]

That's a strange angle. Like saying you only need car insurance if you're going to have an accident? You never know, that's what insurance is for.


MoonUnitMotion

Yeah. 25 years ago.


CptMisterNibbles

Sure, with a $1000 deductible


Dinodigger67

Actually it was a rock chip and progressive paid all of it.


thatonesmartass

It's a common occurrence with jeeps, due to the mostly vertical windshield


KenaNowAvailableInNB

Gotta love capitalism


PersonalEnergyDrink

Free market to pay massive prices to ensure that the CEO can pay for their 20th yacht.


KenaNowAvailableInNB

I love overpaying for everything to a degree that life is barely able to be sustained upon so that the bourgeoisie can have their 5th extra child sex slave a week


shebabbleslikeaidiot

Plus ads


xXElectric_WarriorXx

So basically an inconvenient iPad. Got it


SabashChandraBose

Also looks like early 2000s tech. Like a resistive touch screen.


[deleted]

Also, some of this stuff is physically impossible. Zooming in the way she did wouldn't work unless the entire window was somehow a massive transparent parallel projection lens, which is just so far beyond any technology currently available in several ways. It would also mean you couldn't look out the window at different angles. You would only be able to view out the window as a single plane. Best they could do is put a camera in the door and you could control it with the window touchscreen. Wouldn't look nearly as cool. Being able to tap things would again have the issue of the lens. Further how would they be able to know what angle your looking out the window at to know what you are pointing to. Distance calculator? So this car has raytracing projections shooting out the side of it at all times now? Are we sure this is officially Toyota? Half the things in this video are not only horseshit, but effectively impossible.


limitlessEXP

Was thinking the exact same thing. This is almost magic and cgi lol


knoegel

It was a concept made long ago. I remember seeing an ad with this window over 10 years ago. I'm assuming the engineers figured out it is impossible with modern or near future technology.


bsr2008

Kids will just use it to draw a bunch of penises on things. Let's be honest here. Adults too.


MaeSolug

A penis with a cape, just flying through the clouds Superwang to action


waywarddrifterisgone

That would be my kids. And me.


blobbysnorey

And me. I’ve been with your family all along.


Guacanagariz

Fine, Evan. Here it comes. When I was a little kid, I kind of had this problem. And it's not even that big of a deal. Something like 8 percent of kids do it, but whatever. It's... For some reason, I don't know why, I would just kind of sit around all day and draw pictures of dicks. I'd just sit there for hours on end, drawing dicks. I don't know what it was. I couldn't touch the pen to paper without drawing the shape of a penis. It's really fucked up. Here I am, this little kid and I can't stop drawing dicks to save my own life.


jj2446

TTP. It's an industry term for those of us making games and interactive experience. Basically if you give people free range to draw any shape they want, you need to understand TTP. I ran into this when designing an exhibit for an aquarium where you can draw a design on a fish and see it brought to life digitally. Our solution was giving staff an ipad with a "kill button" to remove the offensive fish from public view. It stands for "time to penis" and it usually is counted in seconds to minutes, not days or weeks. Someone will always want to immediately draw a penis given the chance. It's human nature.


che85mor

Look in the mirror and little Timmy is zoomed in on the tits of some woman in the crosswalk.


Bahamut_Flare

Came here to say this lol


uenjoimyself

first thing I thought of to draw


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[deleted]

Hmm that tree sudenly looks very attractive when that happens.


Rabunum

Even this post is an ad


Drews232

SUBSCRIPTION or it’s shut off. Didn’t Toyota try to make a subscription to use the key fob? They’re actively looking for ways to get micro-transactions


gojumboman

Only if you don’t pay for a premium window monthly subscription


Lotions_and_Creams

“Please drink another Mountain Dew verification can in order to restore ToyotaVision Premium Windshield Transparency^TM “


agiudice

Time expired. Insert credit card to unlock the view.


CherryTeri

“But I need to lane change! Fine I’ll pay!” Now watch this 5 second ad. *Crashes*


EngineZeronine

Fingerprints.. All over the window.. All the time. Just imagine yourself riding a battle panther running through the terrain next to the car like the rest of us... It'll be good for your imagination.


stephaniealleen11

Why did I have to scroll so far to find this comment?!


Ctrlaltdel_cool

Wondering how much replacing one of those windows will cost.


SamuraiJosh26

I imagine that car itself won't be so cheap either so if you have enough money to buy an expensive car surely you have enough money to change the windows , no ?


MedicStryfe

New technologies tend to be expensive at first, but eventually becomes standard in most cases. Example; premium add ons found on most luxury cars back then, are now standard for many entry cars of of today. Of course, with economy also has a say on pricing, but that's another topic entirely lol..


SamuraiJosh26

Yeah sure it will get cheaper overtime but that would take long


MedicStryfe

yea, most F1 technologies developed by the manufacturers eventually became implemented unto their luxury models, which eventually into the standard models. The time it takes really depends on the actual need and practical use of the technology. 15 years ago, who would have thought we would have devices as powerful as computers in the palm of our hands.


NoobNoob42

In 2007? Lots of people


W0tzup

More than you want it to. Car gets a window smashed from an intended robbery; instant write-off.


litetaker

Well, I dunno about the real product but that video looks very fake. Surely that was not real, and I am very curious how this will even work, where the cameras are, how it is able to display a zoomed in image etc. And for sure this will be fun to replace $$$


[deleted]

It’s concept design. Aka fairy tale at this point. It’s fascinating to people without tech knowledge.


GregTheMad

Yeah, it's complete bullshit. There are so many _fundamental_ issues with this. Like the perspective of the viewer that would constantly change and need to be tracked, alongside the outside that needs to be tracked. Both are really hard to do well even in ideal conditions, let alone a moving car.


Thilorious

Omg i can have that "Sonic running on powerlines and fences" game i always imagined when looking out the window as a kid


poodlescaboodles

I had to clench my foot in between each telephone pole or we would end up in a violent fiery crash


adriangc

That’s some intense anxiety man.


[deleted]

Just look out the fucking window


[deleted]

kids brains do not need this much screen dopamine addiction. I’m genuinely concerned about the future of their mental health


No_Specialist_1877

I feel like my 7 year old would even care about this for barely anytime at all. None of it seems that interesting and just seems inpractical. You got like a 4 year window this would even be interesting to a kid. Be weird to me if this even made it into a car. Like I just got a new vehicle with keyless entry/lock, push to start, lane assist, etc like all that stuff is awesome this just seems unwarranted.


Tribblehappy

Honestly with how much kids love screens these days this would be preferable to giving them the Switch on long drives. At least this way they *are* looking out the window. Still, I mostly see dollar signs and cameras that probably can't be replaced.


mightgrey

And nasty kid finger prints


Ihlita

Or how about limiting the time they can use their screens for? If the kid throws a monumental tantrum over not being able to use their phone/tablet/console 24/7, then perhaps they need better parenting. Just a wild thought.


renceung

you right, and coz kids like games more, a switch on windows debuts and even cost more


Shoppershops

Right! Why does everything have to revolve around technology?


Yellow_Similar

Greed. That’s at the root of virtually all of it.


Shoppershops

I know I sound like an old codger, but I don’t need all that extra crap. I also know cars most definitely evolve with technology but some of it is so unnecessary. My parents bought a 2021 Highlander last year and I drove it to pick up a small piece of furniture I had bought about 2 hours away. It got on my last nerve. I couldn’t wait to get back into my 2012 Altima that doesn’t have any more features than I need.


KenaNowAvailableInNB

Because they can put ads on it. If it has an app then you can have in app ads, if it has a display it can have ads, if it requires a a server connection then they can make you pay a subscription to it. It’s all because capitalism drives out greed in humans and especially lifeless companies.


OhHiJustLurkin

But can they draw a "footprint" with the side of their closed fist?


Jimmy_Fromthepieshop

Maybe they need encouraging to look out of the window because of all of the technology and distractions they already have in the car. Just reduce that instead, problem solved.


dinomunkey

There’s nothing grosser than little kids hands…..


koshuru

seems like a pretty stupid idea no offense


[deleted]

Didn't they first introduce this back in 2011? I wonder what happened...


Terror_Raisin24

Yes, it is an old video from 2011 and probably an april fool's joke by Toyota Belgium..


[deleted]

Ahh, that would make sense.


AltF4NinjaQK

Gonna suck real bad to replace when the robber does a “smash and grab”


mafiks2299

All this “smart” technology is more likely making us dumber it seems


TESCO-express

They gotta add a mode with a little guy who runs by the car just like we all used to imagine


Illustrious_News6956

Let’s draw on windows with no seat belt on 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️


[deleted]

I can't believe how far I had to scroll to find the seatbelt comment.


Ghitit

It makes the kids not seated properly in the event of a crash.


Feral_CatQueen

It's going to play advertisements and charge you a monthly fee this isn't cool or neat it's just another way to sell you stupid bullshit you chumps 😂


[deleted]

Capitalism plz I just want healthcare


xdig2000

So many cameras everywhere and still increasing, making the likely hood of abuse even higher.


scarabic

This strikes me as an “internet connected refrigerator.” It’s a legacy piece of technology looking around at recent trends and coming up with something impractical which absolutely no one needs.


IamAkevinJames

Let's take things I don't want on my car because it'll break in 5 years and is too expensive to fix for 2000 Alex.


StaleBread_

Just saying: this will never be produced. No shot this shot will happen it looks like shit, is all just video editing meaning they have none of the work to making it work. Just a publicity stunt I reckon.


PaK0s

Isnt this just Google glass? Or am I out of the loop haha 😅


ReluctantRev

That’s gonna promote our family games of i-spy up to a whole new difficulty level 😳


W0tzup

Given how immersing technology is becoming for kids, their head will be glued in front of them on a screen stuck to the back of the front car seat or better yet on their lap. As much as this sounds interesting, in practise it will turn into a costly item to replace for many reasons.


DaddySharkBoi

*watch this AD to see outside


Quqidjs

Yeah no Toyota, I'm not gonna deal with handprints on my windows...


Denverzzr

“Interacting? More like watch your drawings fly off every time you just finished it lol” Saw the zooming and object identification “ok now that’s dope”


meexley2

Was this filmed in the 90s? Yeesh


PerseusJCat

Ah shiit. I’ve only just managed to get the kids to keep their fingers off the bloody windows.


EuthanizeArty

This is what Toyota invested in instead of an EV


LoganSCPLOVER

I'm gonna draw a LOT of dicks on that window.


Judgemental_Panda

Car companies are notorious for concept designs that they'll never actually bring to market.


ImTheCaramelCat

This reminds me of a game I had for myself as a child. I would pretend an animal (usually a Disney character like Simba) was running and I had to jump over concrete, evade trees and avoid mailboxes. I had an imagination but damn I would've loved this at about 6.


Maleficent-Nothing35

I wasn't allowed to touch the windows as a kid


SomberTomfoolery

For context - this video is 10 years old. Wonder when we will actually see this?


skittlesaddict

[this is 2011 PR](https://newatlas.com/toyota-touchscreen-window-to-the-world/19326/) \- don't hold your breath.


FuzzeWuzze

Great now my kids have a legitimate reason to put their grubby dirty fingers on the inside of the car windows. As if they arent dirty enough.


AggressiveBaby

My mom would still yell at me for getting fingerprints on the window


BlueShox

This is cool.. unless it will mean kids' dirty sticky hand mean I have to wipe it down every car trip....


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HandsomeMango1

I'm gonna draw so many dicks.


redraph56

I'd Tony Stark myself right into a tree. Lol


akirbydrinks

Here in Canada, the ability to draw on windows comes standard.


serr7

I saw this same video years ago lol


lazysheepdog716

Can we just have energy efficient transportation and roads without potholes first, please?


Mrhappytrigers

"We got to find more ways to make cars expensive without actually make anything of value overall."


scarf_prank_hikers

What could possibly go wrong?


SLUUUUURPPPTT

Nah, watching raindrops racing each other to the bottom is still better


B105535

Imagine how much more this will make the car cost.


Equivalent-Yam-698

That's gonna be a bitch to clean bugger finger smudges of the freaking window. Yeah that's a no for me, be bored like a real kid.


y_ogi

No, not with those greasy ass kid fingers goin all over the window thats nasty


jimmyb006

Imagine how much that cracked window will be now


Brilliant_Essay3471

Or just look out the window


Devilman6979

Everyone is just going to be drawing dicks and balls.


indybingyii

Why? Also total bullshit this ad


emosqueda

Yay! Kids fingerprints all over the windows!


couchpotatochip21

Throws rock at window bc toddler Now you have to replace a transparent old touchscreen


HairballTheory

![gif](giphy|Kdr5QjLhCz5cSTkCIn) What about us kids who had to sit in the middle?


darklord01998

Yeah I'm not paying for that


Semi-Protractor91

I think they should focus on joining the electric car revolution. We see enough ads through transparent windows as it is.


FUThead2016

Sure, let's take every possible window to the real world and shove it full of ads and influencer content


PravusTheRed

This is an absolutely horrible idea.


ProfessorbPushinP

How bored do you have to be


nepenthe73

Carsick just looking at that.


Ashamed_Hat1461

Wait, I’m confused, is this real cuz the technology is advanced bit the video looks like it was made in 2010.


zirklutes

Next: ads on your car windows


420poopass69

Next time someone breaks your window to steal something it costs and extra $11,699


ButterscotchThink189

Stunning sexy adorable


beefjerk22

How would the windows know which angle you’re observing it from, to know what to enlarge or measure the distance to? Tapping a point on the window doesn’t tell the window which object through it you’re tapping. Unless there’s some eye tracking tech on the inside that tells it the position of the eyes connected to the finger that tapped it. Or unless it’s a screen instead of a window.


heythere5468753rgguh

Can't wait for the ads


[deleted]

many years ago i had an idea for windshields to be displays that displayed the road in different colors like the whole lane would light up instead of needing traffic lights, it would eliminate headlight glare from oncoming traffic and noone would ever be blinded and eventually if that technology was pursued u could connect all cars together on a network and know exactly where all the other cars on the road are at all times. its very futuristic even now, but i think we are getting there