Hyundai Design Boss Asks: 'why Do We Need a Screen?'
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Hyundai's design boss questions the necessity of touchscreens in cars, sparking a discussion about the role of technology in automotive design and user experience.
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There are gray areas in between, for example gauge cluster could be a screen but I vastly prefer physical gauges.
It is rough, doesn't handle bumps or stopping nearly as well as anything modern, and has almost no features beyond a radio.
Driving a screenless vehicle is a more strikingly different experience than I would have imagined. Have you gone a day without your cell phone recently? It's a very similar "unconnected from one thing but much more connected to another" feeling.
I hope there are modern vehicles without tablets on the center console soon. Convenience isn't always the whole story.