Mercedes-Benz has teamed up with 20th Century Studios to create a futuristic car concept inspired by James Cameron’s new film Avatar: Waterway. The sequel to the Avatar franchise doesn’t present viewers with the futuristic cars that Mercedes-Benz envisioned, but the company says the concept of the car makes sense for the world we live in. The vehicle is called Vision AVTR is functional, can move at speeds up to 32 km / h and is controlled by hand gestures.🇧🇷

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John Landow, COO of Lightstorm Entertainment, one of the production companies behind Avatar: Path to Water, says the film’s theme helps automakers anticipate the future. “We believe these films are about something. That they encourage us to look at our world a little differently, to realize that our actions affect the people around us and the world around us, and we were looking for partners who share the same thought. I believe that Mercedes really has a vision for a sustainable future.”

Vision AVTR mimics a living organism

The ArsTechnica team and The Verge portal got the opportunity to get to know the Vision AVTR better and even drive a car. The car integrates gesture control, biometrics and heartbeat integration. According to Mercedes-Benz engineers, the goal is to create a “living” car that wakes up when the user approaches the car. Thanks to biometric feedback Vision AVTR simulates a heartbeat and tracks the driver’s heart rate.🇧🇷 In addition, the fins on the back of the car vibrate and move, all this is designed to create the feeling of piloting a living organism, just like in the movie “Avatar”.

Despite this, Abigail Bassett, a journalist for Arstechnica, argues that can’t test this biometric feedback car cockpit version🇧🇷 In the cockpit, when the car is ready to drive, the car’s central display lights up and shows scenes taken directly from Pandora, the planet where the movie “Avatar” takes place. To ensure safety, the car’s top speed is 32 km/h, which is relatively high for a concept car.

gesture control

Vision AVTR has no buttons and can be controlled by gestures: by moving your hand to the right or left, you can select different icons that are reflected in the palm of your hand. To select an option, the driver needs to close his hand, as if “grabbing the lit icon”.

According to the ArsTechnica team, driving the Vision AVTR was a very unusual experience. “Half lap around the Lightstorm Entertainment studio, the driving experience was so unlike anything I have ever experienced that it was difficult even at very low speeds. three dimensions, instead of the two main ones, the steering wheel and throttle, driving an AVTR takes some getting used to,” commented Abigail Bassett, a journalist for ArsTechnica.

The concept car is supposed to be powered by a 350 kWh graphene battery (something doesn’t exist). Demonstration car Mercedes-Benz. however, it runs on an electric battery, but the company did not provide further details on this. Even though it’s just a concept car, the experience of driving a futuristic car that connects with your heartbeat and can be controlled by gestures must be incredible. It remains to be seen if Mercedez-Benz is getting the future of the automotive industry right, but the Vision AVTR concept is certainly way ahead of its time.

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Source: The Verge, Arstechnika

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