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Originally Posted by Colinv6
I just don’t get this sort of feature in a car. Same with gesture control.
Literally you have to press one easy to use button and the window goes down. Not only that, I can’t see “hey Bmw” dropping the window 3 inches.
Just more pointless tech to distract us from the diluted driving experience and muted sounds of modern cars.
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Colinv6 makes a very good point. When a human touches a button, our brains create a unique imprint combining the touch point, motion, reasonably short movement duration, and confirmed absence of distraction - or commonly known as muscle memory. Gesture controls stop short of creating a complete muscle memory experience.
This is the very reason why certain "everything ought to act as an iPad" attempts - such as controlling A/C vents with touch controls - will fail. If the motion comes with distraction (who wants to take eyes of the road while adjusting any control), muscle memory will not be satisfying and become rejected. Absence of distraction is one of the key elements, in addition to others.
In all likelihood, the majority of gesture controls will be underutilized.