Sony is one of the biggest electronics manufacturer in the world. It produces gadgets ranging from smartphones, cameras, speakers, earphones, tablets, laptops and most of all everything. Sony took Las Vegas by surprise on Monday when it used its CES press conference to debut a concept car. Built to showcase and test its new connected car platform, Vision-S, the electric car is a prototype and isn’t necessarily supposed to be an indication of Sony’s ambitions to sell its own cars, at least not anytime soon.
About Vision S
The Sony Vision S is an electric sedan and serves as a platform to showcase Sony’s expertise in multiple electronics verticals. The Sony Vision S is basically an effort to highlight Sony’s venture into mobility. The car was built by Sony’s AI and robotics team. The same crew that makes the company’s robotic dog Aibo.
Features and Technologies
The Vision S concept car features Sony’s imaging and sensing technologies along with artificial intelligence telecommunication and cloud technology. There are a total of 33 sensors in the Sony Vision S concept car which include CMOS image sensors and ToF sensors which can recognise and detect people and objects in and around the car. The idea is also to provide driving support in form of autonomous driving ability.
The car also gets Sony’s 360 Reality Audio system which offers an immersive listening experience through speakers built into each seat. The seats upfront also have a panoramic screen with an intuitive user interface.
