Digital Concept Car

The opening “turntable” view allows users to explore the vehicles from many different angles. The most interesting feature of the turntable is the toggle-view which illustrates how expansive Corning’s role in the future of automotive truly is.

In “Safety takes a Front Seat,” we navigate rural roads at night to show how sensor systems, combined with tough, optically advantaged Corning® Gorilla® Glass, vehicle-to-environment communication, and driver centric features, such as head-up displays, increase vehicle safety.

In “New Mobility Experience,” we navigate busy city traffic while illustrating our futuristic, fully autonomous, hybrid SUV. Its technologies transform a family trip of the future while demonstrating current products, such as gasoline particulate filters, and also futuristic product concepts around dynamically bendable displays, augmented reality glasses, glass as acoustic material, and more.

Already today, Corning has delivered technology solutions for vehicle connectivity, vehicle interior and exterior, sensor systems, and even powertrain technologies. In total there are more than 30 near-term product and future technology applications illustrated in the tool.

The problem:
 

Head-up display technologies are instrumental to increasing vehicle safety. A head-up display is a digitally transparent image that is projected onto the windshield of a car, displaying the same information as the dashboard. Projected image size and resolution are challenges that still need to be overcome.
 

The solution:
 

Corning® Gorilla® Glass can help make for incredibly clear, tough, and lightweight automotive hybrid windshields, windows, and sunroofs that are not only perfect for digital displays, but also light enough to reduce overall vehicle weight, saving on fuel. When paired with Corning’s curved mirror solutions, these components enable a larger image size and higher resolution images. 

The problem:
 

Sensors for safety systems must be small, durable, and affordable. They must also be resilient enough to maintain a high level of performance in harsh environments for the lifetime of the vehicle.
 

The solution:
 

Some LiDAR systems include as many as three Corning technologies: Optical gain fiber for the laser, diamond turned mirrors for scanning, and technical glass with durable optical surfaces for the cover glass. All three technologies increase the precision and reliability of the sensor.

The problem:
 

Many visions of future transportation include vehicles capable of full autonomy. In fully autonomous mode, these vehicles allow all occupants, drivers, and passengers to repurpose their time towards collaboration, work, and fun. However, emerging transparent display technologies are not yet optimized for automotive use.  For example, they don’t work well in extreme lighting or other harsh environmental conditions.
 

The solution:
 

While future AR transparent display technologies are still evolving, it is evident that Corning’s technical glasses will help enable, protect, and optimize displays in the automotive environment. Inside the car, Gorilla^® Glass can transform your console and navigation system into the ultimate co-pilot. Think curved, glass surfaces that respond to touch, connect with the web, and offer a better viewing experience than conventional glass.