Smart surfaces are progressing in automotive interiors, integrating electronics and plastics. They bring intelligence to any structure by digitizing plastics. Any dashboard, door, headliner, seat…anything can become a functional surface. Think what that means for the more than 10 m2 of real estate within a vehicle. Tactotek, based in Oulu, Finland, put on a technical conference around their technology and ecosystem, and we attend; you’ll find our report in this newsletter’s in-depth section.
There’s all kinds of activity centered around smart surfaces, because they open a new dimension to interiors—with new HMI and lighting opportunities, integrations with screens, voice, and gesture controls. That’s part of what the DVN Interior Deep Dive will be all about. It’s happening on 29-30 August as part of the DVN Triple Workshop in San Francisco, California, in a session called Interior Lighting and Beyond. Beyond, in this case, means surfaces—including smart ones—within the reach of the driver.
Registration is open, but hurry fast; spaces are filling up quickly.
