microsoft is slowly putting your living room on wheels
Microsoft is moving towards putting your living room on wheels, rolling out several features to make your driving more efficient and fun.
At the Consumer Electronics Show on Tuesday, Microsoft announced four plans to lead the next generation of cars into the cloud.
\"The industry is going through digital transformation,\" said Sanjay Raavi, Microsoft\'s global manufacturing director . \".
\"Car companies want to be digital companies.
In other words, say \"connect to a conference call\" and your car will connect you to your office.
Say \"Skype with mom\" and the phone will ring soon.
Say \"find a gas station\" and you don\'t have to worry about running empty.
\"Imagine the future car as the living room on your wheel,\" Ravi said . \".
\"Or your office.
For example, Nissan will use the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform to allow all
Infiniti luxury brand electric leaves and certain vehicles take advantage of the cloud
Based on the connection.
Moving car networking information from Nissan\'s own global data center to the cloud will increase the storage space of the network, this means that drivers can perform functions such as finding places of interest and monitoring car battery capacity more quickly.
Providing electronic and audio devices for the automotive industry, Harman will fold Microsoft Office 365 into its infotainment system, allowing drivers to access email and schedule meetings, as well as other tasks, when driving a car in a park
But that\'s not all the cloud can do.
In certain markets that come in the spring, it\'s not a problem if you have a Volvo and a Microsoft Band 2 activity tracker and happen to forget where you\'re parked.
Just have your wearable device honk or flash the lights and you can follow your car to make a fuss.
With the Volvo on-call mobile app, the band can also start the heater of the car, lock the door and set the navigation.
Meanwhile, Germany-
IAV, based on automotive engineering, focuses on improving traffic safety and using vehiclesto-
Infrastructure technology to avoid collision with pedestrians.
Using Microsoft\'s Cortana analysis suite and sensors that transmit data from around the car, the car can predict and help avoid potential dangers.
Of course, the industry must develop security measures as soon as possible after the introduction of new connectivity capabilities.
\"It will always be a problem.
\"Celso Guiotoko, Nissan\'s chief information officer, said.
\"Cyber hackers will find different ways to penetrate the network.