In the next 1 to 3 years cars will begin to have virtual dashboards instead of conventional dials and gauges. Finland?s Rightware is designing these dashboards. Rightware designed the Virtual Cockpit in the Audi R8 supercar and is currently working with car manufacturers from the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, South Korea, China, and Japan.
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