Mitsubishi's Emirai Interface: The Future of Car Interiors

Mitsubishi reveals its futuristic dashboard and user interface.

Mitsubishi's conceptual Emirai system is a futuristic dashboard and user interface that the company hopes to introduce to vehicles within the next ten years. Although it appears to be more suitable for the cockpit of a spaceship, we probably won't have too many of those ten years from now. Modern dashboards and interfaces are already becoming futuristic and intuitive, but Mitsubishi is definitely taking a big leap forward with this concept.Rather than using a traditional LCD panel to display driving information, the Emirai concept uses a curved rear-projected display with capacitive touch sensors. The steering wheel, though it may be more appropriate to call it a joystick, is equipped with a whopping 18 buttons located on two separate keypads. To make all of those buttons a bit more manageable, the steering wheel is capable of retracting buttons which aren't needed at the time.

In addition to its army of buttons, the steering wheel features multiple sensors, such as a personal health monitor that will surely be used to immediately notify officials in the case of an emergency. Other sensors allow for automatic mirror and seat adjustments based on the user's preferences.

To top things off, each Emirai seat is equipped with a glasses-free 3D touchscreen located on its backside. As great as all of the Emirai features sound, we can't help but imagine how much money such an interface would tack onto the price tag of a vehicle. But since ten years provides plenty of time for improvements and optimizations, we'll just have to wait and see what Mitsubishi has in store for us.