Automotive head-up display

An automotive head-up display or automotive heads-up display — also known as a auto-HUD — is any transparent display that presents data in the automobile without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from a pilot being able to view information with the head positioned "up" and looking forward, instead of angled down looking at lower instruments. At this time, there are three different approaches to OEM HUDs in automobiles. The first is to treat the back of the windshield in such a way that an image projected onto it will reflect to the driver. The second is to have a small combiner that is separate from the windshield. Combiners can be retracted. The third is to laminate a transparent display in between layers of the windshield glass. 1988: Nissan was the first manufacturer to offer a HUD in the JDM market with the 1988 Nissan Silvia S13. 1988: General Motors began using head-up displays. Their first HUD units were installed on Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Indy Pace Cars and replicas. Optional HUD units were subsequently offered on the Cutlass Supreme and Pontiac Grand Prix before being more widely available. 1989–1994: Nissan offered a head-up display in the Nissan 240SX. 1991: Toyota, for the Japanese market only, released a HUD system for the Toyota Crown Majesta. 1998: The first High Content Reconfigureable display appeared on the Chevrolet Corvette (C5). (1999 Model Year) 1999:Cadillac DTS with night-vision via Head-up Display.( model Year 2000) 2003 : Cadillac introduced a HUD system for the Cadillac XLR. 2003: BMW was involved in large developments for automotive HUD systems for the 2003 E60 5 Series. 2012: Pioneer Corporation introduced a navigation system that projects a HUD in place of the driver's visor that presents animations of conditions ahead, a form of augmented reality (AR). These displays are becoming increasingly available in production cars, and usually offer speedometer, tachometer, and navigation system displays.