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Garmin’s Camera-Powered In Car Entertainment System

Photo: Michelle Ehrhardt / Gizmodo
Photo: Michelle Ehrhardt / Gizmodo

In-car entertainment system mock-ups are a CES favorite, but Garmin’s latest stands out thanks to clever use of a camera that overlooks the cabin. The demo I attended had four people sit in a “car,” and then a camera made us our own profiles and tracked our movements. With that accomplished, it could do things like allow Bluetooth devices to pair by simply bringing them to my seat. It could even track a device’s location in the car, so you could see in an app where your earbuds are. Useful if you’re constantly dropping them under the seat. -Michelle Ehrhardt