Additional Displays for our car computers
Our car computers are not limited to having only one display and serving only one person - we can install multiple displays so that any occupant of the vehicle can use the computer's facilities.
Commercial Applications
For commercial applications we can install displays within view of the vehicle's passengers, which can be used for a variety of purposes, such as in-vehicle advertising or displaying useful location or time-based information.
If multiple displays are required then they can either all show the same content, or be independent of each other, allowing each display to show different content. As an example, the driver might use the primary display for navigation, while another display might show advertising content to the passengers.
In most cases multi-display capability is provided by Windows Extended Desktop, a feature built-in to Windows XP and Vista. Although this allows each monitor to show independent content, it does set the limitation that only one person can actively use the computer at any one time*. This setup is ideal for situations where the people viewing additional displays do not interact with the PC in any way other than looking at the screen (e.g. passengers on a bus looking at advertising content).
If more than one person needs to actively use the computer at the same time then we can provide a solution where each additional display not only provides independent content, but appears to the user to be a completely independent computer, with its own independent Windows® elements such as a desktop, start button and mouse cursor. This setup allows several people to use a single vehicle computer simultaneously, with each user's experience being exactly the same as if they were using their own independent PC. Please contact us for more information.
Passenger Entertainment
For the car environment extra displays can provide passenger entertainment, and allow passengers to use computer-based features such as email and web browsing. As an example, the driver might be using his or her screen to display navigation information, the front seat passenger might be watching a DVD, one back seat passenger might be watching a DivX video file, and another back seat passenger might be browsing the internet, as shown in the picture below.*
This makes our car computer systems one of the most powerful rear-seat entertainment systems in existence, except that our computers are not just entertainment systems, and nor are they limited to only serving the rear passengers. With internet access, the ability to run almost any Windows program, and a host of new and innovative features, our systems are the only automotive aftermarket device that you need.
Please visit our Displays page to see the various types of display that we can provide.
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*Each screen can display its own picture independently of any other screen. However, unless specifically requested, only one screen may be used 'actively' at any one time. An active use is one that requires the user to interact with the computer, either by using a touchscreen, a keyboard or a mouse. Writing an email and browsing the web are examples of active uses. Passive uses include watching videos and DVDs, where the user does not need to actively engage with the computer in any way once the activity has been started. In the above picture the only screen being used actively is the rear left screen, for browsing the web.
