Another beautiful color-changing concept automobile from BMW has arrived at CES.
The BMW i Vision Dee is the automaker's most recent concept car that enables users to digitally customize their actual physical vehicle, and it was unveiled at the world's largest tech convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday. It is a mid-size car that will be offered in BMW's Neue Klasse EV vehicles starting in 2025 and has an exterior that uses E Ink to instantly convert between or mix 32 colors.
BMW has been experimenting with color-changing technology for some time; at last year's CES, the company showed the iX Flow, a car that uses E Ink to transform from black to white. Drivers can employ up to 32 shades on the body surface, which is divided up into 240 independently programmable pieces, on the new i Vision Dee, BMW's first full-color deployment of E Ink technology on the outside of its cars. If you wanted to, you could create a patchwork or checkered automobile design.
The i Vision Dee's fancy, upgraded Head-Up Display, a high-tech, programmable digital, mixed reality display that spans the entire windscreen, was also unveiled by BMW. On their windscreens, drivers can access communications, driving information, augmented reality projections, and "virtual worlds" (we have no idea what this term implies). Additionally, the automobile has dimmable windows.
The i Vision Dee's headlights and kidney grille also have digital elements embedded in the physical, which means the vehicle is able to make facial expressions and express moods. Because 2025 is the year that our cars reportedly turn into Stephen King's Christine with a (hopefully good) human personality, this is the point at which the i Vision Dee becomes a human-like Christine. Additionally, if you're like it, the car may project the driver's avatar onto a side window.
Of course, BMW isn't the only manufacturer showcasing new models at CES; Sony also got lucky.
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