제네시스, 구글 글래스와 손잡은 이유

By KH디지털2

Published : Jan. 3, 2014 - 13:59

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현대 뉴 제네시스

현대자동차가 구글과 손잡았다.

현대차는 오늘 (1월3일) 미국 현지에서 뉴 제네시스에 블루링크 앱을 탑재해 구글 글래스와 같은 웨어러블 디바이스를 통해 자동차를 조종할 수 있게 될 것이라고 발표했다.

이를 통해 주로 차문을 열고 잠그고, 구글 맵상의 길안내 표시를 송고하는 등의 기본적인 컨트롤이 가능하게 된다.

또, 차량정비에 대한 업데이트 등의 정보도 받을 수 있다고 현대자동차는 밝혔다.

현대차는 또한 구글 글래스 뿐 아니라 다른 웨어러블 디바이스와도 연계해 뉴 제네시스 운전자들에게 보다 폭넓은 서비스와 기술을 제공할 것이라고 밝혔다.

“추가로 연계할 디바이스 종류나 기업명은 이번 CES쇼에서 밝혀질 것,”이라고 현대차 관계자가 전했다.

다음주부터 미국 라스베가스에서 열리는 CES (Consumer Electronics Show)는 세계 최대의 전자제품 전시회로 자동차와 전자기술이 접목된 다양한 제품이 등장할 것으로 보인다.

(코리아헤럴드 이지윤 기자)

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Genesis sedans to offer app for Google Glass

Hyundai Motor‘s new Genesis is expected to offer owners a chance to control their cars through a Blue Link application that will that offers the same kind of remote services delivered from a smartphone, including basic remote control, maintenance updates and sending Google Maps directions -- all via Google Glass.

However, Google’s eyewear won‘t be the only wearable device the new Genesis consumers will have access to, since Hyundai has already said it will be offering the Blue Link support for other devices as well.

“Hyundai will offer an application designed for Glass and other wearable electronic devices starting with the 2015 Genesis,”South Korea‘s largest automaker said in a statement.

The feature is an extension of Hyundai’s current Blue Link in-car system that provides diagnostic and maintenance services, the Seoul-based company said.

“The Glass application is only for pre-drive operations -- not when you‘re behind the wheel,” Miles Johnson, a company spokesman, said in a telephone interview. “The goal is that when you get to the car to start your trip, the drive is less stressful.”

Park Min-hyung, a spokesman in Seoul, said further details on other devices Hyundai plans to offer the app will be revealed at this year‘s Consumer Electronics Show to be held in Las Vegas next week.

Hyundai‘s plans follow similar intentions by Nissan Motor Co. and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz to integrate wearable data devices with their vehicles. Google released technical specifications for its Glass computing device in April 2013 to encourage software developers to create applications for the Web-enabled spectacles.

Google, expanding beyond its core search-engine business, has been investing in Glass as it bets consumers will shift more attention to wireless devices that let them easily snap photos, check e-mails or listen to music without the aid of smartphones or traditional computers.

Hyundai will demonstrate the Glass-enabled system Jan. 6 in Las Vegas, before the start of the International CES technology trade show, said Johnson, who declined to elaborate on specific features.

By Lee Ji-yoon and news reports
(jylee@heraldcorp.com)

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