VR Glasses For Backseat Passengers

Audi is redefining in-car entertainment at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In the future, backseat passengers will be able to experience movies, video games, and interactive content even more realistically using virtual reality glasses. The premium brand is presenting a technology that adopts virtual content to the movements of a vehicle in real time: If the car drives through a right turn, the spaceship in the experience does the same, for example. Audi is demonstrating the immersive futuristic technology with 鈥淢arvel鈥檚 Avengers: Rocket鈥檚 Rescue Run,鈥?an in-car VR experience for backseat passengers being brought to life by Disney Games and Interactive Experiences. From arcade games, underwater adventures and space exploration to educational trips through historical cities or the human bloodstream, there are almost no limits to what is possible. Since the visual experience and the user鈥檚 actual perception are synchronized, conventional movies, series or presentations can also be viewed with a significantly reduced chance of motion sickness. VR glasses for backseat passengers.

Audi鈥檚 multimedia system is in need of an update, as it鈥檚 starting to look a little tired with an overly simple graphic display. And with the A3 range missing out on a SIM connection, some of the best bits of Audi Connect are not present. In either case, any BMW ConnectedDrive unit with the latest version of iDrive, would鈥檝e bested them both. This makes life more convenient in the AMG, when you want to switch from 鈥楽port sharp鈥?to 鈥楥omfort鈥?while at idle next to a police car. Both the exhaust and suspension can be independently toggled using separate buttons as well. The AMG鈥檚 steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters are also much longer than the Audi鈥檚 near miniature-sized ones, making it easier to change gears when you鈥檙e in the thick of things. The standard panoramic sunroof in the AMG is covered with a rather thin and see-through piece of fabric that lets a reasonable amount of heat in. Worth noting if you deal with the remorseless Queensland sun, for example.

The Audi鈥檚 Bang and Olufsen sound system (part of the RS package) is just that little bit better than the stereo in the AMG, but then again you鈥檙e paying more for it, so it鈥檚 expected. A similar system is optional for the A45, however. You really don鈥檛 need it though, as it鈥檚 more than good enough how it is. Arguably the fit and finish of the Audi鈥檚 interior is better than the Mercedes, as is its general cabin ambience. But where the Audi oozes understated class, the Mercedes is inherently a performance car with little touches, such as red seatbelts, adding that extra sense of urgency to the cabin. It鈥檚 what your friends will notice when they jump in, and that鈥檚 important. With its smoother dual-clutch transmission and ride, it鈥檚 in traffic that we expected the Audi to justify its purchase as a daily drive over the AMG. And we weren鈥檛 disappointed. The RS3 is a genuinely practical car you can drive every day of the week.

Then again, so is the new AMG. And that鈥檚 the real surprise here. The previous model was unbearably harsh on suburban roads. Its suspension was designed for smooth European roads and it didn鈥檛 have adjustable suspension (like the new car), and, as such, it was best suited for drives straight to a racetrack or to a chiropractor. 6490 RS performance package to gain magnetic ride suspension (along with a host of other features noted at the bottom of the review) to make it a usable daily. The transmission in the old A45 didn鈥檛 like going all that slow either, while the new A45鈥檚 updated system seems far more composed and willing to be quietly driven around town at low speeds without any jerky notions. As does the S Tronic gearbox in the RS3. Both cars were set to Comfort mode and had their air conditioning blasting. After about 20 minutes, the AMG鈥檚 engine temperature was sitting noticeably above normal (3/4), even though it was hardly getting out of second gear, while the Audi appeared to have no such temperature issues.