I know I’m not the only one who feels like I’m getting visually assaulted everytime I drive at night. It was bad 10 years ago but now, it seems like headlight manufacturers have a deal with insurance companies and optometrists to make the lights as bright as possible. Is this ever going to stop or is there some kind of race in the headlight industry to see who can reproduce the power of the sun first?

  • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    Of course the cost would come down (slightly) if a new tech goes mainstream, but you don’t think an IR HUD could become as cheap as regular headlights, do you?

    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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      7 hours ago

      I do, they are not really much different from what is put in cars today. HUD? We put screens on everything, IR? its just a bulb type. IR cameras? Its a camera.

      • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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        7 hours ago

        There’s a lot more that goes into to than you think. A camera and HUD will never be as cheap as a bulb and a reflector.

        • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
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          7 hours ago

          There is alot more that goes into those projector and LED headlights then you think then. They have not been a bulb and reflector only in 30 years or so. If they where still just a bulb and reflector we would not all be talking about having to face the fucking sun itself everytime we drive at night.