Car headlamp beams that are directed by the driver’s eyes? You read it right. What may still sound like science fiction fantasy in the United Nations’ International Year of Light is not all that far away from reality. Engineers at Opel are already busy developing automotive lighting for the day after tomorrow. With its eye-tracking technology, Opel presents the future of situation-appropriate lighting and once again takes on a pioneering role in lighting technology.
This announces a third generation of automotive adaptive lighting, that will be introduced after the current, widely-praised and multi-award-winning AFL+ bi-xenon system featuring up to 10 lighting functions available in most Opel models, and Opel’s LED matrix light that will soon go into series production. The technology uses a camera that tracks the driver’s eye and therefore illuminating the areas wherever the driver decides. It is still under development but very much a reality that will be in cars very soon.