Microsoft files patent for Phantom Car
Microsoft has filed a rather curious patent that describes a navigation system in which the driver of a vehicle is actually following an image of a car projected right onto the windshield. As opposed to following an on screen map or following auditory instructions from an in-car GPS, this system would have the driver literally following in the wake of a phantom leader car. We have to admit that it's interesting, and that it would probably be pretty fun to turn that next out of town trip into a three hour virtual reality video game, but um, is this really safe?
