Author: Chang Sheng
Preface: Some people are very nostalgic about the past era, when horse-drawn carriages were slow and people only had enough love for one person in their lifetime. At that time, car controls relied on switches that felt like happy buttons, and the mechanical feedback was satisfying. Radios were the only entertainment in cars, and everyone listened to Teresa Teng… But that’s all in the past. The wheel of time rolls on, and now there are no more buttons in new cars, replaced by LCD screens. Radios have become dusty relics, replaced by music, audiobooks, and even video apps for leisure time. People no longer need to control their vehicles with their hands, they can just use their voices.
From a historical perspective, the development of the automotive industry cannot withstand the test of time, but its technological changes are lightning-fast. Each technological iteration leaves some people behind, but is this a bad thing? On the contrary, the faster it is, the more it demonstrates the rise of the automotive industry.
In terms of the human-machine interaction of cars, from button interaction to touchscreen control, to voice interaction, and now to the latest trend of new cars, such as the 3D UI human-machine interaction, intelligent driving assistance, intelligent voice, and 5D immersive experience of the XPeng G9, every key node leads human traffic and travel into a new era.
As the closest new force car model to the forefront of intelligent car development, XPeng G9 is always the pioneer of modern automotive technology changes. In terms of intelligent interaction, XPeng G9 has taken a new step forward.
Before XPeng G9, the interaction method of car models was an intelligent voice system that worked in all situations. After XPeng G9, car companies inevitably had to start extensive research into the application of 3D technology in car-machine interactions; before XPeng G9, automotive interactions were of a single sensation. After XPeng G9, immersive cockpits may become a hot topic. Before XPeng G9, the interconnection and intelligence of automotive interactions were separate. After XPeng G9, the layout of global intelligence will become a problem that many car companies need to overcome.
3D UI human-machine interaction, XPeng G9 opens up the 3D era.## Small Development Milestones with 3D UI Technology
Let’s first take a look at XPeng G9’s 3D UI interactive technology, which is the first mass-produced human-computer interactive system based on 3D UI in the industry. Unlike the flat car machine UI we usually see, it adopts a 3D representation form. For example, on the vehicle status interface, the vehicle is presented in 3D and users can also make relevant interactions. Touch to control the windows, rearview mirrors, and trunk lid.
3D UI is just the manifestation of this technology. Based on this technology, XPeng G9 really hopes to bring a perception system that realizes the projection of the real world on the car screen and complements relevant driving-perception information to bring a more immersive driving interaction experience.
At this point, “reality” cannot be ignored. In order to achieve this requirement, XPeng Motors has conducted in-depth cooperation with Unity 3D rendering engine. Unity’s reputation should be familiar to everyone. It has its shadow behind games such as “King of Glory”, “Genshin Impact”, and “Hearthstone”.
With its technical support, how far can XPeng G9’s 3D UI interaction go? This is still a very exciting question. You have to match the fineness of a 2K screen at least.
Every new technology applied to cars is a milestone in the development of automobiles. When 3D technology comes on board, we have reason to believe that it will bring some extraordinary driving experiences, such as laying the foundation for virtual space in the car.
New technology means new life. Every successful attempt will inject new vitality into future cars.
Intelligent Driving Assistance Upgrade, Enhancing New Travel Experience
For new forces in the automotive industry, creating a full-scenario intelligent, intelligent driving assistance system is essential, especially for XPeng, which started with intelligent technology. The upgrade of intelligent driving assistance is a self-cultivation that a mature new force car company should have.So XPeng G9 is very dedicated to intelligent driving assistance, with dual NVIDIA DRIVE Orin chips with a power of 508TOPS and a LIDAR. XPeng G9 achieves full-scene intelligent assisted driving from P gear to P gear, covering cross-floor memory parking, city NGP, highway NGP, and smart charging, arranging every stage of the journey clearly.
In other words, when I am ready to go out and get into the car and start driving on the city road, XPeng G9 can follow the car, pass traffic lights, drive around bends and roundabouts; on the highway, XPeng G9 can enter and exit the ramp on its own, change lanes, overtake, follow the car, etc.; when parking, even in multi-story underground parking lots, XPeng G9 can park in the empty parking space based on the memory parking route; if the car runs out of power on the way, XPeng G9 can dynamically plan the drivable charging route in real-time, with almost no need for my intervention, I just need to keep my attention focused and prevent extreme driving situations.
Intelligent assisted driving system is XPeng G9’s advantage project, and its development makes cars no longer limited to transportation.
Full-Scene Intelligent Voice Recognition, XPeng G9’s New Development Stage
In addition to the intelligent assisted driving system, XPeng automotive has an absolute advantage item, full-scene intelligent voice commands, which has undergone new evolution on the existing basis. So what is the car’s interactive experience like when the intelligent voice assistant can “say and do”? XPeng G9 has the answer.
XPeng G9 is like an intelligent steward in the car. When it achieves “what you see is what you say,” it takes care of a series of cumbersome chores in the car, such as air conditioning, trunk, music, windows, etc., approaching “omnipotent.” After the functionality is expanded, the next step is efficiency, and improving response speed becomes the current urgent task for XPeng G9. “Say and do” has arrived.
According to XPeng Automotive’s exposure, the newly revamped XPeng G9’s XPeng P has achieved millisecond-level response. As soon as we finish the voice command, it can seamlessly take over and complete the command. It should be noted that we can even issue multiple commands in succession, such as “Turn on the air conditioning, blowing on head and foot, turn on seat ventilation, fold rearview mirror…”, and Xiao P will help us complete these parallel commands one by one.
5D Immersive Cabin, a Synergistic Evolution of Intelligent Cabin
If the evolution of 3D UI and intelligent voice assistants are mainly based on a single sense, then the 5D Immersive Cabin brings an upgrade to the interaction between humans and cars on another level.
So, what is meant by the 5D Immersive Cabin?
Simply put, it is the Xopera music hall function of the XPeng Music Player in the XPeng G9, which is designed to create a mobile music hall for users.
In order to achieve a music hall experience, XPeng G9 is equipped with the most powerful hardware within its budget, the Danaher original Confidence high-end audio system, with 28 acoustic units, 7.1.4 multi-channel music system, million-dollar luxury car level NVH, plus Dolby panoramic sound, which can provide an immersive music experience.
What about the 5D? In addition to music enjoyment, XPeng G9 combines the five senses and links ultra-low frequency dynamic seats, ambient lighting, air conditioning, and fragrance, allowing users to enter a new era of “sensory experience” in intelligent cabins.
What does this mean exactly? Suppose we watch a movie. Not only can we experience the excellent sound quality brought by the Danaher sound system and the excellent picture quality brought by the 2K high-definition screen, but our seats can also vibrate in sync with the movie plot. Ambient lighting and air conditioning settings will also link to the movie plot. Even in terms of smell, XPeng G9 takes care of everything… allowing us to be fully immersed in the movie world and better understand the emotions conveyed by the movie.
In addition, XPeng G9 has implemented “four-tone zone” sound pickup. Passengers in the front and rear seats can directly call the name “Little P” and summon it, even in underground garages or rural areas without a network or poor signal, Little P will not drop the line.
Undoubtedly, based on the music hall setting, the XPeng G9 can also handle more “space” scenarios, such as sleeping space, a quiet environment, comfortable seating experience, in conjunction with advanced fragrance systems and customized sleep music/white noise, a high-quality sleep belongs to the gentleness of the XPeng G9.
For example, the current meditation activities that young people are obsessed with, XPeng G9 also takes good care of it. What is the most important thing for meditation? How to relax both physically and mentally, the importance of the environment is self-evident.
A private and quiet enough space, some comfortable furnishings, plus a wonderful fragrance, will bring emotional relaxation.
In fact, extending the functionality of the car cabin has always been an important research topic for new energy vehicles. When the car is no longer limited to the functions of transportation, the new layout of the cabin becomes a very important topic.
Looking at it separately, whether it is car UI design, full-scene intelligent voice interaction, intelligent assisted driving experience or cabin space layout, XPeng G9 has its own unique features, but its real key advantage is that these plates do not exist independently, but are organically coordinated. From driving to interaction, from using the car to charging, from starting point to destination, from OTA upgrade to service upgrade in various dimensions, XPeng G9 realizes “globally intelligent”. For example, car-machine interaction and intelligent voice can bring a better intelligent assisted driving experience.
In this way, XPeng G9 can be said to define a new era of luxury cars. Its advanced technology brings unprecedented driving experience and empowers luxury; the extension of multi-scene functions breaks the traditional car layout and covers new experiences over old feelings.
This XPeng G9 can be said to be the best SUV for 500,000 RMB or less, and its advanced technology brings unprecedented driving experience and empowers luxury; the extension of multi-scene functions breaks the traditional car layout and covers new experiences over old feelings.
Are you looking forward to its launch in September?
Afterwards, the moment to test the stability and expansion of the triangle model is coming.
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