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Volvo is now joining forces with the Swedish sports brand POC: To further improve the safety of cyclists in road traffic, the two companies are now jointly conducting crash tests with cars and bicycle helmets. This unique research project and the partnership with POC are further examples of Volvo's pioneering role in safety development: The Swedish premium car manufacturer wants to improve the safety of all road users - also through cooperation and the provision of in-house research results.
It is the most extreme crash test ever executed by Volvo Cars, and a crucial one. Extrication specialists often use cars crashed at the Volvo Cars Safety Centre to hone their life-saving skills. To allow rescue services to prepare for any possible crash scenario and to simulate the forces that erupt in the most extreme crashes, beyond what can be simulated with ordinary crash testing, Volvo Cars recently took equally extreme measures. For the first time, it dropped several new Volvos multiple times from a crane, from a height of 30 metres. This approach helped create enough damage to adequately simulate the damage found in the most extreme crash scenarios: think of single-car accidents at very high speed, accidents whereby a car hits a truck at high speed, or accidents whereby a car takes a severe hit from the side.
The Volvo Car Group is pointing the way to the future of automotive development: The Swedish premium manufacturer has now joined forces with Varjo, a Finnish manufacturer of high-quality augmented reality headsets, for the first mixed-reality approach for evaluating prototypes, designs and active ones This collaboration is being supported by the Volvo Cars Tech Fund, which invests in Varjo: the Group's venture capital fund promotes promising startups in the technology sector.With the new concept of Volvo and Varjo, the real and virtual worlds are merging: the virtual reality headset seamlessly complements virtual elements and even complete functions while driving a real car. Both the driver and the vehicle sensors perceived these enhancements as real, something that no other carmaker has ever achieved.The Varjo XR-1 headset, launched today, delivers unprecedented levels of photorealistic mixed or virtual reality in high definition. This dramatically shortens automotive development times by allowing features and design features to be evaluated virtually instantly. Compared to its predecessor, the XR-1 headset has high-resolution cameras and enables the display of mixed reality. Volvo engineers and engineers can drive future cars and test all functions in a simulation environment - many years before the vehicles hit the market.
The future of car development is here: Volvo Cars and Varjo, the Finnish maker of high-end augmented reality headsets, have created a world-first mixed reality approach to evaluating prototypes, designs and active safety technologies.The collaboration will be further strengthened by the Volvo Cars Tech Fund’s decision to invest in Varjo.The Tech Fund is the car maker’s venture capital fund which invests in high-potential technology start-ups.Volvo Cars and Varjo have made it possible for the first time to drive a real car while wearing a mixed reality headset, seamlessly adding virtual elements or complete features that seem real to both the driver and the car’s sensors, for development purposes. Until now, no other car maker has been able to do this.
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