Virtual Ambassadors

I have been watching the adverts on TV and noticed that in the advert for the new Renault Kadjar it is being driven by their new virtual ambassador.

From a Driverless car perspective we all assume that there will be a driver’s seat for emergencies and that it will usually be empty.

I always thought that this was a wasted space until watching the Renault advert when it struck me that this space could be filled by a virtual ambassador of your choice and therefore turning a wasted space into a fun space.

NB- It might also make solo passengers feel safer with having a visual virtual extra person in the car especially if you choose your virtual driving ambassador to look like Dwayne Johnson or Jason Statham or Dominic Toretto from Fast and Furious.

Imagine turning up at some traffic lights next to a body kitted Fiesta looking to burn you up and imaging their faces when turning to look at your driver and them seeing the Stig or Lewis Hamilton.

If your driverless car is an adapted old classic American car you might want your virtual driver to look like Morgan Freeman from Driving Miss Daisy or Burt Reynolds from Smokey and the Bandits.

Also there could be lots of fun had driving up to drive through take away’s and the driver’s window being wound down when about to be served to reveal the face of the scary Terminator, Ronald Macdonald or if you have been waiting a while Victor Meldrew or Basil Fawlty.

So with a bit of imagination you can see that a potential dead space can be transformed into hours of endless entertainment.