Kia will showcase a
new in-car technology for future autonomous vehicles aimed at reading people’s
emotional states in real time through AI-based bio-signal recognition at next
months’ CES 2019.
Dubbed Real-Time
Emotion Adaptive Driving, or just R.E.A.D, this innovative system was developed
based on a joint research collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT) Media Lab’s Affective Computing group.
According to the
Korean automaker, R.E.A.D can optimize and personalize your car’s cabin by
analyzing you in real time, “potentially altering conditions relating to the
human senses,” and creating a better mobility experience. This is of course
aimed at a future where people no longer have to worry about driving a car
themselves and are able to mostly just sit back and relax.
Kia’s CES 2019
exhibit will be called ‘Space of Emotive Driving’ and will also feature
multiple other advanced in-car and mobility technologies focused on this
specific concept. The upcoming Consumer Electronics Show takes place at the Las
Vegas Convention Center, kicks off Tuesday, January 8 and ends on Friday,
January 11. If you’d rather head straight for Kia’s stand, you can find it at
North Hall Booth #7029.
