Panasonic has developed a prototype system, in which WiGig is embedded in a tablet that can wirelessly transmit data. WiGig, a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology, was first announced back in 2009, but it’s taking companies like Panasonic quite a while to come up with applications that make use of it. Via WiGig, devices can communicate with each other at multi-gigabit speeds using the 60 GHz frequency band. like photos or videos to displays mounted in the passenger seats of a car. That car has to be nearby: while Wi-Fi typically has a transmission range of about 30m, WiGig’s range is just 1-3m (Bluetooth: around 10m).
It's now got a working prototype and DigInfo has managed to grab a brief video demo (embedded below) showing the technology. Both photos and videos can be effortlessly pinged from a tablet (housing the aforementioned memory card) to compatible in-car displays. We're told that those heady transfer speeds are more than capable of handling a whole DVD of video content in under a minute, although the range of the transmission remains between one to three meters. The use-case for in-the-car therefore makes a lot of sense. Once self-driving cars are on the road, what else will we have to do between destinations?
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