Cadillac CT6 To Debut High Resolution Video Rearview Mirror

Cadillac will debut high-resolution video streaming in the rearview mirror, to expand visibility for drivers. It will be available next year on the CT6 flagship sedan.

General Motors Co. said the streaming mirror improves field of vision about four times that of a traditional rearview mirror. The technology — under development since 2011 and believed to be a first in an automaker application — will remove obstructions in a driver's field of vision, including rear seat passengers, headrests, the roof and rear pillars.

"The closest comparison to this kind of rear vision would be driving a convertible with the top down," Travis Hester, Cadillac CT6 executive chief engineer, said in a statement.

joescuba - 12/19/2014 3:26:41 PM

+2 Boost

Focus on the basics first.

mre30 - 12/19/2014 4:50:32 PM

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Sounds like a great idea until it (inevitably) stops working (oh, at around the 19th month of ownership). Then the blue-hair CT6 buyers will be backing their cars over their grandchildren's big-wheels in their driveways behind their cars.

MDarringer - 12/19/2014 8:19:48 PM

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If this is the best that Jockitch de Niaspan can do, then Cadillac is screwed.

jeffgall - 12/19/2014 9:47:28 PM

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Why do some feel the need to over complicate basic functions that work just fine.

nikejk - 12/20/2014 3:24:40 AM

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What is the problem with adding this? You click a button to activate the camera. Big deal. If it breaks or you don't feel like using the camera then TaDa, its still a mirror. Some may only use it when their trunk is full or when parallel parking, and use the traditional mirror for all other purposes.

Sciros - 12/20/2014 1:51:31 AM

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If this works well then it's sweet. Why are you scrubs hating on it so much? Tech like this means you can load up your hatchback/CUV/SUV/truck with stuff and not compromise visibility. And of course sports cars and the newer CUVs that have rubbish visibility (e.g. Kia Sportage) can benefit from something like this.

This is good innovation. The only thing to consider is what happens when the camera(s) providing the feed get dirty, which can happen even if they never actually _fail_.

Sciros - 12/20/2014 2:51:35 PM

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Actually read the whole article. It's coated to protect it from getting dirty due to the elements, and it can be toggled off. This thing is pure win.