CarTech VR360

Take a virtual test drive of new car technology that may help prevent a crash.

Get ready for a virtual reality test drive presented by the National Safety Council and The University of Iowa featuring six advanced driver assistance technologies.

Driving a new car… or a different car? First, download the CarTech VR360 app, then get behind the wheel to feel how six advanced driver assistance features work. Experience Blind Spot Monitoring, Automatic Emergency Braking and others.

TEST DRIVE SIX FEATURES….

You’ve seen these features on TV commercials. You may have experienced them in a rental car. Now you can sample the latest driving technology using a 360-degree virtual reality viewer. Designed for Google Cardboard and other compatible viewers, CarTech VR360 demonstrates some of today’s most exciting features:

- Automatic Emergency Braking

- Blind Spot Monitoring

- Back-Up Camera

- Lane Departure Warning

- Adaptive Cruise Control

- Drowsiness Alert

Getting behind the wheel is the best way to feel and understand how these technologies work, but CarTech VR360 provides the next best thing. CarTech VR360 can be used by anyone with a smart phone.

CarTech VR360 is part of MyCarDoesWhat, a national campaign designed to educate the public about safe driving features and how best to use them. The campaign highlights both old and new technologies which are being added to cars every day. MyCarDoesWhat.org offers simple animations, videos, games and infographics describing or demonstrating nearly 30 vehicle safety technologies. MyCarDoesWhat is presented by the National Safety Council and the University of Iowa. Learning how to use these features, also known as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), may help you drive smarter and safer. They may even help prevent a crash. MyCarDoesWhat reminds every driver that while technology can help us drive safer, YOU are your car’s best safety feature.