Modern vehicles increasingly rely on large touchscreen displays for navigation and vehicle controls. While these systems provide extensive functionality, they often replace physical controls with touch-based interfaces that require greater visual attention during operation.

This project is inspired by an older engineering philosophy: placing essential information within the driver's natural field of view while allowing interaction through tactile steering wheel controls.

Rather than replacing the original Volvo RTI concept, the goal is to preserve its ergonomic design and combine it with modern, open-source hardware and software. By bringing new functionality to the factory motorized display and steering wheel controls, this project aims to demonstrate that well-engineered ideas remain valuable regardless of their age.

More about this project:
https://github.com/martis2580/Outdated-Volvo-Nav-Retrofit

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