Mercedes-Benz Splitview display lets the driver and passenger see different material on the same in-dash LCD, typically navigation for the driver, a movie for the passenger. It’s one of the highlights of the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show, which opened today for press previews. Splitview orients alternating pixels at driver and passenger, so each sees the full center stack screen, 7.0 inches in the case of the Merecedes-Benz S-Class and CL-Class cars that are first to get Splitview. Splitview is based on Sharp’s Dual View technology, which has been available to automakers for half a decade. Because the driver can’t see what the passenger sees, Splitview should get around state prohibitions on front-seat DVD players visible to the driver when the car’s in motion.
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