Huawei unveils car with surreal headlights feature that no other vehicle in the world has ever done before

Automakers are regularly looking for alternative technologies for headlights, but what Huawei has just done is unprecedented.

The Chinese manufacturer came up with a new type of technology that can be used on the move as well as when the car is parked.

It serves two different functions.

The first one is uncommon, while the second one is unheard of.

The era of the standard LED light bar may be coming to an end soon

For more than a decade, nearly every car out there was available with LED lights or Xenon lights.

Now, manufacturers are beginning to think of alternatives.

Some brands are even saying the quiet part out loud.

Speaking to Car Magazine at the Munich Motor Show, Hyundai’s Head of Style Simon Loasby said it was now ‘time to move on’ from LED light bars.

“When is the time you need to let go of light bars? It’s almost like the end of that. We’ve done it with the Grandeur, Kona and Sonata but now I’m like ‘guys, I’ve seen enough’,” he said.

He was one of the few to say it out loud, but he’s not the only one who’s doing it.

Automakers are gradually moving on to new technologies.

And Huawei has done something truly radical.

Huawei wants to turn your car into a moving theater

Huawei recently unveiled a new lighting system called XPixel.

Using millions of micro-mirrors, these headlights project a 100-inch full-color image onto any flat surface – like a garage door or a wall – while the car is parked.

When you’re driving it, this means the headlights can project things like navigation arrows.

When you’re stationary, it means you can project a movie or a game onto the garage wall.

The first production vehicle to include this feature is Aito M9, a flagship SUV developed in partnership with Seres, another Chinese brand.

It’s a truly ground-breaking technology, and what remains to be seen is whether other brands will take inspiration and do something similar.

It is also part of an ongoing trend.

For years, automakers have been trying to ‘sell’ this idea that cars can be more than just cars.

And now that cars are defined by software, the possibilities are limitless.

Companies that work on autonomous vehicles, for example, always use a variation of the same point in their ‘pitch.’

They always mention that the idea is to turn cars into self-moving entertainment machines that double as an office or a mobile home.

Or, in this case, a movie theater.