How much would it be to integrate these technologies if you don't have to also wire them to a weapons system? Throw in a dual core CPU, an 8Gb flash drive, maybe a radar detector, a radar speed gun (Ramsey sells a kit for $70), and you're halfway there.
-PJ
But those are not the things you put on you wish list. At least, as I understood it. Maybe I have expensive tastes.
A HUD built into the windshield is a big deal and would cost beaucoup dollars for the computing power to do that PLUS one that puts "target" boxes around the cars in the view and tags them with their relative speed, etc. Plus the software to compute a 4-sec projection of direction, etc. That's quite the computer system plus all the peripheral hardware to go with it like radar, sensors, cameras, special windshield for the HUD and so on.
If you consider that it is the US Gov't who is footing the bill when they put this stuff in an F-16...and that costs say 38 million....what would be the cost for a car company to put it in a car? 1/10th of 1% of that? That's still $38,000 for just the system. Not including anything to do with the rest of the car.
I mean, if you're going to retro-fit it using aftermarket kits, that's one thing. You'll have to make do and settle for 'almost-as-good'. But if it were going to be put in to a new car by a Ford or Honda carmaker....mucho dinero.