The EZ-Play Interface
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- We live in era where nearly all people listen to music through digital devices. CDs and even the more basic MP3 players have now gone the way of the cassette tape. Automobile companies such as Car Toys and Crutchfield offer conversion kits that swap out the original CD changers or decks in favor of smartphone integration, utilizing the same steering wheel controls as before, only now directly linked to the digital world of iPhones and Androids. If the primary disadvantage of CDs was the unchangeable song order, genre, etc of a particular disc, then the downfall of digital playlists is the exact opposite: too many options! You can play all one artist, a particular album, a custom playlist that you made way back in those forgotten college years for a spring break road trip, or even break your songs down into specific genres. You can shuffle songs, you can play them straight down the list. You can rank them, unrank them, read along with lyrics, or in the case of apps such as Pandora, give songs approval or disapproval. Now all this sounds great, until you consider one thing: this can all be done while driving. The options are all still available. The music you want to hear when you get in the car may be completely different than what you feel like 10 minutes later. You may switch playlists, change artists, unrank a song...all while driving your car.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Date created | 2013-05-06 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Anderson, Kyle | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | Luo, Kevin | |
| Author | Braswell, Mykel |
Subjects
| Subject | automotive interface |
|---|---|
| Subject | audio interface |
| Subject | MP3 |
| Genre | Student project report |
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- Anderson, Kyle and Braswell, Mykel and Luo, Kevin (2013). The EZ-Play Interface.
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Big Idea Festival for Automotive Interfaces 2013
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