TicMirror is a smart rearview mirror that provides navigation, search function for points of interest, instant messaging, and on-board infotainment through voice command. We introduced TicMirror to the Chinese market in 2016 as a follow-up from the success seen from our TicWatch line, which was what initially attracted investment from Google.
We took TicMirror from concept to market in less than nine months, an amazing feat in any industry, which ultimately led to another round of investment led by Volkswagen Group China.
The difficulty doesn’t lie in ‘'adapting’ our technology because we analyse the same core elements in terms of speech recognition, natural language processing for all projects we work on. However, VW has very high requirements for embedded functionality, meaning we have to put in a lot of resources in R&D, which has paid off, and alongside them we are very proud of the results.