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This is actually true. it baffled me too. For proof, check this review video by Top Gear. They demo the Easter eggs that are only available in AutoPilot mode; https://youtu.be/1GrNv3ow9H8

⬐ wooter

calling it video games and memes is extremely disingenuous. it replaces icons

They are, you can see the driver demoing it here: https://youtu.be/1GrNv3ow9H8

⬐ evrydayhustling

Hmm, yup, that's way more eye candy than I thought was available. Agree that it should be very difficult to get to that stuff during auto-pilot.

Here are the easter eggs in action, on a production vehicle: https://youtu.be/1GrNv3ow9H8?t=640

Weird, the tweet was dated 2018-05-22 but the Youtube video shows easter eggs already deployed by 2018-05-23. I know all Tesla vehicles have automatic over-the-air updates but that's still surprisingly quick. Must be Musk playing around with his time machine again.

⬐ mikeash

Yes, there are easter eggs. I was replying to a comment that said “video games.”

⬐ desdiv

The screen displays a Mars rover. You turn the steering wheel to control where that Mars rover goes. I'd consider that a video game.

I guess you don't consider that a video game, which is a perfectly valid opinion. But I'd just wish you had made your first comment "I don't consider Tesla's interactive easter eggs to be video games" instead. That way you clearly communicate your intent and this whole needless bikeshed could have been avoided in the first place.

⬐ mikeash

"You turn the steering wheel to control where that Mars rover goes."

No you don't. The Mars map is exactly like the Earth map, with a Mars texture instead of the map, and a rover instead of an arrow. Technically you control where the rover goes by using the steering wheel, because the steering wheel controls where your car goes, and the rover's movements come from your car's GPS. But it's not the sort of video game you describe. There's no way it could possibly work as you describe. The steering wheel is mechanically connected to the front wheels and still steers the car even when Autopilot is engaged, so it could not possibly be used as a video game control.

The problem isn't my failure to disclose my opinion of the easter eggs, it's your misunderstanding of what they actually are.

⬐ ams6110

All the same I'd rather the developers at Tesla were working on improving the autopilot functionality instead of developing easter eggs.

⬐ mikeash

That's fair, but a radically different statement from "when you are in autopilot they have video games and memes to play/watch on the giant screen."