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Has any one figured out how to easily add an LCD rear view mirror to the Gravity? I rode in a friend’s ‘23 Lexus NX today and the LCD rear view mirror is impressive. It gives a much wider field of view and totally eliminates the headrest obstructions. We had the back of the car packed high with boxes for a move and it was nice not to have to worry about obstructing anything.

Given the Gravity’s small rear window and the fact that the car already has rear cameras, the lack of an LCD rear view mirror is a total miss on a car this expensive.
 
Is it really such a big problem to look down 8 inches at the rear camera display instead? I don't understand the difference other than the existing screen is bigger and easier to see.
I don't think it would be an easy thing to add aftermarket without adding an additional camera as well.
 
I'm not sure about the Lexus, but the Cadillac Escalade has the rear view camera on at all times for the rear view mirror (so the rear view mirror really is no longer a mirror). I think that's what the original poster is getting at, not just when you are in reverse.
 
segbrk said:
Is it really such a big problem to look down 8 inches at the rear camera display instead? I don't understand the difference other than the existing screen is bigger and easier to see.
I don't think it would be an easy thing to add aftermarket without adding an additional camera as well.
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I’m not talking about backing up. I want it on all the time to use as the rear view mirror.
 
ke2 said:
I'm not sure about the Lexus, but the Cadillac Escalade has the rear view camera on at all times for the rear view mirror (so the rear view mirror really is no longer a mirror). I think that's what the original poster is getting at, not just when you are in reverse.
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Exactly.
 
ClearlyLucid said:
I’m not talking about backing up. I want it on all the time to use as the rear view mirror.
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Understood, thanks for the clarification. I forgot that was a thing. I'd be a little nervous with the number of times the cameras in my Air cut out randomly, but thankfully I haven't seen that on Gravity so far.
 
Had the digital rear view mirror on an EV9 GT-line, one of the few things I miss in the Gravity. Didn't use it all the time, but it was really, really handy at night (HDR) and when the third row was occupied. The rear window of the Gravity is particularly obstructed due to the poor placement of the third brake light.
 
We own both a GGT and a Lexus EV (RZ 450e). The Lexus has a digital “virtual mirror” which we can switch on or off (turning it off returns it to a traditional mirror). Initially for the first few minutes we were impressed by its field of view and resolution. However, we very quickly found it extremely disorienting (both of us for the same reason). Without getting into a bunch of physics, it has to do with focal point. When one is driving your eyes are focused about 20 to 40 feet in front of the car. When you glance at your traditional rear view mirror at the cars behind you, your eyes are still focused at or near the same distance. With the “virtual mirror”, however, the focal point is suddenly about two to three feet (the distance from your eyes to the LCD screen). When you look at a TV, your focal distance is from your eyes to the TV, not the distance to the football field of the college game you’re watching. Subsequently, my wife and I found that “glancing“ at the digital mirror took an uncomfortable amount of time to bring it into focus while driving and then a commensurate amount of time to regain focus on the road ahead. We only use it now when parking, if then. YMMV
 
TomUH said:
We own both a GGT and a Lexus EV (RZ 450e). The Lexus has a digital “virtual mirror” which we can switch on or off (turning it off returns it to a traditional mirror). Initially for the first few minutes we were impressed by its field of view and resolution. However, we very quickly found it extremely disorienting (both of us for the same reason). Without getting into a bunch of physics, it has to do with focal point. When one is driving your eyes are focused about 20 to 40 feet in front of the car. When you glance at your traditional rear view mirror at the cars behind you, your eyes are still focused at or near the same distance. With the “virtual mirror”, however, the focal point is suddenly about two to three feet (the distance from your eyes to the LCD screen). When you look at a TV, your focal distance is from your eyes to the TV, not the distance to the football field of the college game you’re watching. Subsequently, my wife and I found that “glancing“ at the digital mirror took an uncomfortable amount of time to bring it into focus while driving and then a commensurate amount of time to regain focus on the road ahead. We only use it now when parking, if then. YMMV
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I feel the same way. Even just using the blind spot cameras when the blinker is on feels like it takes far to long to refocus to the screen and then back to the road, compared to glancing at the side mirrors which requires almost no refocusing at all.

The thought of having to do that even for the rear view mirror would drive me nuts.
 
Besides your eyes having to adjust focus point, you also lose depth perception with an LCD review mirror.
 
TomUH said:
We own both a GGT and a Lexus EV (RZ 450e). The Lexus has a digital “virtual mirror” which we can switch on or off (turning it off returns it to a traditional mirror). Initially for the first few minutes we were impressed by its field of view and resolution. However, we very quickly found it extremely disorienting (both of us for the same reason). Without getting into a bunch of physics, it has to do with focal point. When one is driving your eyes are focused about 20 to 40 feet in front of the car. When you glance at your traditional rear view mirror at the cars behind you, your eyes are still focused at or near the same distance. With the “virtual mirror”, however, the focal point is suddenly about two to three feet (the distance from your eyes to the LCD screen). When you look at a TV, your focal distance is from your eyes to the TV, not the distance to the football field of the college game you’re watching. Subsequently, my wife and I found that “glancing“ at the digital mirror took an uncomfortable amount of time to bring it into focus while driving and then a commensurate amount of time to regain focus on the road ahead. We only use it now when parking, if then. YMMV
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Valuable feedback. Thanks for the explanation.
 
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