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360° Camera Explained
Combines four camera views into a bird's-eye picture of the car.
What is a 360° Camera?
A 360° (or surround-view) camera stitches the feeds from four ultra-wide cameras — front, rear, and one under each door mirror — into a single top-down image of the car and everything around it.
How does it work?
Software warps each fish-eye image into a flat plan view, then blends them together. The car itself is a pre-rendered 3D model overlaid in the middle so you can see exactly where its edges sit.
What does it feel like?
You select reverse and a top-down picture of your car appears on the screen, with the white lines of the parking bay visible all around it. You can usually swipe to switch to a single camera view too.
Benefits
- ✓Brilliant for tight parking spaces
- ✓Helps with kerbing alloy wheels
- ✓Useful for spotting low bollards
- ✓Some systems offer a 'transparent bonnet' view off-road
Limitations
Image quality drops in low light or when cameras are wet or dirty. Stitched seams can hide thin objects — always check mirrors as well.