---
title: "Audi’s New Headlights Can Project Images Like a Movie Theater"
description: "German automaker Audi has introduced new LED headlights can project images just like a movie projector for its new lineup of electric SUVs."
date: "2020-10-14"
modified: "2020-10-14"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/audis-new-headlights-can-project-images-like-a-movie-theater"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "audi"
  - "electric cars"
  - "the digest"
---

# Audi’s New Headlights Can Project Images Like a Movie Theater

![German automaker Audi has introduced new LED headlights can project images just like a movie projector for its new lineup of electric SUVs.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/audis-new-headlights-can-project-images-like-a-movie-theater.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Audi\</em\>*

## Flash Forward

German automaker Audi has introduced new LED headlights can project images like a movie theater, and which will roll out in its new lineup of electric SUVs, which will be made available at dealerships this month.

The Digital Matrix LED headlights, an option for the 2021 e-tron and e-tron Sportback, are "comprised of 1.3 million micromirrors per headlight" according to a [press release](<https://audiclubna.org/audi-offers-first-production-animated-digital-matrix-led-headlights-in-2021-audi-e-tron-sportback-and-e-tron-suv/>). Each micromirror can offset "tiny unique particles of adaptable light" to form animations for when the vehicle is parked or on the road.

Audi is planning to include "five unique welcome and exit lighting signatures with motion graphics" with the first headlights' first generation as seen in a video below.

https://youtu.be/hDJi240E_ZA

## Light Carpet

Beyond some flashy animations meant for when the car is parked, Audi says its headlights will allow its vehicles to light up "a 50-meter \[163 foot\] 'light carpet' that is designed to keep light within the driver’s lane." The carpet is primarily designed to stop blinding oncoming drivers.

"Low-beam curved lighting" could also help drivers detect other objects or people to the side of the road as well.

Audi is still working with US regulatory bodies to bring the features beyond the welcoming animations to American roads. The full set of features is only available in Europe so far.

**READ MORE:** [Audi introduces headlights that can project images with its electric SUVs](<https://electrek.co/2020/10/14/audi-headlights-project-images-electric-suvs/>) \[*Electrek*\]

**More on Audi:** *[This Futuristic Audi Concept Transforms Itself Into a Flying Taxi](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/futuristic-audi-concept-transform-flying-taxi>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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