I haven’t seen it on any of the review videos. The closest I’ve seen is a setup with forward (or rear?) view camera feed in the center display flanked by a smaller view to the left on the left side of the center view and to the right the right side of the center view.
Thanks for this response. That is a huge bummer for me. I like that feature a lot and cannot justify buying an expensive vehicle in 2021 without it. I'm gonna switch to max pack in this case and hope that this feature will be available by then. Of course keeping LE for now, so I get invited to drive it
Have you driven a Tesla? It doesn't have the birdseye view either but it does have a camera view that appears similar to what was shown in one of the Rivian review videos where you can see side-view cameras and rearview camera. The Tesla system is quite effective for parking close to curbs, etc.Thanks for this response. That is a huge bummer for me. I like that feature a lot and cannot justify buying an expensive vehicle in 2021 without it. I'm gonna switch to max pack in this case and hope that this feature will be available by then. Of course keeping LE for now, so I get invited to drive it
But Tesla doesn't have front bumper camera (unlike Rivian) so real Birdseye view isn't possible on Tesla. Rivian will be able to give a FW update to support.
From the reply I received from Rivian on my question about other music/audio service availability via in-vehicle Alexa, their response was clear ... only Amazon Music and Audible would be available. Now, you are correct and you can link a BUNCH of audio services to your Alexa account, but that will be ONLY available if you are using the Alexa app on your phone and send audio over BT. I presume that this will have to suffice until Rivian can give more access to more services via the in-vehicle Alexa assistant.
Sure. The point I was trying to make, is that having gone from a car with 360-degree surround view to a Tesla I missed that feature for about 5 minutes. The solutions Tesla has provided for the same problem are different but quite effective in my experience.
I'd agree, its a nice to have feature, from what I saw at the Venice Hub, having a bigger camera view (similar to Tesla implementation) is pretty good. Not sure when you got your M3, but showing the side cameras is a relatively recent addition by Tesla (maybe for about a year), prior to that the only camera you had access to was rear view. Hopefully Rivian will provide more options with future FW updates!!!
I hope it's added soon, because the absence of a 360 degree view -- and the ability to easily access it when parking -- is a MUST have for me. I'm annoyed at no CarPlay and the absence of Apple Music support is frustrating... But I'm willing to give Rivian the benefit of the doubt on those and hope that OTA updates make the experience passable. But no 360 degree camera is a complete non-starter for me. I can't think of any reason that shouldn't be a feature.
I test drove a Model Y and would have bought one except for the lack of 360 degree camera. The side cameras were better than nothing, but honestly the presence of that feature actually made me more angry because it just called attention to the hubris of Tesla.
I did and it is probably the biggest reason I don't own a Tesla. While definitely better than having no cameras at all, it's also obviously inferior to what others offer. My current cars have views to the front, back, front wheels, side views towards the back and top down view. Tesla is basically a subset of that.
I agree that lots more will be added. I also believe it will all cost extra.
