Mitsubishi is focusing its efforts on the domestic market in Japan. Not only will they reveal the angry, yet small eX, but the car that will shine next to it – the MIRAI 3 xDAS concept, will also create some interesting vision of future of the company. True, the MIRAI 3 xDAS concept is not all new. The two-year-old concept car has been slightly modified and reworked, but the real idea behind it is the same it was two years ago.

While this machine looks interesting and even appealing, the exterior design actually does not matter that much. It is a two-seater sports cabriolet without doors and possibly envisioned as an EV. What matters is inside, in front of the driver. A vast amount of sensors, impressive LCD screens as well as head-up displays are perfectly designed to improve safety and help the driver with the driving. Through communication with cloud-based systems, the MIRAI 3 xDAS concept can transfer all kind of information onto the screens thus giving the driver the best info about the road in front. Since all info is projected onto the 3D head-up display, the driver will have prompt information about all kind of hazards or obstacles. This could actually be quite useful during bad weather conditions.

Apart from a bunch of displays connected to the Internet, the MIRAI 3 xDAS concept scans the driver at all time and even grants the driver with special goggles where all kind of information can be projected. As the sensors follow the driver’s head, the system can automatically project all the info from the car’s telemetry to the glasses when the driver turns his head from the road. A bit of an overkill, but who cares. Before this becomes available in any form, cars will probably be driving on their own. That means Mitsubishi is late for the party once again – as with the sick expensive iMiEV in which they’ve invested a whole fortune.

The interface Mitsubishi is revealing here isn’t much different from the interface installed on the fighter pilot helmets. They have all the sensory readings and stuff telling them a whole bunch of things. The difference is that you do not need to shoot down the MiG-29, or evade the Vympel R-73 air-to-air missile in it. What you do actually need is a better way to control the infotainment system, easily read facebook posts, or answer a phone call from your lover.

Mitsubishi delivers. Special gesture control system is installed and it allows the driver (or the passenger for that matter), to adjust the music volume, temperature, change the radio station or even turn it off altogether.

Yet, some things about this are creepy to say the least. All the sensors that scan the driver (and the passenger) actually send their info to the cloud. Mitsubishi states that with all the info, the cloud-based system can figure out if the driver is fatigued and ready for a nap. In that case, it will figure out where is the best place for rest and sent you the instructions to lead you there. Isn’t this a bit like the Big Brother in a car? It certainly is, but we cannot do anything against it.

The Tokyo Motor Show is the venue where the slightly updated MIRAI 3 xDAS concept will make its debut. Do not worry, it will never reach production though some of its high-end tech could.