In February 2019, Chevrolet came out with the invisible trailer for the 2020 Chevy Silverado. The multiple cameras that are placed around the truck provide the driver with different angles that can be seen through the dashboard display. All of these angles provide the unique ability to see 360 degrees around your truck. This feature is pretty exciting by itself, but Chevy found a way to one-up themselves. With the invisible trailer camera, the truck display will show a feed of the space behind the trailer. This gives the illusion that the trailer is completely invisible.
So how does it actually work? All the footage coming from the cameras is stitched together in a way that looks natural. For the invisible trailer trick, there needs to be a camera placed onto the back of the trailer. This feature is an option that you can install yourself, or have a dealer do it for you. Once the camera is installed onto the trailer, the feed can be processed and matched with the tailgate camera feed. Combining the two gives an image that makes the trailer appear invisible.
How Does Chevy do the Bird’s Eye View?
The bird’s eye view is similar to the invisible trailer in how it is fabricated. For the third-person views of the truck, the display is just putting together all camera feeds and overlaying a 3D image of the truck. The bird’s eye view can be a useful tool for when you need assistance with moving your truck out of a tight spot with nobody else there to guide you.
All Camera angles
With Chevy’s new camera technology, you can get a total of 15 different views around your vehicle and trailer. This system uses 8 different cameras installed into your truck in various locations. Here are all the views that you can get from the camera system.
4 available hitch views
- Hitch view
- Surround-view
- Rear top-down view
- Bed view
6 available driving views
- Transparent trailer
- Front camera view
- Pic-in-pic side view
- Rear camera mirror
- Rear trailer view
- Inside trailer view
5 available parking views
- Rear camera view
- Rear side view (turn signal view available)
- Bowl view
- Front side view
- Front top-down view
To see what each of these views looks like, visit the official Chevrolet Website. If you are in the Fayetteville area, come look at our selection of Chevy Trucks.
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