"The steer-by-wire interface abandons the steering wheel's fundamental geometry, trading infinite rotation for limited-arc precision and mechanical feedback for algorithmic haptics. The circular steering wheel represents one of automotive design's most persistent forms. Its logic is elegant: infinite rotation maps directly to front axle movement, the column transmits road texture into the driver's palms, and the geometry anchors muscle memory across every vehicle. Peugeot's Hypersquare discards that entire vocabulary-and the visual disruption is deliberate."
"Designer: Peugeot The controller presents as a rectangular frame with rounded corners, closer in visual language to a gaming peripheral than automotive equipment. Where traditional wheels invite sweeping hand motions and continuous rotation, Hypersquare rewards precise, deliberate inputs within a constrained arc. The angular geometry introduces deliberate friction within cockpit environments refined over decades around curves and organic transitions. This visual foreignness signals technological departure before the driver touches anything."
Steer-by-wire abandons traditional steering-wheel geometry, replacing infinite rotation and mechanical column feedback with a limited-arc rectangular controller that uses algorithmic haptics. The controller resembles a gaming peripheral with a thick rectangular profile, rounded corners, and four corner cutouts that create natural grip zones. Upper cutouts house circular touch-and-push control pods where thumbs rest. The constrained arc encourages precise, deliberate inputs rather than sweeping motions, and the angular form introduces deliberate friction within conventional cockpits. Peugeot progressed the concept from the Inception show car to the Polygon concept and now tests working prototypes in E-2008 vehicles.
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