Volkswagen Golf R: Tanner Foust Unleashes His Rrr

Volkswagen of America, Inc., has unveiled the Unleash Your Rrrr site that allows Volkswagen fans to drive a virtual Golf R using only the sound of voice. The web app utilizes Deep Learning, an artificial intelligence subset of Machine Learning, developed by VW’s agency of record Deutsch LA, to analyze each user’s unique impression of the Golf R engine’s roar. It then generates a customized video of the 292-hp turbocharged Golf R model roaring through a race track, drifting, braking, among other cool stunts that correspond with the user’s voice recording. Using the breakthrough artificial intelligence technology, Volkswagen has invited users to Unleash Your Rrrr, satisfying the desire that everyone has for high performance driving. To make this project even more shareable, there is a picture-in-picture feature allows fans to see their friends in high performance mode. The Deep Learning technology classifies each user’s vocal pitch and chooses a matching clip from a pool of hundreds of Volkswagen car videos. For example, if a user makes an acceleration sound, you might see the Golf R storming down a straightaway, or if a user made a screeching sound, the Golf R might be drifting through a tight turn. The stunts in the videos are performed by professional racecar and stunt driver Tanner Foust, who represented Team Volkswagen during the 2014 Global Rallycross Championship (GRC) season, and was a stunt driver in the “The Fast & the Furious” movies.