ADAPTIVE WINDSHIELD

A system includes a windshield and processor(s). The windshield has a first substrate and a second substrate that are optically transparent, and a liquid crystal (LC) layer encased between the first substrate and the second substrate. A surface of at least one of: the first substrate and the second substrate that is in contact with the LC layer has at least one optical feature that pertains to at least one optical property. The at least one optical property includes at least one of: optical power, diffraction, refraction, transmittance, reflectance, polarization. The processor(s) are configured to selectively adjust a refractive index of an LC material in at least a given portion of the LC layer, to modulate the at least one optical property in a corresponding portion of the windshield.