Once again, the Mobile World Congress show is on in Barcelona, with vendors from around the globe showing off their latest and greatest technology.
Lenovo created a stir with the concept ThinkBook laptop, which features a see-through display. It's very novel, but will it be useful or meet the same fate as 3D screens which the industry would rather forget about as they never took off?
The display uses Micro-LED technology and measures 17.3 inches diagonally. Lenovo said the screen is fairly bright, at 1000 nits.
The idea behind the transparent screen is, to quote Lenovo, that it "opens new avenues of work collaboration and efficiency by enable the interaction with physical objects and overlaying digital information to create unique user generated content".
That sounds a bit like the description of a camera, but in many more words.
The keyboard area is transparent too, and it wouldn't be 2024 if there wasn't artificial intelligence involved. AI is used to generate content, to meld it with what's on and visible through the display.
It's a somewhat safe bet that transparent displays will be the next big thing, maybe even this year. Korean manufacturer LG showed off a 77-inch TV, The Signature T, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January this year.
It's an OLED (organic light emitting diodes) screen, with 4K resolution and yes, there's an AI processor built in, the Alpha 11.
Like Samsung's The Frame set which displays for example art works when not in use, The Signature OLED T idea is to not have a big black screen that dominates your living room.
Perhaps a bit like an aquarium then? Either way, if and when the transparent TV will arrive in New Zealand, and how much it might cost, is to be determined.
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Sounds silly, you could achieve the same thing with a camera (or cameras) facing behind the screen, and then what you were seeing, notating wouldn't have the issue of parallax error, and you could share your screen via Zoom etc and other people could also interact with the exact same visuals.
Oh well, might be time to get into the next big accessory market for these screens, the blackout cover that stops the visual noise in the background leaking thru when you're trying to use them anywhere but in front of a blank plain wall. Probably also required for privacy, if there is any light emitted out the back of the screen, no more working in airport lounges or cafes when anybody can walk past behind and read your corporate emails etc..
They would have a good use in AR headsets. Tell Elon, he can do away with the tablet mounted to the dash, just turn all Tesla drivers into the modern glassholes.
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