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Ask HN: Why are all the screens in the sci-fi future (movies) transparent?
- edburdo 9y agoProbably because it's a cool (albeit overused) effect to make people thing "future".
- gcoda 9y agoBecause we hope to see real world while stuck in virtual. It's romantic and not practical. I seriously doubt even AR will get mainstream, I'd rather get a fixed picture in my head, rotating head to see more information is so inefficient. I want to cover my view with non transparent screen with tiny window of fisheye realword. But everybody else wants transparent flexible screens and AR