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What is the use case of a transparent screen with what looks like terrible resolution, colour fidelity and viewing angles? Especially when laptops are so low on
by sph 3y ago
What is the use case of a transparent screen with what looks like terrible resolution, colour fidelity and viewing angles? Especially when laptops are so low on the desk one can see what's behind just by lifting their head.
It's a decent proof-of-concept of the technology, sure, but why make a full laptop out of it?
The glass keyboard is simply a terrible idea, until we invent a way to simulate the shape of a key, not just the tactile feedback when pressed. I've always wondered whether simulating the tactile presence of an object is in any way possible... Something like the magnetic repulsion effect, but needs to work on bare fingertips
- atoav 3y agoShooting scifi films that look like they are set 5 to 10 years in the future.
- logtempo 3y agoIt's a product for marketing campaign I believe. Attach a technology to a product tech-people like and you touch many people. If Lenovo made a smart mirror out of this technology (which in my opinion seems to be the most usefull), or a small SF like control panel for meeting room at companies, people would react less.
- piva00 3y ago> If Lenovo made a smart mirror out of this technology (which in my opinion seems to be the most usefull) As far as I know those already exist for a few years.
- logtempo 3y agoIt does exist with some tricks using two-way mirror. Maybe using a transparent screen can give better illusion? Idk. Smart mirrors are a super DIY gadget to do at home. I never done one because I would not use it, but it's a good way to refurbish a laptop display.
- boffinAudio 3y ago>What is the use case of a transparent screen with what looks like terrible resolution, colour fidelity and viewing angles? Especially when laptops are so low on the desk one can see what's behind just by lifting their head. I could see it being useful in an Augmented Reality context, perhaps as an overlay for an existing physical interface .. maybe this prototype has some issues that would make that unwieldy, but in general the whole concept of transparent displays has some validity. Synthesizer guys could use it to restore their patches on old analog gear with no patch memory (okay you can just use your phone for this too..) .. aquarium users might use it to analyze their fish health, and so on. Definitely some uses cases..
- Asooka 3y agoAn actual use case I can see is for a tracing setup, i.e. when you have to trace or draw over a real object that you can't digitise for use in your usual drawing software. I wouldn't be surprised if there are some really niche applications for such a setup. Lenovo can probably sell 6, or even 10 whole units of these!
- rob74 3y agoIn that case a tablet would probably be better, but then they would have to move the battery, PCB etc. that are located behind the screen in a tablet somewhere else, so it doesn't really work out.
- criddell 3y ago> It's a decent proof-of-concept of the technology, sure, but why make a full laptop out of it? I think they made a laptop with it because it's something that many of us have scene in sci fi tv shows and movies. What would you have made with it?
- RandomLensman 3y agoThe immediate use case is the looks.
- PetitPrince 3y agoHUD for vehicles, although I suspect it's far from being price competitive with the current implementation of huds in cars.
- AstralStorm 3y agoThe use case is AR glasses, but not exactly with this low resolution.
- GaryNumanVevo 3y agojust mount the laptop screen 20 inches from your face with helmet mount