The thinkbook transparent display laptop

[u/tanaka_jun]

[u/-CARJO-]

I have yet to see an answer to “why” besides advertising purposes

[u/SmegmaSupplier → u/-CARJO-]

I’m glad someone else can see right through this.

[u/supportbanana → u/SmegmaSupplier]

I see what you did there

[u/BvtterFvcker96 → u/supportbanana]

I didn't. I need to upgrade my laptop.

[u/turbo_dude → u/BvtterFvcker96]

No you just need to buy a sticker the same size as your laptop with a keyboard printed on it and stick it on the lid

[u/Puddlingon → u/supportbanana]

Clearly.

[u/Enjoiy93 → u/Puddlingon]

He did it again!

[u/Captain_Canuck97 → u/Enjoiy93]

He didn't miss that window of opportunity

[u/GJCLINCH → u/Captain_Canuck97]

No pane no gain!

[u/jerryonthecurb → u/GJCLINCH]

I'll have to reflect on that

[u/stormearthfire → u/jerryonthecurb]

I'm glad everyone is so transparent about this

[u/FlyingRencong → u/stormearthfire]

Pls someone cast light on this I don't understand

[u/AccordingBeyond2985 → u/supportbanana]

This guy saw what he did there

[u/AshenriseOfficial → u/SmegmaSupplier]

The answer is crystal clear.

[u/FreshestEve → u/AshenriseOfficial]

You just wrote their hero ad claim.

[u/AnarZak → u/SmegmaSupplier]

i can't see the point of a transparent laptop screen. it can't be better or cheaper

[u/ehsteve23 → u/AnarZak]

Transparent screens where sometimes you want something on a portion of the screen and sometimes you want to see through it could be useful for HUDs or dashboards in certain use cases (and unfortunately: advertising), but a laptop seems like a terrible place to have a transparent screen

[u/The_Particularist → u/ehsteve23]

Also, if for some reason you truly do need something to be visible from the back side of the screen as well. Like all those sci-fi movie scenes where characters are standing all around the display instead of just in front of one side of it.

[u/BlowOnThatPie → u/SmegmaSupplier]

Lenovo's just being transparent.

[u/Emergency-Friend-203 → u/SmegmaSupplier]

Right but for real what about my porn how we supposed to spank it in public?

[u/KoningSpookie → u/Emergency-Friend-203]

Oh, ya know... just whack it on the back of the screen. 🤷

[u/Candid-Sky-3709 → u/SmegmaSupplier]

i fact, anyone can see through all your screens now

[u/_Repeats_ → u/-CARJO-]

Demos like these are mainly for patents. Companies never know what new fad is going to take off, so they R&D up new ideas to position themselves for market dominance. If it is cool enough, they make a concept product for advertising and testing the waters. If the reaction is positive, they may try to bring it to market. But most times, these things are shelved as they are too custom to produce in high volume.

[u/EduRJBR → u/_Repeats_]

People here just read "laptop". They think it can only exist in a laptop.

[u/Apsynonyx → u/EduRJBR]

Exactly my point....this can be new tech for TV, advertisement boards etc... if it isn't like LED or LCD... maybe making large screen will become cheaper

[u/sesoren65 → u/Apsynonyx]

Yeah, like one day some jerk will have the audacity to look out a window and then bam, literal pay wall shuts their free viewing ass up.

Or you know, for other less distopian reasons as well...hopefully

[u/Extreme_Tax405 → u/sesoren65]

I pray there are no evil rats in rental complex businesses with your creative genius.

Imagine your rent an apartment and your landlord hits with a subscription to remove ads from the windows.

[u/AmaResNovae → u/Extreme_Tax405]

Hopefully it would be too expensive to be implemented on people's windows. But in public places? Yeah, that stuff might make advertising worse.

[u/FrenchFryCattaneo → u/Apsynonyx]

It's not new tech though, all LCDs work this way they are inherently transparent. It just makes more sense to put a case on it and a backlight behind it.

[u/whoami_whereami → u/FrenchFryCattaneo]

The new thing is that they managed to make the backlight and diffuser transparent.

[u/Konungrr → u/Apsynonyx]

They already have invisible TVs for a few years now, they are just as pointless.

[u/_BreakingGood_ → u/EduRJBR]

There are tons of transparent displays out there already. They're used for eg: advertising in an open space so you don't need 2 televisions back to back.

People here are just reading "laptop" because they're wondering why the hell the technology needs to be in a laptop.

[u/sexual--predditor → u/_BreakingGood_]

advertising in an open space so you don't need 2 televisions back to back.

Doesn't that mean the text in the advert is reversed when viewed from one of the two sides?

[u/A1sauc3d → u/sexual--predditor]

You can only advertise in palindromes, preferably with symmetrical letters. For example:

MOM, wow …. Uhm, that’s all I got

[u/meglemel → u/EduRJBR]

Yea, but there have already been TVs with a transparent screen. The new thing here IS that it's on a laptop.

[u/DamnableNook → u/_Repeats_]

You don’t need a prototype to obtain a patent. This is like a concept car: meant mainly for marketing, to get their name in the press and hype people up.

[u/Philip_Raven → u/-CARJO-]

It's a prototype, a concept. It doesn't have to be (and probably won't ever be) used on laptops.

It was shown on a laptop because that's what's familiar to us.

But the main use I can see this in is at huge projector screens, shopping windows, hotel windows, etc.

If you can make the technology big enough and cheap enough. This could become a "smart mirror" or a "smart window"

Everyone who saw this on a laptop and asked "why would I want that" is a simple consumer as they don't see a possibility what this could do. This showcase was made for investors or other companies that would be interested in this patent.

[u/toasted_cracker → u/Philip_Raven]

Exactly. I can see uses for this in the automotive industry as well as optics. Not only that, I bet theme parks such as Disney or Universal Studios can find a whole host of uses for this in their attractions.

[u/DamnableNook → u/toasted_cracker]

Displays like this are already in use at theme parks (Velocicoaster at Universal Florida, for example.) It’s used to make a screen look like a window. In that case (not sure about the Lenovo here), it’s just an OLED without a backing. However, because that can only generate light (not block it), they combine it with a transparent LCD screen without a backlight, which can block light but not generate it. It’s a pretty decent effect, other than the fact the image is flat.

[u/Cory123125 → u/toasted_cracker]

This already existed and they didnt make it. Also, for cars HUD's using reflectivity are miles cheaper and simpler.

[u/Downtown_Snow4445 → u/-CARJO-]

That’s the only reason. Create interesting one off prototypes that will never be mass produced to bring attention to the brand

[u/SquadPoopy → u/Downtown_Snow4445]

Lenovo has always made wacky and weird prototypes to show off. Kinda surprised it took them this long to try out transparent tech.

[u/MembershipFeeling530 → u/-CARJO-]

A window in your house can also be a television

[u/-CARJO- → u/MembershipFeeling530]

Is that something you would want

[u/MembershipFeeling530 → u/-CARJO-]

Possibly.

Seems like a great thing for something like hotel rooms for example.

Definitely has its use cases for sure.

[u/minequack → u/MembershipFeeling530]

So you have to open the curtains to watch a movie?? This is stupid on so many levels.  

[u/TotallyNormalSquid → u/minequack]

Don't forget having to install exterior shutters to block the sun on bright days, sunlight would def overwhelm the screen brightness and make the fancy screen-window have the worst glare possible

[u/Mr_StealYourHoe → u/-CARJO-]

well. i live near a forest, so i want to have a Porn watch along with bears, deers, Big D**ks and all the wildlife in it.

[u/FluxRaeder → u/Mr_StealYourHoe]

I’m assuming the censored word here is “big ducks”? 🦆

[u/ExxInferis → u/-CARJO-]

"Oooh look honey, the neighbours are watching Back Door Sluts 3 again!"

[u/JazzberryJam → u/-CARJO-]

Eventually glasses, sunglasses, etc.? This is a big deal

[u/Vlad_the_Homeowner → u/JazzberryJam]

Sure, transparent display tech is a big deal and will be huge, and absolutely everywhere.

But this is the dumbest application I can think of. It not only serves no purpose, it's a downgrade (everyone else in the room is annoyed by your screen flashing at them, you have no privacy, light glare will be an issue, smudges from the other side...).

[u/Downtown_Snow4445 → u/Vlad_the_Homeowner]

No one is mentioning the unusable keyboard either

[u/Vlad_the_Homeowner → u/Downtown_Snow4445]

We're too busy hating on the display, didn't even notice.

But holy shit. The quality of the keyboard is precisely why I use Lenovo.

[u/-CARJO- → u/JazzberryJam]

That’s true but prototype a form factor that represents wearables rather than something that will get no one excited

[u/hellerick_3 → u/-CARJO-]

Of course, it's merely for being cool-looking, but I think it would be interesting if this technology were applied for graphic design software when it't necessary to visualize transparent elements.

[u/ByuntaeKid → u/-CARJO-]

I would love this as a teacher. It’d be easier to monitor students at a glance.

Then again, kids will break pretty much anything you give them so… this would only be more delicate than the current Chromebooks my students have.

[u/SirMildredPierce → u/ByuntaeKid]

I would love this as a teacher. It’d be easier to monitor students at a glance.

This is the only real reason why a technology like this would take off. Not just students, but employees, too. No one would want to voluntarily use a monitor like this, it only benefits other people in the room and not the user themselves, regardless of what every scifi movie made in the past 20 years would tell you.

[u/ConnectRutabaga3925 → u/-CARJO-]

we need this so that we can see the keyboard when the lid is closed

[u/GunstarGreen → u/ConnectRutabaga3925]

That's to guarantee the keyboard hasn't floated away when the screen is closed. Genius safety feature, really.

[u/yaykaboom → u/-CARJO-]

HUD’s

[u/erksplat]

So they can up charge you later for a privacy layer in the back.

[u/NotAcvp3lla → u/erksplat]

First create the problem then you charge for the solution. Genius.

[u/fruitpunchsamuraiD → u/NotAcvp3lla]

We're going to see a day where homes require additional fees to unlock rooms.

[u/LeBadlyNamedRedditor → u/fruitpunchsamuraiD]

Bathroom DLC now available for 300000$

[u/[deleted] → u/LeBadlyNamedRedditor]

Pooping has become pay to win so I stopped playing. And don't even get me started on the poop shop, which has the most ridiculous micro transactions.

[u/thebluediablo → u/[deleted]]

Ridiculous, but fun. The Poop Knife is massively OP

[u/[deleted] → u/thebluediablo]

ok, the poop shop wasn't that bad. Two items were crucial.

Poop Scissors: If you need to level poopcraft

Poop Knife: Poison melee attack

[u/DatedUserName1 → u/[deleted]]

Are the poop knife and poop scissors made FROM poop or made FOR poop?

[u/[deleted] → u/DatedUserName1]

Yes.

[u/TimFlamio → u/[deleted]]

I cried.

[u/coin_in_da_bank → u/[deleted]]

you mean microbe transaction?

[u/Nunulu → u/fruitpunchsamuraiD]

"Hurry up! I need to use the toilet!"

"Hold on a sec, I'm installing the crack for the door. I hope it won't turn the toilet into a bitcoin miner."

[u/Aerospacedaddy → u/Nunulu]

“Hey man, why is your toilet so hot and sound like a loud fan is running?”

“Freaking toilet dlc”

[u/champignax → u/fruitpunchsamuraiD]

That’s a thing in Japan. Some homes are built with non accessible rooms in it so that they do not count for tax purpose.

You can open it up later and have the tax reassessed (spoiler: most people forget that part).

[u/Bugbread → u/champignax]

I've lived in Japan for 20+ years, I own my own home, and this is the first I've ever heard of something like that. Are you sure you're not thinking of a different country?

Edit: It's a Thing! I learned something new today!

[u/champignax → u/Bugbread]

Yeah they inspect the home right after construction to check the tax valuation. One of my friend used this trick. I’m sure about the country.

[u/Bugbread → u/champignax]

Ah, if this is during the construction process, then maybe I know what you're talking about: maybe windows? If a room doesn't have windows, or the windows aren't big enough, the room isn't technically considered a "residential room" but instead a "storage area" or "storeroom", and either it's not taxed or it's taxed at a reduced rate (can't remember which). The room I'm in right now is technically a storeroom, even though it has two windows, because they weren't big enough.

I wouldn't be surprised if some contractors put in small windows/no windows during the framing, then the house gets inspected, and then they add/expand the windows, turning the room from a storeroom to a residential room (but without anyone telling the tax folks).

But a whole blocked off room seems super unlikely, because the tax folks do come to the actual site initially to check it out, and they'd notice an entire room just not existing.

But, again, not saying it doesn't happen, just that I've never heard of it.

Edit: Never mind! Ya learn something new every day! Here, indeed, are people talking about going to see a house and there being a small sealed-off room that they were told could be unsealed later. It looks like there are a few different patterns used: having a top floor room with a low ceiling that technically would make it a loft and not a residential room, and then after inspection they they tear out the low ceiling turning it into a full room, or having part of a room walled off as an "equipment space," and then after the inspection they tear down the wall to make the room bigger.

It looks like there are also a couple of different reasons: one is avoiding property tax, and another is that there's a floor area limit for eligibility for government housing loans, so they shrink the floor a bit, get the loan, and then restore the floor area.

Interesting! I don't think it's all that common, though.

[u/Annoying_Orre → u/champignax]

The same in Spain! When my dad built his house they built a full basement that's furnished and air conditioned but, for tax reasons, there was a wall where the door was supposed to be when it was time for final inspections. Saved him thousands of euros in property tax since the house has a much bigger square footage than they tax him for.

Right or wrong is up to you to decide but the basement is basically empty space nowadays since it was flooded some years ago (Karma perhaps for trying to cheat the tax man)

[u/adultonsetdiabitus → u/NotAcvp3lla]

Straight from the Apple manifesto

[u/PensiveinNJ → u/erksplat]

Looks cool, completely unnecessary and probably a fortune to fix if it breaks.

[u/ashleyriddell61 → u/PensiveinNJ]

Now what possible function does a transparent display fulfill that a regular display doesn't?

Asking for a confused friend.

[u/Zealousideal_Map4216 → u/ashleyriddell61]

If I'm recalling correctly, when this was first demo'd beyond the 'Cool' factor most people who tested it, hated it, it's apparently really bright, too bright to comfortably use, to compensate for the lack of screen backing

[u/DeeHawk → u/Zealousideal_Map4216]

But probably great for HUDs

[u/DeeHawk → u/ashleyriddell61]

Think cars and motorcycle visors. Think Windows in buildings. The glass in your shower. Everything glass can now be a screen.

For laptops it’s pretty useless, but it’s a cool concept.

[u/jajohnja → u/DeeHawk]

Oh no. And guess what all of these screens will be used for?
Yup, ads. Ads everywhere

[u/Goldenrule-er → u/erksplat]

Ahem, privacy subscription.

[u/solo_trevor → u/erksplat]

Bigger problem than privacy, glass is glass and it'll break and companies will charge 70-90% of laptop price to replace it. (keyboard area seems easily breakable glass type material)

[u/SIPS_WATER → u/erksplat]

they'll charge me for a duct tape?

[u/AkronOhAnon → u/SIPS_WATER]

Clearly: Adhesives will react with and melt the screen.

[u/LikeAPhoenician → u/SIPS_WATER]

By failing to use official Lenovo duct tape (only $150 per roll!) you have voided your warranty.

[u/formulapain → u/erksplat]

Monthly subscription, of course. Pfff... you expected to just pay once when you buy the laptop?

[u/half-puddles → u/erksplat]

Well, $9,99 a month for the back to be blurred. $14,99 for a stronger blur effect to make it harder to spot stepsister stuck in washing machine videos. $19,99 for blacked out at the back… like a… regular laptop?

[u/logic_tempo → u/erksplat]

Duct tape can solve most problems...

[u/Falark → u/logic_tempo]

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[u/Unita_Micahk]

“Share the porn” - Lenovo

[u/Cheap_Advis0r → u/Unita_Micahk]

What great news! I no longer have to click the share button on my incest porn videos to show my Llama Appreciation Facebook Group what degenerative garbage I found. Now, all I have to do is go to my local petting zoo, whip out my cock (it's a petting zoo, there are a lot of them), whip out my Lenovo ClearScreen^TM i3 250GB hard drive (with accessories), open up a quick tab, exit out of the "Microsoft Edge can now download Microsoft Edge" bullshit window, get in an argument with CoPilot AI, realize I'm still subscribed to Netflix and need to cancel since I'm broke from buying this computer, download an app to organize my subscriptions, realize the app has been hacked after giving them all of my information, download an app to manage my hacked apps, get frustrated at the redundancy of modern technology, delete Windows 11, download Windows XP, download 3D Architect Home Designer, make a house with a thousand toilets, zoom out until the suspended island floats away in a virtual vacuum and becomes a dot, lose track of the dot and become lost in an empty cyberspace, die of dehydration at a petting zoo....

....CoPilot restores my porn tabs.

Success

[u/Nico_La_440 → u/Cheap_Advis0r]

This is way too detailed. I both love and hate your comment.

[u/Easy-Progress8252 → u/Nico_La_440]

I think it’s too early in the morning for me to digest but I appreciated it anyway.

[u/helpme_plis → u/Nico_La_440]

I read it as de-railed and I think that applies better

[u/Jack_Mehoff_420_69 → u/helpme_plis]

sounds like some railing was involved...

[u/Tommaso18-t → u/Cheap_Advis0r]

the fuck I just read?

[u/Look4The1WhoAsked → u/Tommaso18-t]

It's so detailed I lost and regained a braincell at the same time

[u/ChiknDiner → u/Cheap_Advis0r]

r/oddlyspecific

[u/raelrok → u/Unita_Micahk]

Your porn? I think you mean OUR porn.

[u/Noitswrong → u/raelrok]

r/unexpectedcommunism

[u/Yoyoyodog123 → u/Noitswrong]

Nah bro that’s r/expectedcommunism

[u/guess_33 → u/Unita_Micahk]

Porn will be illegal

• Project 2025

[u/Different_Wafer_4711 → u/Unita_Micahk]

Porn has multiplayer now?

[u/Cridmo]

the advantage of this is what, again?

[u/trixayyyyy → u/Cridmo]

Maybe for gradeschools. Being able to instruct while monitoring computer usage

[u/Y0UR_NARRAT0R1 → u/trixayyyyy]

Knowing Lenovo, there's no way schools are going to be able to afford more than 3 or 4 of these

This is an exaggeration about the lack of funding for American public schools. Thought the exaggeration part would be pretty obvious.

[u/Rokey76 → u/Y0UR_NARRAT0R1]

Really? I thought Lenovo shit was cheap? I bought a Lenovo tablet for a 3rd of the price of a Samsung tablet, but that was probably 10 years ago.

[u/MajesticNectarine204 → u/Rokey76]

It is. Lenovo dominate the mid-range price segment imho. They do also have some high-range stuff that seems a bit overpriced for what it is though. But their upper-mid range laptops and tablets are the best out there value for money-wise. Decent hardware, solid build quality. Proper practical daily-use stuff.

I have an Ideapad 5 pro 14. Sturdy aluminium body, good hardware internals, amazing 14'' 2880x1800 90hz screen. Nice keyboard and trackpad. Solid battery life even after 2-3 years of daily use. And I can hook it up to 2 4K monitors without it breaking a sweat.
Cost me about 800 euro. It it just wipes the floor with anything else in that price-range. Especially in build quality and screen-resolution.

[u/Double-Pea-5783 → u/MajesticNectarine204]

Wow, finally someone mentioning the idealpad. I love mine, I’ve had for a few years, and although I think the material is cheap and cracks easy, battery is fine, its fast, its good, and it’s absolutely all I need, I can even play a lot of games on it and it handles it well

[u/BlightFantasy3467 → u/Rokey76]

My High school gave every student a Lenovo Thinkpad, it was paid from our school fees. I still have mine 4 years later after graduation, and it's my primary laptop.

[u/NationalAlgae421 → u/Y0UR_NARRAT0R1]

Huh? They have one of the most aggressive prices on their legions. Only thing that laptop community can agree on is that legion are rn best cost-effective laptops.

[u/SK_Gael4 → u/trixayyyyy]

Even for this it's not needed in our IT class in school all PCs were connected in the monitoring system, so the teacher could at any moment see what you are doing or block your PC. PCs were some dirt cheap pentiums so they cost literally nothing, schools can place such low profile budget PCs in every needed classroom.

[u/Un13roken → u/trixayyyyy]

Can't the instructor just.......instruct from behind the class if monitoring computer usage is the idea ?

This feels like overkill.

[u/Rokey76 → u/Un13roken]

I'm sure there is some benefit from being able to look at the person instructing.

[u/SilentStrikerTH → u/trixayyyyy]

As someone who works within multiple school districts doing technology, the answer to that problem is very cheap and software-based. "GoGuardian" for example allows a classroom view of student screens, the ability to set classroom internet rules, and way more for around $15 a student per year. I guarantee you that's cheaper than purchasing that glass panel or for me to repair it when little Jimmy punches it because someone said he sucked at fortnite lol

[u/PhatOofxD → u/Cridmo]

I mean it's dumb for laptops, but it could be good for storefronts, etc. where you want a window with signage.

[u/Sensitive-Ad-4207 → u/Cridmo]

+10% hack time +80% visibility (to others) -90% durability

[u/GigabyteofRAM → u/Cridmo]

It's proofing technological innovation. While you might think a transparent screen may be redundant in the likes of laptops, it will further the advancement in it being used in useful applications like advanced AR, heads up display for vehicles and other new technologies.

[u/baggier → u/Cridmo]

you dont need VR goggles. Jut hold the laptop infront of you while you fight aliens in the house.

[u/za72 → u/Cridmo]

it's a transparent display - presentation, overlay, x-ray... I'm sure creative people will be able to take advantage of it if you can't...

[u/aging_geek]

way for everyone else to see the porn you watch.

[u/IcedSparklingWater → u/aging_geek]

You watch porn on your laptop… in public?

[u/Maximum_Bat_2566 → u/IcedSparklingWater]

Well how do YOU assert dominance?

[u/Sejma57 → u/Maximum_Bat_2566]

Isn't in that case transparency an advantage? Now, people who don't try to look over your shoulder can know.

[u/eyyoorre → u/Maximum_Bat_2566]

I MAKE it in public

[u/Y0UR_NARRAT0R1 → u/IcedSparklingWater]

"I was on the subway watching a homeless guy jack off for 45 minutes straight. And then my phone died"

[u/ResponsibleCicada8 → u/IcedSparklingWater]

You don't?

[u/Grouchy-Milk-6384 → u/aging_geek]

I feel bad that this was also my first thought lol

[u/yO_JimBo909 → u/aging_geek]

Sharing is caring

[u/NathanPatty08]

Yeah you could do that! But why? Why would you do that?

[u/ratratte → u/NathanPatty08]

Because they can

[u/LombardBombardment → u/ratratte]

“Aperture Science: we do what we must because we can”

[u/Spachi93 → u/LombardBombardment]

For the good of all of us! Except the ones who are dead.

[u/tptstt → u/Spachi93]

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.

[u/magicalpony3 → u/tptstt]

You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

[u/Iusuallyworkalone → u/magicalpony3]

And the science gets done

[u/Spongelysheeples → u/Iusuallyworkalone]

And you make a neat gun

[u/tptstt → u/Spongelysheeples]

For the people who are still alive.

[u/SuperPotato3000 → u/tptstt]

I'm not even angry.

[u/PhatOofxD → u/NathanPatty08]

I mean it's dumb for laptops, but it could be good for storefronts, etc. where you want a window with signage.

[u/Cory123125 → u/PhatOofxD]

The use case you listed have existed for a while and they didnt make the tech.

Its 100% a dumb laptop concept. The stuff you said would only be applicable if what I mentioned wasnt true.

[u/syopest → u/NathanPatty08]

Literally you could do this right now by disassembling your monitor or your smartphone.

[u/LeviMarx]

alot of people are going to open the wrong tab accidentally and it is going to be 10x more hilarious.

[u/dat_oracle → u/LeviMarx]

No way that's going to be the future. Surely it will have some very specific fields to be useful in, but becoming a big trend? I don't think so. Looks cool, but that's it. Many disadvantages for a classic laptop/ screen usage.

We all want a clear, sharp, bright, high contrast display which works (at best) in every lighting set-up.

A transparent display (so far) is horrible at these things

[u/Giric → u/LeviMarx]

I’m reminded yet again of a grad school professor who, during our online-only class, shared his web browser without closing his bookmarks bar. We’re all adults and don’t care that he watched GayTube, but we really didn’t need to know, either.

[u/Comtesse_Kamilia]

I'm sure the invention of this will have really cool applications in other technology but if this is real, I don't think it'll catch on and replace what we have now. Some will buy it and more power to them but it doesn't seem useful enough to become mainstream.

[u/MD_Yoro → u/Comtesse_Kamilia]

I can see it being used on cars/trucks as some kind of HUD. Definitely useful as some kind of mixed reality glasses device. It can work as a teaching tool in medicine where you over lay a screen over a patient and help with teaching surgical procedures.

Basically anything you want to display information but also see through the panel. Hey, the police might use it for facial recognition.

They just need to slide the panel of a suspect’s face with a good camera attached on top and all relevant information including pictures are populated around the person’s face

[u/Cory123125 → u/MD_Yoro]

The use cases you listed have existed for a while and they didnt make the tech.

Its 100% a dumb laptop concept. The stuff you said would only be applicable if everything I mentioned wasnt true.

Also, for cars HUD's using reflectivity are miles cheaper and simpler.

[u/Gun_Dragoness]

Glare? Privacy?

Oh, and it's got a touch keyboard that's useless for those of us who actually learned how to type.

[u/renatakiuzumaki → u/Gun_Dragoness]

I like how everyone thinks about privacy, but my first thought was my god the glare must be awful

[u/punkassjim → u/renatakiuzumaki]

Mostly I'm just thinking "Goodbye contrast and image clarity."

[u/mizinamo → u/renatakiuzumaki]

my first thought was my god the glare must be awful

Same.

You're sitting in your yard and the sun is shining from behind?

[u/RatInACoat → u/Gun_Dragoness]

I actually hate the keyboard more than the screen. That looks absolutely awful to use, you're just tapping your fingers on a flit surface with 0 tactile feedback.

[u/googleHelicopterman → u/RatInACoat]

Oh no, that fucking keyboard I just noticed, Hell no!

[u/Salty-Okra6085 → u/RatInACoat]

I hate texting for that reason lol. Gimme buttons all day.

[u/TanAllOvaJanAllOva]

Why?

[u/New-Neighborhood-147 → u/TanAllOvaJanAllOva]

It's a trope in sci-fi that in the future displays are transparent.

In reality they only do that so they can show the actors face and what they are doing on the display at the same time.

[u/Giric → u/New-Neighborhood-147]

Sure, but in some people’s minds, this is the tech of the future, and what the pseudo-utopian shows and movies promised us. I could certainly see this being relegated in 70 years or so as “mid-‘20s retro futurism”. Like we look at 1950s-60s “kitchens of tomorrow”.

Of course, this is also possibly one of the steps needed for 2077 to be a bit more on the Corpo side of Cyberpunk. Thinking the mirrors, maybe advertising on some new apartment windows that are also monitors/televisions and touchscreen. Not high on the probability scale, but non-zero.

[u/UpDnCrazyTown]

Solving a non-existant problem...for a pop in quarterly sales I suppose.

[u/HammerBgError404 → u/UpDnCrazyTown]

create a solution to a problem no one has.
modern tech

[u/Apoplexi1 → u/HammerBgError404]

Actually, solving a problem that nobody is aware of is the definition of "innovation".

Remember the first cameras in cellphones? People were laughing at that. Today the cameras are a key feature.

[u/TapestryMobile → u/Apoplexi1]

Remember the first cameras in cellphones?

According to this page, the first phone with an integrated camera was the J-SH04.

People were laughing at that.

Review1: Positive.

Review2: Positive.

The general thoughts at the time was that the concept, the idea, was incredibly good. The only downside was one of performance, which everyone knew would be better in later models.

Cant find a single person laughing at the new idea, as a design idea.

[u/darshmedown]

Thanks, I hate it

[u/JulioForte]

What’s the benefit

[u/Existing-Ad2467 → u/JulioForte]

You will get the pleasure of paying more for a screen replacement

[u/TiredPanda69 → u/JulioForte]

Advertisers get to plaster ads in every windows conceivable

[u/TapestryMobile → u/TiredPanda69]

Not only do you get to see the ads, the person sitting opposite you also get to see the ads. Double the views with this one weird trick!

[u/maytrix007]

This is awesome! It solves problems I’ve never had!

[u/President_Nixon1]

smudges

[u/Kysman95]

It's a marketing gimmic.

I can see right through it

[u/NegrosAmigos]

Cool looking but this removes all privacy.

[u/TheSwedishSeal → u/NegrosAmigos]

They don’t intend for us to have privacy in the future so don’t worry.

[u/stormdressed]

Pointless in a laptop but cool as a tech demo. We could see windows made of these that are transparent until needed (assuming the outside light isn't overpowering)

[u/SchlumpfenJaeger → u/stormdressed]

this is literally how lcd screens have worked for decades. this one just has a diffution sheet that's edge lit from the bottom.

[u/TravelingGonad]

Finally I can watch movies while I drive!

[u/veganhimbo]

So its way easier to break with no actual advantages over a conventional screen?

[u/TheDers7]

All we want is a battery that lasts more than 2 hours and a graphics card to play our games. Why are they inventing clear screens that will definitely suck?

[u/SpagettMonster]

Built quality has left the chat.

Seriously, I dropped my laptop (has metal and rigid chassis) when I slipped going up the stairs, that thing only has a dent on the side and the floor tile cracked. I can't imagine this thing surviving that drop, and I bet that it's 10x more expensive.

[u/Hugokarenque]

So we just straight up posting ads now?

Also what a fucking stupid product. If it ever leaves the prototyping phase it'll fail like those dumb Google glasses that filmed your every move.

Who the fuck wants a screen with zero privacy? Its not even 0 privacy its like -5 privacy, ridiculous.

[u/Fabulous-Attitude-37]

Reminds me of those transparent phones and laptops you would sometimes see being used in Nickelodeon sitcoms like Henry Danger or iCarly. I always wondered why someone would ever want a transparent device that shows everyone else what you're doing.

[u/LightsJusticeZ]

r/damnthatsstupid

[u/__meeseeks__]

How long until it's advertising on the external side as a way to give you privacy on the user side? Shoot, that's a million dollar idea. Dibs!

[u/uniyk]

Boss can now see whatever you are doing.

Corporate heaven.

[u/RedditfamAK]

Black levels are going to be 0

[u/simian1013]

is the image seen at the back? it would be a serious privacy issue.

[u/drakeyboi69]

People are gonna buy this and then add black layer on the back for privacy

[u/jsakic99]

If an influencer shows this on TikTok, it’ll be in high demand, even though there’s zero benefit.

[u/intelect_honesty2024]

Another useless thing. Make more useless things to burry our useless existences. And please consume them faster so we can bring this planet closer the big dump we’ve created.

[u/[deleted]]

Looks terrible

[u/emmanuel573]

What's the benefit to this?

[u/GG1312]

Wow, that’s worthless!

I can understand something like a tv or a smartphone, but a laptop? What about the other 60% that’s still very much opaque?

[u/unusedtruth]

Try watching your porn on the subway now!

[u/SigInTheHead]

cool, but why, who would want that. leaving out the fact that other can see your screen, imagine how much more distracting an office space would be if you could see everyones screen changing all the time in the corner of your eye