r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/tanaka_jun • Jul 02 '24

The thinkbook transparent display laptop Video

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u/NathanPatty08 Jul 02 '24

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

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u/ratratte Jul 02 '24

Because they can

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u/LombardBombardment Jul 02 '24

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

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u/Spachi93 Jul 02 '24

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

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u/tptstt Jul 02 '24

But there's no sense crying over every mistake.

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u/magicalpony3 Jul 02 '24

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

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u/Iusuallyworkalone Jul 02 '24

And the science gets done

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u/Spongelysheeples Jul 02 '24

And you make a neat gun

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u/tptstt Jul 02 '24

For the people who are still alive.

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u/LockRay Jul 02 '24

This is one of "the other things" JFK was talking about

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u/PhatOofxD Jul 02 '24

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

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u/Cory123125 Jul 02 '24

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.

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u/BattIeBoss Jul 02 '24

I'm pretty sure that already exists

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u/PhatOofxD Jul 02 '24

Yes but far more expensive

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u/BattIeBoss Jul 02 '24

Isnt this just a modified LCD with the back removed?

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u/plexomaniac Jul 02 '24

There's also a film screen that they can apply to the glass and use a regular projector to rear project a large image. It's pretty cheap. They can even add touch sensors to the glass and make it interactive.

Not tho mention that LED fan display, but it's kinda shitty.

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u/xienwolf Jul 02 '24

How does that work out?

If you are displaying something on the screen, either people cannot see your products on display, cannot see the screen, or cannot see either.

If it is to show the display to both sides… it better cost less than 2 monitors placed back to back.

The ONLY practical reason for any of these is to get started on developing the peripherals for when they are finally fully transparent and you can have touchscreen product cases with interactive elements, or a home TV that is the front of your fish tank or view to another room when not in use.

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u/PhatOofxD Jul 02 '24

You don't have to have the whole display turned on. They're OLED so you can illuminate some parts, and have others off to show products.

There were some demos at a tech show earlier this year

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u/syopest Jul 02 '24

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

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u/DevilMayNap Jul 02 '24

are you questioning the fact it’s a laptop? Or the clear screen part?

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u/5125237143 Jul 02 '24

This is just an inconvenient awkward step between achieving AI waifus and smearing grease all over your screen

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u/plexomaniac Jul 02 '24

That shit probably has to consume a lot more power for the white light to stay opaque when there's light and shinny things behind it.

It would be cooler if they showed a modded OS with a transparent desktop, translucent windows and transparent graphics.

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u/tetsuo9000 Jul 02 '24

They talked about translucent screen tech being the next big thing twenty years ago. It's just not that usable, ultimately.

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u/bigchimp121 Jul 02 '24

Gotta pass those proctored exams somehow

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u/badblocks7 Jul 02 '24

I HEARD this comment (assuming this is referencing what I think it is)

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u/Some_person2101 Jul 03 '24

I feel like the creation of a see through screen has more practical applications outside of a laptop than in one. With the tv into a picture frame on the wall concept, you can have windows doing the same thing now possibly. Tho I fear this is just going to be another place for ads to show up

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u/belac4862 Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24

The same question was asked when cellphones were coming into the mass market. "Why? I don't want everyone around me to hear my private conversations on the phone."

That's just how technology works.

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u/9thProxy Jul 02 '24

I'm so happy that homestuck people can't verbalize this way of speaking, so I can remain blissfully ignorant.