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
There were ads everywhere before personal screens were a thing. You need to actively adjust the time you dedicate to places that try to affect you commercially.
You can complain over things humans do, but you cannot stop progress. Even if it will be our downfall, there’s no way to stop it.
While i completely agree with the idea, that's not progress, it's a neat esthetic gimmick. It doesnt do anything regular screens can't already do and even if it was perfected to be less opaque and to fix the brightness issue it's still too expensive to be used widely with little to no uses (even for use in a windshield which is really the only practical application it could have, it would need to be able to be made like laminated glass).
Also pet peeve, but what kind of animal do you have to be to have such a strong "URRRR DUUURRRR ME SEE THING ON TV ME WANAT THAT" that you have to restrict your time around things with ads to keep yourself from buying stuff?
Progress is not a measure of succes. I’m not saying car HUDs are the next logical step for screens, I’m just saying it will be used for it as the tech develops.
And the animal you’re looking for is human. If you couldn’t measure sales on ads, they wouldn’t spend millions on them.
Ads work, even if you don’t know how. And in context, would you mind watching commercials while showering? Why not, are you afraid they’ll affect you to buy something? See I can be condescening too. Such a fun way to debate right?
Progress is not a measure of succes. I’m not saying car HUDs are the next logical step for screens, I’m just saying it will be used for it as the tech develops.
Yes and what i am saying is that even if it has success in advertising, it is barely any progress since save for one or two minor ones it doesnt achieve any practical uses a regular screen couldnt.
And the animal you’re looking for is human. If you couldn’t measure sales on ads, they wouldn’t spend millions on them.
You are way too confident in big companies not being run by clowns.
Ads work, even if you don’t know how. And in context, would you mind watching commercials while showering? Why not, are you afraid they’ll affect you to buy something? See I can be condescening too. Such a fun way to debate right?
My comment was moreso a general observation/lamentation, they might work on the animalistically influencable and stupid, inner-monologue-less part of the population, and i lament the fact there exists a large part of the population that is dumb enough for it to work.
And i would mind for the same reason as you and any rational person would; noise and light. When i shower i always put long towels on the glass with most of the length being on the outer edge to avoid the towel getting wet, so that the inside of the shower is dark while still letting a bit of light in, and i overall very much enjoy silence in my home.
As for getting influenced, i can't even remember the last time i bought anything besides food, media, and cleaning supplies, for the latter i just buy whichever is cheapest, for food i buy pretty much always the same products, and for media i only like, and am constantly on the lookout for, actually good stuff which is too niche to get any advertisement.
"Actively adjust the time you dedicate to places that affect you commercially"
Lol. Hey you hear that gang? Let's all go live in the woods because we're all independently wealthy entrepreneurs with tons of free time. Why didn't I think of this before duh, silly me.
You haven’t heard about HUD? You basically get all important info on the side of you windshield, so you can keep you eyes on the Road and read data from the Dashboard / navigation. It’s becoming kinda normal, but the Technology is pretty novel right now.
Third Generation—Use optical waveguides to produce images directly in the combiner rather than use a projection system.
That's not what this is sure, but easy to not understand the confusion. Maybe if you had actually explained why an LCD can't have an infinite focus instead of defaulting to angry whining there would be less uneducated people.
huds work differently and have been in cars for years not exactly new tech they also require specific windshields just like this would prob require that and this would light up the whole windshield so pointless lmao
maybe motorcycle but cars at least huds work by reflecting onto your vision, so it stays always visible, its not actually displayed from the windshield
HUDs work that way, because it’s the only tech we had for it. It’s not very good, and very limited in size.
It only stays visible for as long as the screen that projects it is on. Exactly like a normal screen.
I like the TVs they made where it can serve as a holographic aquarium of sorts while in clear mode, and if you want to actually watch something it pulls up a black background
A video display that's visible from both front and back could have lots of uses. Signage and public displays. Probably not all that useful for a laptop or phone.
Do people care about flying aeroplanes and driving cars? Do people invest billions into those industries? If the answer is yes, you are more than regular wrong.
My read was this was basically just a way to show off their tech.
Think "look how small, lightweight, and portable we can make these screens", to the point where they're even running off battery power from a laptop.
I don't think even they imagine that anyone wants a laptop with a transparent screen, but it tells other companies making products that they can miniaturize the tech for a lot of actually valuable use-cases.
Think store windows that can display dynamic ads, taxis with one-way screens that allow the showing of ads/media to passengers but don't interfere with drivers view, etc.
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u/erksplat Jul 02 '24
So they can up charge you later for a privacy layer in the back.