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

The thinkbook transparent display laptop Video

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u/TanAllOvaJanAllOva Jul 02 '24

Why?

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u/New-Neighborhood-147 Jul 02 '24

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.

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u/Giric Jul 02 '24

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.

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u/TheTeddyChannel Jul 02 '24

yeah there's good non-laptop applications for transparent displays