Lenovo’s concept laptop is real, transparent, and ready to impress::Lenovo’s ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop is a 17.3-inch notebook with a transparent screen and a built-in tablet for you to doodle on.
Aesthetic. Like is it good? Probably not. Is it cool? Hell yeah. In my eyes there’s two types of cyberpunk laptops: this, and some old beater running either arch or Debian. Of course Lemmy prefers the latter, but the former is just kinda it’s own variety of cool despite the ludicrous impracticality
I feel like most of the most of the people here didn’t read the article or watch the video. If you’re asking “why would anyone need this”, the article touches on it:
One of Lenovo’s big ideas is that the form factor could be useful for digital artists, helping them to see the world behind the laptop’s screen while sketching it on the lower half of the laptop where the keyboard is[…]
Also, it’s a prototype, yet people are responding as if this is a product that Lenovo is launching. Even if transparent screens do become a popular but useless fad, that wouldn’t nullify the value of this prototype. Trying shit is fun, especially if it’s something we’ve been imagining in sci-fi for years!
Great! Now you and your best buddy dont have to sit next to eachother when watching porn and you can instead sit across from each other and make eye contact
More like ready to show everyone what you’re looking at. I’m sure businesses will love having their confidential documents broadcast to the entire coffee shop.
This would be cool expanded to fit window panes in your home. I know I’ve enjoyed putting on the youtube Yule-tide fireplace on my TV to make the home more cozy in the winter, it’d be even cooler to turn “winter” mode on in your windows, really complete the hygge feeling
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmy.world
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
English
y tho
I am happy that the common consensus in this topic is “why?”
Aesthetic. Like is it good? Probably not. Is it cool? Hell yeah. In my eyes there’s two types of cyberpunk laptops: this, and some old beater running either arch or Debian. Of course Lemmy prefers the latter, but the former is just kinda it’s own variety of cool despite the ludicrous impracticality
it cant be cyberpunk if it runs on windows. or maybe from a dystopian angle where in future windows is the only os?
“Please wait for the update to finish before you dump your core”
It’s cyberpunk just glowing corporate tower cyberpunk not hacker breaking into it cyberpunk
I am so not interested in transparent screen for consumer use. At least not in this shape.
removed by mod
Circular laptops, I think you’re onto something here.
Where are the privacy wonks when we need them?
A lot of people are complaining about it’s use case for laptops, but I think a display like this on cars or glasses/goggles could be interesting.
AR Tablets for technicians
I feel like most of the most of the people here didn’t read the article or watch the video. If you’re asking “why would anyone need this”, the article touches on it:
Also, it’s a prototype, yet people are responding as if this is a product that Lenovo is launching. Even if transparent screens do become a popular but useless fad, that wouldn’t nullify the value of this prototype. Trying shit is fun, especially if it’s something we’ve been imagining in sci-fi for years!
Great! Now you and your best buddy dont have to sit next to eachother when watching porn and you can instead sit across from each other and make eye contact
“I love masturbating to porn with my bro”
More like ready to show everyone what you’re looking at. I’m sure businesses will love having their confidential documents broadcast to the entire coffee shop.
Not to mention it’ll work terribly in most light conditions.
In the article Lenovo says that if/when they go to production it will absolutely have the ability to enable/disable the transparency
But then what’s even the point?
“We need to find a way to block the transparency on our transparent displays!”
“…You mean like a regular screen?”
This would be cool expanded to fit window panes in your home. I know I’ve enjoyed putting on the youtube Yule-tide fireplace on my TV to make the home more cozy in the winter, it’d be even cooler to turn “winter” mode on in your windows, really complete the hygge feeling
deleted by creator
Aaargh it looks so cool and futuristic but I know it’s impractical as hell
But why
So what’s the benefit of it being transparent?
Immediately lost me at non-tactile keyboard. Who wants this.
that sony ericsson phone just got a big brother