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Engadget: Samsung's 14-inch transparent OLED laptop (video) hands on

Engadget writes: "If you thought the XPERIA Pureness was wild with its meager 1.8-inch transparent screen, wait'll you get a hold of Samsung Mobile Display's prototype 14-inch notebook -- complete with what's being touted as the world's first and largest transparent OLED prototype. When the thing is off, the panel is up to 40 percent transparent (as opposed to the industry average of below twenty-five percent)."

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conjurdevil5259d ago

that looks sweeeettt n pricy....I wish they had a transparent keyboard too but I know thats not possible considering the motherboard , HDD n stuff is inside.

ChozenWoan5259d ago (Edited 5259d ago )

True, but could you image every surface of your house being able to display video and be used as an interface. I'm thinking mostly of Stark's house in Ironman.

Can't wait to see it displaying a 3D image... now that would be trippy. =)

Raf1k15259d ago (Edited 5259d ago )

This does look cool but how practical is it?
Unless it's able to display a proper white colour every colour you look at will be tainted by the colour of the objects behind the screen. A game like Mirror's Edge or Portal just wouldn't look the same.

edit: 2.2 has the right idea. There's a place for this kind of tech. I just don't think laptops is that place.

execution175259d ago

:( but i'm broke goddamn college :(

beardpapa5258d ago (Edited 5258d ago )

I guess you can't watch pr0n in a college library w/o other people watching along, or I guess you can no longer chat w/ someone "privately"

I'm thinking they should pack two transparent OLED screens. The outer screen w/ the lid open will display whatever color or opacity, while the inner screen displays the image. That way, people can actually work with the thing and get some privacy.

On the flip side, add a touch sensitive layer to the outer screen, so when the lid is closed, the outer screen can display the image with the inner screen being the background, hence it could be used as a tablet.

Of course, expect this kind of computer to be rendered useless since I expect the "lid" to crack, break, scratch easily. Yikes! Paperweight.

ShinRyuHadoken5258d ago

Agree with you Raf1k1. Its not practical. You can not properly read cause the transparant screen.

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Lets-Game5259d ago

impressive tech but totally pointless and unpractical.

reaferfore205259d ago

Impractical for a computer. But window ads for businesses could benefit from a screen that can be seen from both sides.

The Meerkat5259d ago

Or a heads up display inside your glasses.

Or car windscreens

Andronix5259d ago

See-through screens can be used as a heads-up display in car, planes, trains whatever. All the info you need, speed, fuel etc, without having to look down. A great idea. But one other use is pretending you are working on your laptop whilst secretly spying some hottie through the screen. I'm not saying that I'd do it, but someone will...

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quadalupeupe5259d ago

very cool tho

it reminds me of stuff i see in movies where they have those see-through glass screens they move around

jerethdagryphon5259d ago

military aplications you can put the hud right onto the canopy less looking around hell you could putt cameras in the rear and display on side

Azurite5259d ago

Looking forward to stuff like this in the car, bus, train, taxi (list goes on).

It can be used for lighting up the streets and show commercials at same time.

Shops could have their windows show mannequins that change clothes regularly.

Many possibilities with OLED-tech and its future offsprings.
What's shown today is just a glimpse.

smartmart5259d ago

this kind of device will be seen more often considering the global trend toward augmented reality. nice!

ULTIMATE_REVENGE5259d ago

You could technology like this in so many ways. I've always wondered that in order to achieve the a transparent display the pixel would have to be transparent and therefore not being able to give out colour but it looks like Samsung have some how manage to produce both transparent pixels that also display colour images.

Next thing you know we'll have 3D Ultra HD thin transparent TV's lol.

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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Scope Was Impacted by Xbox Series S Limitations

Wccf tech writes: "Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's scope was impacted by the Xbox Series S hardware limitations, as developers could only make a game that was 25% bigger than its predecessor."

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-Foxtrot3h ago

This is the issue with things like this

Xbox Series X is apparently to MS the worlds most powerful console

However the Series S is obviously a limitation because it’s underpowered and developers have to go for parity.

So what’s the point of the world’s most powerful console if you are holding third party developers back? They aren’t going to push themselves if they have to think about the weakest console.

The issue wouldn’t be as bad if it was just Xbox but you are also affecting the PS version aswell

I think developers need to start just taking advantage of a console and if one of them can’t do X Y and Z then f*** them…why should the others suffer. What’s MS going to do? The bigger the franchise the least chance MS are going to tell them to f*** off. Baulders Gate 3 seemed to have stood their ground and suddenly their “strict” parity rule didn’t really matter. We suddenly got super optimisation efforts for the Series S that got things sorted.

LucasRuinedChildhood4h ago

More info from the author of the article, I think: https://www.reddit.com/r/ki...

Quote:
"1) I was told this info from the producer of the game Martin Klíma.
2) He specifically said the game will have only one mode.
3) And this mode is 4K 30 on PS5/XSX and 1440p 30 on XSS.
4) He said that the game is already running north of the 30 FPS cap so the performance should be stable on launch, much better than KCD1.
5) The limitation was XSS because of the 10GB memory. He said that's why they wanted to make the game 25% larger.
6) Speculation on my part: the output resolution is probably upscaled and the reason why there won't be a 60 FPS mode is because it'll most likely be very CPU heavy, like Dragon's Dogma 2 for example."

Doesn't seem like they're adding a 40fps mode on PS5/Series X for launch even if they can handle it.

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Celebrate the Diablo Anniversary with March of the Goblins

Come celebrate the 1-year anniversary of Diablo IV and the 2-year anniversary of Diablo Immortal! There are heaps of rewards to mark these celebrations with a bounty of devilish goods across both games.

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anast5h ago

This game is about to get buried by Path 2.

LordoftheCritics4h ago

Still no global chat or group finder.

The emptiest MP game ever made.

OtterX4h ago

1 more month then I can celebrate 1 year since i stopped playing and uninstalled the game.

Walalon2h ago

We are on the same team brother!

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Tales of the Shire Stands at a Fork in the Road Regarding Magic

Tales of the Shire has many hurdles to jump to live up to the J.R.R. Tolkien masterpiece, and magical elements might be its most pertinent one.

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