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Transparent Screens on the Horizon?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-lost-my-monitor dept.

mhesseltine writes "According to United Press, researchers in Japan are developing transparent transistors. This could bring about see-through screens like those in Minority Report. Also, I imagine would be better heads-up displays (HUDs) for vehicles, layered flat panel displays, and new methods of interfacing with information screens."

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  1. Transparent screens... by milkmandan9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...on the horizon? I'll definitely need to invest in some binoculars.

    I've got enough trouble seeing the opaque monitor on my desk.

  2. Damned CRTs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally I will be able to get rid of that CRT taped to my windshield.

  3. HUD displays by gtrotsky · · Score: 5, Informative

    I actually think it'd be hard to see a full colour image behind a HUD type display. The colours in the background would blend with the colours in the HUD display. That's why HUDs always use monocrome green.

  4. I don't know about you by CptChipJew · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I can see right through this little transparent scheme.

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  5. Do all of you need glasses? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Can't you see through this story? Clearly, it's an advertisement.

    I would hope the editors would try and be a little less transparent.

    I swear, sometimes I feel invisible around here.

  6. Blue screen -- death by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So a blue screen of death while driving would block your vision while you careen into a wall, and really die. Cool!

  7. Re:transparent screens??? by fputs(shit,+slashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try your finger. Hey it works for me.

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  8. Videoconferencing by justfred · · Score: 5, Interesting
    One application that could use this technology is videoconferencing - put the camera behind the monitor.

    This is already possible with one-way mirrors reflecting the screen, but one-way transparent screens would make it easier.

    Instead of having the camera at the top of the screen and looking back and forth, put it directly behind the middle of the screen, about 2/3 of the way up. Or have smart software that would track where the other person's eyes are and put the camera between their eyes so you could look directly at them.

    I believe that this is a big factor in why videoconferencing always "feels strange" and perhaps part of why it hasn't caught on.

  9. Re:Imagine the possibilities... by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually, HUDs are about the most practical use I can think for these things.

    Not surfing pron, but having your speedometer, tach, oil pressure blah blah in front of you so you dont have to look away from the road to make sure you didnt speed past that cop.

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  10. For daily use by LlamaDragon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one who would put something solid behind the transparent screen so I wasn't distracted by the stuff behind it? People walking around back there, maybe the dog running through my documents...it'd tick me off pretty quick.

    That may just be me though...

  11. it's all about the wallpaper by abes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I don't have to waste valuable CPU cycles on creating a wallpaper.. I can just put real wall paper behind my display.

  12. Re:I can see right through that story by Cyno01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh, first thing that came to mind in that scene was, "Hey, Zion runs on Macs".

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