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Multi-layer LCD Displays

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the screw-alpha-channel-transparency dept.

Jmo writes "Puredepth has started to produce multi-layer LCD displays. They manipulate LCD technology so that one screen can be placed behind another for actual depth. This technology has not even come close to being fully taken advantage of but it is still very interesting and has many implications for the future. Their main product right now is a seventeen inch monitor, the MLD-3000. It is mainly targeted at medical and business fields but it could be used all over."

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  1. Re:Zounds! by back_pages · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    While I won't comment on the practical applications of this monitor, your comment shows a lack of understanding about photography. Since the camera taking the picture can only take one in 2 dimensions, the true dimensiality of the monitor cannot be grasped through a photo.

    Wait, so a camera doesn't steal my soul? No seriously, I'd love to hear your explanation of how "the true dimensiality of the monitor" actually works. Here's what I suggest:
    Take two transparencies, such as for an overhead projector.
    Fill both of the transparencies with a bunch of text.
    Put one transparancy on top of the other. Vary the distance between the two from 0-10 cm.
    Eat some paint chips and explain how this is an improvement over looking at the transparencies one at a time.

    QED. Cameras DO STEAL YOUR SOUL. Nice try, smarty, but I think it is YOU who shows a lack of understanding about photography.