Samsung Smart Window

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:18

Not sure if anyone has posted anything about this, but pretty cool:

Reminds me of some screens in various films

Aedus · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:20

Wonder how long it'll be before we have holographic screens

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:21

Aedus said:
Wonder how long it'll be before we have holographic screens

True, personally I have no idea.

But you could see this being used in all sorts of things really, even something as silly as someones bedroom window looking over the sea or something

Efour · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:37

I was thinking how long till we are living in Minority report for real, then she said it. Spooky.

gjrc · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:40

that's very cool!

i want one....!

:cool:

agnes · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:44

Any write ups other than a youtube link?

bushmins · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:46

Gonna look proper stupid to people outside, poking your windows.

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:47

agnes said:
Any write ups other than a youtube link?

Google News results

Not read many specs, only just seen the thing

:

[CES 2012] Samsung has something very interesting over at CES this year (apart from the myriad of Smart TVs and other consumer electronics, of course), where the transparent screen that you see is capable of fitting into just about any window – as long as it does not go larger than 46″ in size, and will feature a pixel count of 1366 x 768. It is totally transparent, although what you see is private, so folks who are outside will not be able to know just what you are viewing, other than wondering how come you are daydreaming all the time from your room or store window. Does Minority Report or Mission: Impossible ring a bell with this technology? No idea on how much this will cost should it be commercialized, but whispers on the CES showfloor is that these will enter production from next month onwards.

EDIT: Another video from CNet, same thing really: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33373_1-57357359/samsung-smart-window-shows-futuristic-fenestration/

Cosimo · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:51

Another look:

Dave M · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:52

It'll have limited application - most people 1) wouldn't want to stare out of their window and 2) wouldn't want to put something expensive on display because it'll be nicked or vandalised.

What happens when it goes dark outside as well? There's no backlight that I can see.

So far as I can tell it's another toy for posh glass+chrome corporate reception areas.

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:53

Telescopi said:
It'll have limited application - most people 1) wouldn't want to stare out of their window and 2) wouldn't want to put something expensive on display because it'll be nicked or vandalised.

What happens when it goes dark outside as well? There's no backlight that I can see.

So far as I can tell it's another toy for posh glass+chrome corporate reception areas.

Oh it is a toy, no disputing that at the moment.

This is extremely early stages. There is some kind of lighting, over wise you wouldn't be able to see the widgets.

EDIT: Eventually though it'll get used more, specially in government fields

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 09:59

Bit more info:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43951/samsung-transparent-smart-windows-display

At CES in Las Vegas Samsung is demoing a new touchscreen display technology that is, yep you guess it, see-through.

Dubbed the Samsung Transparent Smart Window, the transparent touchscreen LCD tech can fit a window any size up to 46-inches and deliver a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels allowing full interaction at the same time.

Users will be able to supply content via HDMI or USB, and in our demo it reproduced video perfectly quickly jumping between different menu options like checking travel details, the weather, what was on television, or even just using it as an expensive blind to block out light.

There is no word on price or where we will see this next, but the possibilities are endless thanks to our love of glass.

One such possibility as we overheard during our demo at CES is in submersibles where you want to move the instrumentation out of the way of a glass viewing area. That's really niche, but imagine car designers being able to remove the dashboard of your car altogether, or Minority Report style computers that are just sheets of glass rather than the big bulky monitors that you have in your office at the moment.

To show what's possible beyond the window, Samsung was also showing off the technology with a smaller monitor. The same screen technology can be used to create smaller screens with higher resolutions. In this example it measured 22-inches and offered a higher resolution of 1680 x 1050 pixels.

And if you are worried that others will be able to see what you are doing from behind the screen. Don't. Samsung say that the technology comes with a privacy screen that works like a one-way mirror.

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:02

Telescopi said:
It'll have limited application - most people 1) wouldn't want to stare out of their window

And if you are worried that others will be able to see what you are doing from behind the screen. Don't. Samsung say that the technology comes with a privacy screen that works like a one-way mirror.

Still, they also showed a monitor with this tech, still not half as compact as a Mac

Shayper · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:04

I WANT ONE NOW DAMMIT!

Dave M · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:08

Delvis said:
This is extremely early stages. There is some kind of lighting, over wise you wouldn't be able to see the widgets.

The demo had a box behind it with a big light in it. In a window you would have daylight behind it - except when it's dark.

You'd need to have some sort of side-lit or overhead light to be able to use it at night.

Narj · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:09

So you've got the "blinds" app on to block out the outside world and are standing at the front window, stark naked with morning wood, doing a bit of browsing.... all of a sudden there's a power cut.... :eek:

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:10

Telescopi said:
The demo had a box behind it with a big light in it. In a window you would have daylight behind it - except when it's dark.

You'd need to have some sort of side-lit or overhead light to be able to use it at night.

Look at the screen, you need LIGHT to get colours in to a screen.

There is something there, how it works I don't know

PianoBasher said:
So you've got the "blinds" app on to block out the outside world and are standing at the front window, stark naked with morning wood, doing a bit of browsing.... all of a sudden there's a power cut....

The window will basically have some kind of one way sheeting built in, to stop that.

Dave M · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:17

Delvis said:
Look at the screen, you need LIGHT to get colours in to a screen. There is something there, how it works I don't know

It's at the top of the box behind it. How do you think your LCD works?

arctine · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:18

Telescopi said:
The demo had a box behind it with a big light in it. In a window you would have daylight behind it - except when it's dark.

You'd need to have some sort of side-lit or overhead light to be able to use it at night.

How can that be true? The display works using projected light.

Delvis · 13 Jan 2012 at 10:28

Telescopi said:
It's at the top of the box behind it. How do you think your LCD works?

Then I'm not sure what your point is.

It's going to be mounted somewhere, therefore the light source will be mounted along with it.

My LCD works in the same manner but its all built in to an enclosed unit.

Hell, the light 'could' come from the bottom if it wanted to