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Well, this would be another method for achieving heads up displays. Here's an application that I think would be really cool: HUD retrofits for cars. Take a transparent plastic film, stick it to the inside of your windshield in a similar manner like you would apply a tint film to the side and rear windows. Then, take the connector dangling from the corner of the film and connect it to the supplied box which connects t…
Transparent OLED on subway video https://en.oledspace.com/a-closer-look-into-beijings-futuris...
For a long long time, science fiction movies have used transparent displays to seem more "futuristic." However, actual transparent displays have been underwhelming in practice. This technology is being use by Xaomi to make a "transparent TV"[1] which in theory you will be able to buy. (I realize that not all of these sorts of announcements survive until actual product shipment). It will be interesting to see one of t…
From the Linus Tech Tips hands on review of one (Dec 2018), they seem like they're already useful for some scenarios. eg shop windows:
I had an idea recently about creating slight-3D displays by stacking layer of LCD panels that give some impression of depth when moving your head, this might make that feasible.
For a long long time, science fiction movies have used transparent displays to seem more "futuristic." However, actual transparent displays have been underwhelming in practice. This technology is being use by Xaomi to make a "transparent TV"[1] which in theory you will be able to buy. (I realize that not all of these sorts of announcements survive until actual product shipment). It will be interesting to see one of t…
If you put your webcam behind your video chat window, you can achieve better eye contact with your remote participants. I wonder how well a webcam can see through these screens and/or how much of a hole would be required in the rendered image to avoid obstructing the camera.
I remember ages ago someone created a reverse version, basically a periscope you hang over the camera on your laptop. I think the idea was you position the window with the face behind the mirror.
I'm excited for transparent OLED's simply so that laptops and monitors will be able to put the webcam behind the display, ~1/3 from the top. Then videoconferencing software can automatically move the image of the person you're talking to so their eyes are roughly centered on that point. And finally everyone gets to make direct eye contact again!
If you don't want to wait for eye-contact and have two monitors, you can place the webcam between the monitors and center your conversation-partner's image/window on the camera. Works great.
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I’m curious why software can’t correct this now? Messenger can make me look like a sheep, can’t it move my gaze?
It can, I've tried gaze correction software, but it has the unfortunate side effect of making the speaker look possessed. Total uncanny valley. We humans are sensitive to every tiny detail of the eye, because we express so much emotion through it. It's no joke that the "eye is the window to the soul". Gaze correction software literally winds up looking like it messes with your soul. Maybe someday we'll invent gaze co…
With a depth camera you can move the camera's entire vantage point as if it were behind the right area on screen. Hat's probably a better approach, along with AI filling in the disocclusions (more cameras can also do this).
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I think one solution would be like a purism laptop (and upcoming phone) - hardware switches (they one for camera/mic, one for bt/wifi)
After a decade of hardware buttons that aren't, e.g. TV power buttons, I think for most people trust has sailed. It works if the company builds it's brand on it (Purism) but I would not trust a hardware switch from Lenovo or Dell.
I do remember the lenovo driver that installed itself from the bios - even on a clean windows install - and would snoop for months and then silently uninstall itself.
EDIT: here it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo#Lenovo_Service_Engine
However I have not heard much about dell.
For a long long time, science fiction movies have used transparent displays to seem more "futuristic." However, actual transparent displays have been underwhelming in practice. This technology is being use by Xaomi to make a "transparent TV"[1] which in theory you will be able to buy. (I realize that not all of these sorts of announcements survive until actual product shipment). It will be interesting to see one of t…
The "transparent TVs" shipping last year seemed ok. From the Linus Tech Tips hands on review of one (Dec 2018), they seem like they're already useful for some scenarios. eg shop windows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yxs4IS9HXU
From the video you linked the opacity seems to be much better than I expected. I'm hoping one or more of the high end TV shops put this into their show room so I can see it in person.