Clear TVs have been all the rage at CES 2024, and just a little greater than a month later, we’re getting our first glimpse at a clear laptop computer. At Cellular World Congress in Barcelona, Lenovo confirmed off Mission Crystal, an entire proof-of-concept laptop computer that may by no means see the sunshine of day as an actual product, however demonstrates what the see-through know-how will seem like on a transportable PC.
This hefty Home windows 11 machine has a 17.3-inch Micro-LED clear show, the identical know-how Samsung used to indicate off its transparent TV concept earlier this 12 months. Nevertheless, Lenovo didn’t share who the producer of the show was on Mission Crystal.
The display on the idea is borderless, protected by Gorilla Glass on the back and front, and the glass edges are a bit sharp, however the imaginative and prescient for the tech is at the very least realized. For this idea, Lenovo additionally determined to indicate off what a clear, digital keyboard would seem like.
Sadly, you’ll be able to’t see the internal parts of the laptop computer or something like that. It is only a large touchscreen keyboard on the backside. I did not prefer it a lot, nonetheless, as I discovered it exhausting to kind on, to not point out Lenovo stated it presently did not supply any sort of haptic suggestions if you tapped on the digital keys. You realize, idea and all.
The display itself can get searingly shiny. After I launched WIRED’s homepage on a full-screen browser I wasn’t certain whether or not I had gone straight to heaven. Lenovo says the show can hit a max brightness of 1,000 nits. For content material, Apple’s newest MacBooks hit 500 nits.
Nevertheless, there was a yellow tinge on the display, and that is partly as a result of Lenovo says the display has 55 p.c mild transmissivity. Because the know-how improves, anticipate to see higher coloration accuracy. The colours have been nonetheless impressively vivid—the images right here do not fairly do it justice.
However why would you desire a clear laptop computer? Nicely, it looks as if even Lenovo would not fairly have a great reply. One of many use circumstances it urged was you can ensure persons are following alongside in a gathering, which is the very last thing I might need.
