Clear TVs had been all the rage at CES 2024, and somewhat greater than a month later, we’re getting our first glimpse at a clear laptop computer. At Cell World Congress in Barcelona, Lenovo confirmed off Undertaking 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 expertise will appear to be on a conveyable PC.
This hefty Home windows 11 machine has a 17.3-inch Micro-LED clear show, the identical expertise Samsung used to point out off its transparent TV concept earlier this 12 months. Nonetheless, Lenovo didn’t share who the producer of the show was on Undertaking Crystal.
The display screen 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 least realized. For this idea, Lenovo additionally determined to point out off what a clear, digital keyboard would appear to be.
Sadly, you’ll be able to’t see the inside parts of the laptop computer or something like that. It is only a big touchscreen keyboard on the backside. I did not prefer it a lot, nevertheless, as I discovered it onerous to kind on, to not point out Lenovo stated it at present did not supply any type of haptic suggestions while you tapped on the digital keys. You already know, idea and all.
The display screen itself can get searingly brilliant. After I launched WIRED’s homepage on a full-screen browser I wasn’t positive 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.
Nonetheless, there was a yellow tinge on the display screen, and that is partly as a result of Lenovo says the display screen has 55 p.c mild transmissivity. Because the expertise improves, count on to see higher shade accuracy. The colours had been nonetheless impressively vivid—the photographs right here do not fairly do it justice.
However why would you desire a clear laptop computer? Effectively, it looks like even Lenovo does not fairly have an excellent reply. One of many use instances it urged was that you may be certain individuals are following alongside in a gathering, which is the very last thing I would need.
