Although I was aware that it was only a transparent laptop for proof of concept, what surprised and intrigued me the most about the experience was how it all made me feel in just thirty minutes.
When I was younger, I always thought computers were strange, but as I got older, the strangeness of using a computer for the first time gradually went away. I think that the computers of the 1990s were a lot of fun, even though I may have been introduced to them at a very young age. Lenovo promises that even if I can’t travel back in time, it will take me on a journey through time and use a see-through laptop to zoom me into the future.
I saw a sneak peek of the company’s proof-of-concept ThinkBook laptop, which has a transparent display that I would like to refer to as augmented reality, during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. I felt strange about Lenovo’s location of the transparent screen computing device after using the notebook for a short while.
I was given the opportunity to handle the demo machine by a Lenovo representative after a little wait, and I was immediately taken out of my familiar laptop environment. The device appears to be a single piece of glass with Windows icons floating about on it. It looks as though you are moving while moving the pointer in midair. The apps interact in a completely new world, much like if you were wearing an augmented reality headset. Deeper into the demo, I began to realize that I might need more time to become comfortable with the idea of a laptop with a translucent screen and what it’s intended to be.
Lenovo claims that the 17.3-inch MicroLED transparent display boasts a 55% transparency, making it the display’s major draw and highlight. I turned to face the opposite corner and peered behind the screen, seeing everything plainly. However, the display grows less transparent as pixels light up. I have to admit that looking through the translucent display is very magical; it makes you feel as though you’re using a dystopian computer for a dystopian setting. However, this functions exactly like the computer that you and I use to access websites, watch videos, and use programs and Windows.
The idea notebook, however, seems bulky and isn’t quite as thick or large as a MacBook Air. It has two screens instead of the conventional clamshell designs, one on the bottom that shows a trackpad and a capacitive touchscreen. I eventually discovered that the keyboard is actually a projection that vanishes as you move away from the laptop or even when you put a stylus close to the drawing surface after spending a good few minutes using the hands-on. I was informed by a Lenovo representative that the laptop’s whole secondary touchscreen could be turned into a drawing surface akin to a Wacom, making it easier for digital artists to use it for creative work. This implies that the laptop’s base might change to become a drawing tablet, creating new
A camera that faces outward is mounted on the back of the proposed transparent screen laptop, just below the display hinge. According to Lenovo, this may be used to recognize objects hidden behind the screen and display details about them via generative artificial intelligence and object recognition. If you were to put a flower behind the laptop’s screen, for instance, it would recognize it, convey the information, and depict a butterfly around it.
The Lenovo ThinkBook Transparent screen laptop demo was quite impressive, even though it was awkward to try at first. Even though numerous brands dabbled with transparent displays before to Lenovo, I haven’t seen anything comparable in the laptop form factor. However, that doesn’t change the fact that Lenovo’s laptop with a transparent display is still a long way off from being available for purchase. Lenovo should keep this item in the laboratory until it can respond to a number of important concerns, such as determining the device’s valid use case. Additionally, there are a few things that the business needs to work out that are critical to the user experience. Most notably, the screen’s resolution is still restricted to HD quality. Texts were well readable throughout my demo, although Lenovo is aware of this