“Apple has been granted a patent today for their invention relating to a method and system for displaying images on a transparent display of an electronic device,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“The display may include one or more display screens as well as a flexible circuit for connecting the display screens with internal circuitry of the electronic device,” Purcher reports. “Furthermore, the display screens may allow for overlaying of images over real world viewable objects, as well as a visible window to be present on an otherwise opaque display screen.”
Purcher reports, “Users will be able to see objects, people or scenery behind their display while working.”
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Translunecy carried to the extreme. Ive probably just pissed himself.
The new Jony Ive design language: Translucent Minimaluminiumalism.
Gotta chuckle from that one.
Seems like ‘Things to Come’ with its translucent tv screens is about to see the light of day, just some 80 years later. Probably about the same time lag as Googles self driving cars will be deemed practical.
That said I did see a peice on BMW’s driverless cars yesterday which not surprisingly looked far more advanced and practical than Googles fanciful self promoting publicity ploy version.
Earl Grey, hot. Make it so.
YES! Now I can see if my dog is making faces at me while I work!
Trying to imagine transparent retina.
It’s call glass and it’s all around your house or car. 😉
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Wowwwwww. Where did that stuff come from?
Sand?
Wow I must have just failed to turn all that glass around my house on then. Where’s the switch?
So it was Apple that invented transparent aluminum!
On a Mac I believe.
This is going to be crucial for their new iWear smart clothes collection.
Apple is going to rock the fashion world.
They are creating the phone that was present in the last Iron Man movie!
Anyone see the series called “Continuum?”