Lenovo on Sunday unveiled a proof-of-concept laptop design with a transparent display at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 trade show in Barcelona, Spain.
The futuristic proof of concept laptop called the “ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept” features the industry’s first laptop with a bezel-less 17.3-inch Micro-LED transparent display, which provides a complete borderless and see-through (55 percent transparency) display experience.
Since the laptop uses Micro-LED technology, it provides a 120Hz refresh rate, 720p resolution, high color saturation, “exceptional contrast,” and up to 1000 nits of brightness, which allows for optimal visibility both indoors and outdoors, making it equally suitable for nearly any setting.
Further, the device also includes a transparent keyboard area, which makes it seemingly look like a space-age floating device. While the laptop runs on Windows 11 OS, the company has not revealed any details related to the hardware specifications.
Besides being a transparent laptop, Lenovo has also integrated Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) technology, which enables the interaction with physical objects and overlaying digital information to create unique user generated content. The transparency allows it to effortlessly integrate naturally within its environment.
“Users can seamlessly switch between the keyboard and drawing board with a supported pen, unlocking new levels of creative efficiency. AI in combination with transparent displays will open up new ways of engaging with data and applications, offering opportunities to develop new features and form factors,” the company wrote in its press release.
“The technology also offers more possibilities in the future with further optimization of image quality, durability and adjustable transmittance to provide more privacy or more transparency to interact with real world objects. With its ability to display videos and dynamic images, the transparent screen seamlessly blends and harmonizes with its surroundings,” the company wrote in its press release.
With the ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept, Lenovo showcases a futuristic view of AI PCs, bringing together digital and physical environments that can improve user experiences in ways that were not thought of before.
While Lenovo’s ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept definitely looks fascinating, the company has not confirmed when it plans to bring this device to the mass market. Whether or not this device will see the light of the day remains to be seen.
