Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

Re:Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass” by tootie on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:49PM (#27637633)

It's not a crazy idea and this likely a prototype and prone to bugs. Transparent displays have been a hot item for a while. The tech has been around for years but it's expensive and has had issues with brightness. They also need to tune the UX to be valuable and not too distracting. I think these will become ubiquitous in 10 years.

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Re:Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass” by mypalmike on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:00PM (#27637705)

This is not a transparent display as far as I can tell. It just renders images of what the inventory system thinks is behind it.

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Re:Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass” by dvtrn on Friday June 25, 2021 @08:15PM (#27637813)

There are pictures in the tweet of completely black screens, presumably malfunctioning or otherwise “off” screens so pretty clearly (heh) not transparent.

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Re:Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass” by tootie on Friday June 25, 2021 @11:44PM (#27638889)

You are correct. I've seen transparent versions of this which are pretty cool. These are just big dumb screens.

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