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Is Xiaomi's transparent TV the biggest design fail ever? (archive)
Many strange things have happened in 2020, so it's probably the perfect year for Chinese tech company Xiaomi to announce the world's first completely transparent TV. And if you're wondering that the point of it is, we're here to tell you that you're not alone.
Available in China from from 16 August, the snappily named Xiaomi Mi TV LUX OLED Transparent Edition will cost ¥49,999 ($7,200/£5,500), offering "an ultra-immersive viewing experience" in which "images seem to be suspended in the air". That is, we assume, as long as your TV isn't positioned against a wall.
[...] In a blog post on its website (adorned with several images of women in extravagant ballgowns standing behind transparent TVs, because why not?), Xiaomi calls the TV "a new way to consume visual content previously only seen in science fiction films". Unlike traditional TVs, the Mi TV LUX Transparent Edition "creatively embeds all the processing units in its base stand". The TV sports a 55-inch OLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and 150000:1 static contrast ratio.
Get your transparent APNGs ready.
Also at The Verge.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Sunday August 16 2020, @02:34PM (4 children)
Warning: That nazi-ific site does not like adblockers. Fuck them with a splintery transparent dick.
Anyway, this is the kind of dumb shit sci-fi movies have been pushing forever. The reason they use transparent crap in movies is so as not to block the view of the actors. It is not always even meant to be literal. (The character may not see through it, but you can).
I can't wait until this shit becomes mandatory for every fucking computer or device. Managers will think this crap is cool, buy it up, and plop it on your desk. So, as you are reading today's logs, you can see a nice mostly unobstructed view of your bosses' bulging crotch as he stands in front of your desk smirking at you.
Now, if you will excuse me, I need to go print my reports on some 1980's overhead transparency paper, because some idiot thinks that looks cool and is somehow readable.
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday August 16 2020, @02:38PM
Pro-tip: I put an archive link for a reason.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2) by VLM on Sunday August 16 2020, @03:00PM (1 child)
The ultimate open office, tiny little glass cages for everyone.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday August 16 2020, @03:50PM
Panopticon office... in 1987 I setup a computer lab with "giant" 19" CRT monitors that effectively obstructed the view of people working in the lab from people at the door... it became a popular place to hang out, people were comfortable there, and we had pretty good compliance with class lab work assignments.
1988, we received donor funding to expand the lab from 5 screens/cpus to 12. I was asked to make a layout for the new lab, I did it similar to the successful style with private space / lines of sight for the students. My proposal was praised, and rejected... donors on tour need to be able to look in the window of the lab and see all the screens as they walk by, so the lab was laid out in 3 rows of 4 with the screens facing the door - and it became as unpopular and rarely used as the other, similarly laid out computer labs around campus.
2006 I laid out an office for 7 people to do programming work, as director I placed myself in the "line of fire" at the entrance - and regretted that decision for the coming 12 months because several times a day lost people would wander by the open door, see me working, and ask directions. At least my people didn't get interrupted like that. Tried closing the door, but that would only deter about 1/2 of the lost people, the other 1/2 would knock and peer in the window - making themselves more than twice as disruptive... What that place needed, but would never get, was an interactive information kiosk on the wall that could search by company and employee name and tell the lost people that the person they are looking for is, 20% of the time, in office X as shown on the map, or the other 80% of the time, not here.
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Grishnakh on Sunday August 16 2020, @04:33PM
Warning: That nazi-ific site does not like adblockers. Fuck them with a splintery transparent dick.
What are you talking about? It looks fine on Firefox with uBlock Origin.