CES is as much a treasure hunt as it is a technology showcase. You have to weave your way through the me-too gadgets to find some genuinely interesting and novel tech. I think Samsung’s Transparent Smart Window definitely falls into that category.
If you want a large, interactive display on your wall typically you have to make space for it by moving any pictures out of the way, and finding room next to any shelves or lighting you have installed.Samsung‘s idea is to remove that problem by creating a transparent display that replaces an actual window, or at least sit over the top of one.
The display uses ambient light during the day and then can switch over to a more traditional black background as a night time mode. If you want to shut the daylight out it has virtual blinds you can draw to help darken a room. And from the outside you just like you are tapping your window as none of the graphics can be seen. Yes, your neighbors will talk.
As well as taking up no space because it doubles as a window, you get a fully functional touchscreen PC with access to a range of apps including Twitter, Microsoft Office, maps, flight info, music, video, and pretty much anything you’d expect to find in an app store.
As it’s a prototype I’m also hoping Samsung experiments with an outward facing camera so you can augment reality outside. Or how about one of these displays for your front door with facial recognition so you can get an IM or text saying the postman or your friend Bob is about to arrive?
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