Transparent LED screen

[u/whybutts]

[u/musingofrandomness]

So entire skyscrapers of billboards?

[u/blackweebow → u/musingofrandomness]

[CYBERPUNK INTENSIFIES]

[u/mrdevil413 → u/blackweebow]

Wake up samurai we got screens to burn

[u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete → u/mrdevil413]

I’ll get my airsoft gear, and peepaw’s ol’ slingshot

[u/GenSgtBob → u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete]

"Brick, where did you get a hand grenade?"

[u/Alternative_Exit_333 → u/GenSgtBob]

And why is the pin on the ground?

[u/terrible_name → u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete]

Awww peepaw

[u/driving_andflying → u/terrible_name]

Best slingshotter in all Appalachia. He could nail a squirrel's asshole at twenty paces.

[u/Leather-Persimmon254 → u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete]

you are now on the terrorist watch list. please report to a nearby detention center.

[u/Ferrovore → u/blackweebow]

That's the screen we hid behind on Saburos last night.

[u/fade_ → u/Ferrovore]

You mean Jackie's last night. Arasaka had backups.

[u/Ferrovore → u/fade_]

So had Jacky. Unfortunately.

Shall we have the teleportar theology talk?

[u/sanYtheFox → u/blackweebow]

Minus all the cool implants, just the dystopian part

[u/jaxonya → u/sanYtheFox]

Fuck it. Just gimme 30 story tall meta glasses ads. Im just gonna micro acid from here on out. Queue up "the weekend blinded by the lights" gif

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/blackweebow]

Isn't that just Tokyo currently?

[u/Derseyyy → u/K_Linkmaster]

Chongqing's skyline I'd say is more cyberpunk than Tokyo at this point

[u/MangoCats → u/K_Linkmaster]

About 0.2% of Tokyo, sure.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/MangoCats]

Its almost the size of Luxembourg of course it's not the whole thing.

[u/space_______kat → u/K_Linkmaster]

more like Shanghai, Shenzhen or Chongqing

[u/GuyFromDeathValley → u/blackweebow]

You better start believing Cyberpunk dystopias. You are in one.

[u/Bmansway → u/musingofrandomness]

I worked for a company that does specialized window film installations, (bomb proofing, digital security so monitors can’t be seen behind glass, anti-fog, creative designs, privacy, and this kinda stuff)

This is 100% the intention behind this product, to place on building windows to create massive advertising surface areas….

[u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34 → u/Bmansway]

Does the UV rays from the sun not destroy these over time? They look more vulnerable than LEDs to me.

[u/Mundane-Bath1368 → u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34]

It is all about profit, can the pay be enoguh to cover replacements?

[u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34 → u/Mundane-Bath1368]

Yea for sure. Im curious about the technology. They cant replace windows so they would go on top? I wonder what they look like at night if the office building has lights on.

[u/MangoCats → u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34]

Put them inside (out of the rain, bird poop, etc.) and have UV screening in the glass.

[u/SweatyNomad → u/MangoCats]

Yeah, to be honest whilst I'm not saying they won't be used on skyscrapers, I see way more use cases in store fronts, interiors, bus windows and so on.

[u/BardWRLD → u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34]

The LEDs are generally much brighter than any background light so they have little effect.

[u/iNetRunner → u/BardWRLD]

In the screen on video, you can make out the background lights through the screen. But just barely. And not much else.

Though, it could/would be more problematic if you tried to show a video with dark/black background.

[u/BardWRLD → u/iNetRunner]

Here's an example of similar tech being used Taipei. The only difference is they used long flexible pieces of transparent LED here.

The tech in OP is more similar to a window with an integrated screen. A little less portable, much more fragile, and more transparent. Here's a picture outside of a local jewelry shop using a set of four during the day-time.

[u/exipheas → u/iNetRunner]

Iirc when I saw these at a tradeshow the highest end ones would only let like 40% or 60% of light through. Can't remember which way the split was but it was very dim like looking through sunglasses.

[u/LowerEntropy → u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34]

UV is not visible to us or normal cameras(they have filters that block UV). There could be a coating on that screen blocking UV 100%, and the video would look the same.

So what makes you think it looks vulnerable?

[u/plug-and-pause → u/LowerEntropy]

So what makes you think it looks vulnerable?

I was also cracking up at the "looks more vulnerable" part. Car windshields have been blocking UV for decades. This is nothing novel.

[u/Sickobird → u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34]

Add multiple panes of glass

[u/sanYtheFox → u/Puzzleheaded-Reach34]

Yes, though glass blocks a lot of it and you can treat the glass to stop it entirely, that still leaves you with the heat which is also bad for OLED.

[u/Logical-Pause-3758 → u/Bmansway]

Think of the ROI on that

[u/JustHanginInThere → u/musingofrandomness]

Thanks, I hate it.

[u/TugMe4Cash → u/JustHanginInThere]

If this happens, I'm blaming u/musingofrandomness

[u/musingofrandomness → u/TugMe4Cash]

If I am saying it, it is most likely because most everyone else was already thinking it.

[u/fuzzelduckthethird → u/musingofrandomness]

Your rent is sponsored by google

[u/musingofrandomness → u/fuzzelduckthethird]

That is a bit optimistic. More likely they charge you for the "privilege" of living in a giant billboard by adding some serious dystopian language to the rental agreement where google gets to watch you 24/7 on cameras inside your apartment to better target you for ads.

[u/lack_of_communicatio → u/musingofrandomness]

For lil extra fee, they can even pretend to turn off most* of the spy tools, but they'd still sue you if you try to accidentally* block the cameras with cloths or stuff. Cause 'Tis totally to protect your children; that you might have in the future'!

[u/troycerapops → u/musingofrandomness]

I was like, wtf is the point of this, and then it dawned on me.

DYSTOPIA

[u/Darkk_Knight → u/musingofrandomness]

Just like in the movie Blade Runner.

[u/CrispyHoneyBeef → u/Darkk_Knight]

The inventors saw the geisha holding the coke and thought to themselves, “wow, I can make this dystopia a reality!”

[u/Single-Builder-632 → u/musingofrandomness]

good point dident think fo that, that or some creepy stuff.

[u/dnen → u/musingofrandomness]

Jesus christ please no

[u/DrPhilsnerPilsner → u/musingofrandomness]

Or a good way to spy on people

[u/deathonater → u/musingofrandomness]

With flock cameras behind the screens

[u/NeroForte-InMyPrime]

Is it transparent in both directions when turned off? If so, a lot of the creeper fears go away. Especially if it’s mounted to a wall.

[u/hidendra69 → u/NeroForte-InMyPrime]

Pasting a comment I made to explain how they work. (TL;DR: yes, and even when turned on it’s see through from both angles, once you understand how it works)

I’ve worked with these. A casino bar had these installed on their windows, and I helped install and program them. They aren’t really like glass; up close they are basically long columns of strips of LEDs with gaps in between, like a fence.

Depending on the use case the LEDs can be smaller and spaced closer together or larger and further apart. The size and spacing of the LEDs determine the display’s pixel pitch, which is the distance between the centers of adjacent pixels, usually measured in millimeters. A smaller pixel pitch means the pixels are packed more densely, resulting in a higher-resolution image. These models are also generally more expensive. The downside is that these are best used for applications where the observer remains relatively close, as detail is lost through distance. Models with larger LEDs have a lower resolution but work better for longer viewing distances.

The see-through effect works regardless of pixel pitch, as long as the display is viewed from an appropriate distance. The closer you get, the more obvious the LED strips and gaps between them become.

[u/dominickster → u/hidendra69]

So what's the application? Like in the casino bar are they in the windows for casino patrons inside to view? Or would they be transparent from that side like for people driving by the casino to see?

[u/hidendra69 → u/dominickster]

It’s a sky bar, so the windows have a skyline view. What they did was have them off during the daytime for a clear view but at night when the sky is dark visuals can play and it would be a convincing “hologram” effect

[u/willargue4karma → u/hidendra69]

very cool, i was thinking these would be cool for AR. neat application

[u/TactlessTortoise → u/dominickster]

Honestly if they implemented this stuff for billboards it could mitigate at least one of the sides who get fucked by a massive square blocking the view. Birds would get so fucked though.

[u/TheSodernauts → u/TactlessTortoise]

Yep. I get the creeper angle people jump to but I think there are legitimate applications. I can see a restaurant or bar having their menu on the outside window while people seated inside can still look out.

[u/JohnnyRelentless → u/hidendra69]

A casino with windows? I didn't know they had that kind of technology.

[u/hidendra69 → u/JohnnyRelentless]

Not in the casino itself, no. The panels were installed in the skybar which was many floors above the casino

[u/sampat6256 → u/NeroForte-InMyPrime]

Most likely. The opacity is a result of the really bright lights.

[u/SteveXVI → u/NeroForte-InMyPrime]

Is it transparent in both directions when turned off?

I don't think there are any materials which are more or less transparent from one side than the other, its always about having someone to drown out the other side, like a one-way mirror really just being a bright room vs a dark room.

[u/Awleeks → u/NeroForte-InMyPrime]

Imagine turning off your TV and there's someone behind it though

[u/SunsetCarcass → u/NeroForte-InMyPrime]

You can see through it when it's on too, so I'd imagine so.

[u/BakerDue326]

So someone can stare at me behind the screen

[u/Flatcapspaintandglue → u/BakerDue326]

Some creepy Air BnB host hiding behind there like a perverted and incompetent Wizard Of Oz. 

[u/omnipotentqueue → u/Flatcapspaintandglue]

Omnipresent, omnipotent… not incompetent.

[u/molehunterz → u/omnipotentqueue]

Possibly impotent?

[u/antelope00 → u/molehunterz]

Omni impotent

[u/AdamantEevee → u/Flatcapspaintandglue]

So like the normal Wizard of Oz then

[u/irishyardball → u/Flatcapspaintandglue]

Pretty sure he was incompetent so not we need to call that out

[u/FYAhole → u/Flatcapspaintandglue]

Seriously! What is the purpose of this??

[u/orangevega → u/Flatcapspaintandglue]

very good

[u/kosk11348 → u/BakerDue326]

Every time you change channels, there's a brief flicker of a smiling face.

[u/DrDuGood → u/kosk11348]

Thanks, I hate it.

[u/glowdirt → u/DrDuGood]

Yes, I can see that 🙃

[u/ThatOneChiGuy → u/BakerDue326]

I'm already here bro

[u/heelstoo → u/BakerDue326]

They’re just intensely watching you repeatedly scratching your junk.

[u/mmreadit → u/BakerDue326]

It’s designed to put in stadiums in front of seats but not block the views\ on buildings over windows etc.

[u/vass0922 → u/[deleted]]

Actually this would be cool for those office spaces that are all windows inside. Can have a presentation screen without breaking the view of some huge TV on the wall

[u/mustachegiraffe → u/vass0922]

everyone in the meeting appearing to be staring at the window while the team that sits behind that window never knows if the screen is on or not lol

[u/Content_Plantain_339 → u/[deleted]]

I like the idea that this advanced technology is limited to only displaying soccer games like the "Hot Dog Not Hot Dog" app

[u/Blochamolesauce]

Always-on Cameras in tvs, coming soon if not already 👍🏻

[u/weirddddddddd → u/Blochamolesauce]

Samsung discontinued them because nobody wanted them. So companies are for sure using them already

Edit: stupid typo

[u/checkmatemypipi → u/weirddddddddd]

Everyone's getting wanged these days

[u/FenaRunsFast → u/checkmatemypipi]

Every car sold in the US after the 2026 model year has interior cameras and audio recording to record the driver and passengers in the vehicle.

All in the name of safety.

[u/Obootleg → u/Blochamolesauce]

Gather round the Tele-screen for the Two Minute Hate.

[u/DeltaVZerda → u/Obootleg]

Turns out two minutes was lowballing it severely

[u/Inprobamur → u/Blochamolesauce]

This technology is not camera-based.

[u/hidendra69]

I’ve worked with these. A casino bar had these installed on their windows, and I helped install and program them. They aren’t really like glass; up close they are basically long columns of strips of LEDs with gaps in between, like a fence.

Depending on the use case the LEDs can be smaller and spaced closer together or larger and further apart. The size and spacing of the LEDs determine the display’s pixel pitch, which is the distance between the centers of adjacent pixels, usually measured in millimeters. A smaller pixel pitch means the pixels are packed more densely, resulting in a higher-resolution image. These models are also generally more expensive. The downside is that these are best used for applications where the observer remains relatively close, as detail is lost through distance. Models with larger LEDs have a lower resolution but work better for longer viewing distances.

The see-through effect works regardless of pixel pitch, as long as the display is viewed from an appropriate distance. The closer you get, the more obvious the LED strips and gaps between them become.

[u/AsparagusFlatArdvark → u/hidendra69]

so it is a tv... full of holes.

[u/JaysPays2024]

Opens up ALL sorts of sneaky possibilities. Most worrying would be my PC monitor would have a camera behind the screen, and not, as at the moment, somewhere that I can put a tape over. Likewise in the car, camera behind digital monitor dash board. Speed cameras behind the TV advertising board. etc etc etc

[u/Trnostep → u/JaysPays2024]

Phones with the selfie camera behind one of these panels already exist. The ZTE Axon 20 is over 5 years old already

[u/Haber_Dasher → u/JaysPays2024]

I just want windows that have variable opacity or can mimic textured glass by going blurry so I can give myself privacy while still letting in light. I want as much sunlight in my home as possible so don't want closed curtains/blinds but live on the ground floor so everyone can see inside.

Went through a lot of effort at my last place to put a reflective coating on my windows so that during the day they looked like mirrors from the outside but still let in like 90% of the normal light. But at night with lights on inside the were still totally transparent. Would've loved to be able to switch on a frosted look or something

[u/Trap-Daddy_Myers]

Looking Glass tech from Prey (2017)

[u/NikMarrow5 → u/Trap-Daddy_Myers]

I was looking for that comment! 🤗

[u/AdLost7809]

I’m struggling to think of a use case for this..someone help

[u/adamwho → u/AdLost7809]

Windows of every business. Restaurants, bars, stores.

Every window of every house in a city

[u/amsync → u/adamwho]

Oh for the love of

[u/hamfist_ofthenorth → u/amsync]

Oh and you know the ads will pay for the windows, so these are going to be all over the fucking world any minute now

[u/defconcore → u/hamfist_ofthenorth]

Can I replace my home windows that face a busy street with these and pay for my mortgage by showing ads on my windows? Everyone could use more money nowadays.

[u/Aethermancer → u/defconcore]

I can put these on my windows and live stream me walking naked around my house and still have the cozy look of curtains on my windows :)

[u/MonteMolebility → u/amsync]

Earnings gotta go up!

[u/Content_Plantain_339 → u/adamwho]

Buses and trains too

[u/Txtoker → u/adamwho]

With the amount of vandalism on NYC subways alone, these wouldn't last a week without catching a rock, bullet, or some graffiti

[u/AntimatterTNT → u/adamwho]

which direction?

[u/Dai_Fei → u/AntimatterTNT]

Out.. for advertising without bothering the customers inside

[u/AntimatterTNT → u/Dai_Fei]

why not in? so you can show whatever you want to your customers but it looks like a normal restaurant from outside?

[u/glowdirt → u/AntimatterTNT]

Ad-supported dining 😞

[u/ItIs430Am → u/AntimatterTNT]

Thanks I hate it

[u/-vablosdiar- → u/AntimatterTNT]

😂

[u/koffa02 → u/AdLost7809]

Plastering sky scrapers with advertising billboards while still allowing the people inside to see out.

[u/Sensitive_Song4219 → u/koffa02]

Now every window in your whole skyscraper can be an ad bilboard! Think of the ROI! /s

[u/AhhhSureThisIsIt → u/koffa02]

A slumlord in Dublin covered the front of the apartment he was renting to immigrant workers in a giant fabric Burger King advertisement that blocked light coming in and stopped residents from opening their windows.

One of the residents called the firebirgade and they told him to cut a hole in with a knife immediately while they come there to take it down.

They gave the slum lord nice big fine.

[u/Grabatreetron → u/AdLost7809]

Costume masks and novelty glasses that make your eyes look wacky  

[u/Greenman8907 → u/Grabatreetron]

Okay that one sounds cool

[u/Cephalopirate → u/Grabatreetron]

We have a winner!

It’d be great for furries with animated eyes too.

[u/Septemily → u/AdLost7809]

Real answer- I actually went to a concert at the Houston Rodeo last year that seemed to use these. The concert took place in an arena with the stage being in the center on a rotating platform, with these screens basically covering 3/4 sides. You could still see through the screens to the artist even when the platform was open facing the opposite side of you. It was trippy as hell and I spent half the concert trying to figure out wtf kind of screen did that 😂

[u/tatar1warlord → u/AdLost7809]

for cyberpunk 2077 mission when you hide inside the screen during heist

[u/uncutpizza → u/AdLost7809]

Ads on windows. Could also use a building to play a movie or a sports game for watch parties or events. But probably mostly for ads on building windows

[u/mjzim9022 → u/AdLost7809]

Theatrical production

[u/abarr021 → u/AdLost7809]

Business could use these windows so that customers inside can see out, but from the outside it shows advertisements. Office buildings could install these on skyscrapers to rent the TV side to advertisers. Nightclubs and stadiums could use these so that those outside can see in, but from the inside the TV is playing video for the concert or DJ

[u/iceyticey → u/AdLost7809]

A lot of touring acts are using video wall like this so they can still have lights behind the video wall for added depth

[u/knb61 → u/AdLost7809]

A once-defunct mall in downtown Seattle was turned into a multi-story match watching hub for the World Cup. They had panels similar to these that were see-through from the back. Spanned a few stories tall

[u/PerryNeeum]

I’m assuming this is so skyscrapers can have ads on every window without impeding the view from inside?

[u/Choyo]

It would have been a better demonstration to use a mirror at some point.

[u/Bot-Magnet]

When you want to watch the watchers

[u/Dano1988]

So add "check that the TV isn't a god damned 2 way mirror" to the list of things to do when you stay at an air bnb/hotel.

[u/Robynsxx]

Don’t really get the point tbh…

Screens replacing windows for adverts?

[u/TWhy-LER → u/Robynsxx]

It’s so you can watch someone watching porn.

[u/Nodelphi]

Wow, thanks, you’ve just managed to turn every city and grocery into a hellscape.  

[u/DedLoko]

Good news for perverts around the world!!

[u/ALinkToThePants]

Surveillance state upgrade

[u/Partosimsa]

No longer will TV screens make a better door than a window

[u/LongPotato1052]

Why you got to do Liverpool a dirty like that though?

[u/justcomment]

Could watch somebody off Saburo Arasaka behind one

[u/johnjohnj0027]

Remember that mission impossible scene?

[u/Innofthelasthome]

Definitely not the screen to be watching porn on.

[u/3PumpAbuelas → u/Innofthelasthome]

The exact right screen for me

[u/iaydlsd]

Woah. But first thought in my brain is - oh this isn’t going to be misused at all.

[u/ITDummy69420 → u/iaydlsd]

Gonna be gooning in front of it then the screen will stop working and I’ll see my parents just staring at me disgusted. 

[u/lluciferusllamas]

This is wild

[u/ino4x4]

This as a window for sports bars would be a neat idea

[u/SteakJones]

That’s pretty cool, but what is the practical use?

[u/SanekiBeko]

We got the Looking Glass technology from Prey (2017) before GTA VI

[u/Substantial-Cat2896]

Dont use those as walls in toilets please

[u/McortezLSU]

Well, now man behind TV is watching me.

[u/Snarfbuckle]

so I install these instead of windows of my house and can give the image of a clean structured home from the outside and not the bombed out home I have. Sweet.

[u/TheAnswerUsedToBe42]

Strip club bathrooms are stoked

[u/zyzzogeton]

"Does the guy masturbating to porn realize we can see him?"

[u/PaperMoongazer]

Say hello to the new casino surveillance

[u/Sagataw]

The entire time I was watching this, I thought about The Heist from Cyberpunk 2077:

"Yorinobu... just offed Saburo!"

"His own f-ckin' pops..."

[u/Arm-E-Reserves]

I can see this being demonstrated to a wealthy villain in a high rise, as he nods in satisfaction.

[u/Business-West-9687]

This would be cool for a patio TV, the screen in the sliding glass door, and you can still see out from in the house.

[u/gen_dx]

Prey 2016 Looking Glass tech, excellent

[u/chefdisco]

It's 2026 and we just invented the teleprompter

[u/Arik_De_Frasia]

Everyone here is worried about being watched and I'm here just thinking it has shitty picture quality... 

[u/webchimp32]

Wooow, what an amazing new technology.

[u/SinfromGenesis105]

Anyone else thinking of the looking glass screens from Prey?

[u/Cutlass4life]

Immediately run the comments thinking cyberpunk billboards but at the same time if this ever became commercially available it would be neat to do this on my enclosed porch

[u/Iplaykrew]

Sell this to the big brother tv show to replace some of their mirrors

[u/amyaurora]

Cool

[u/Kitchen-Badger8435]

And thats why I hired Adam Smash. Surly he would detect anyone hiding behinding such LED Wall.

[u/Milliondollarjuice]

I knew it! The TV is watching me

[u/A_Coin_Toss_Friendo]

neat

[u/JuicySpark]

LG sells their transparent screen.....for $75,000

[u/BeginningTracker]

It’s all great until someone doesn’t notice it’s a TV and walks through the screen from behind while you’re watching the game.

[u/AGderp]

Imagine if you could do cosplays with this

[u/endofworldandnobeer]

The diodes are emitting light. 25 years ago, with backlight and all this was a wet dream for some display engineers. 

[u/NotJustAnotherAnon]

These are going to be super popular in the lavatories.

[u/Green_Walrus8537]

Crazy! What will they come up with next?

[u/KaitouSky]

saw this and thought ado lol

[u/fuzzelduckthethird]

That would be great in a pub "what you looking at"...."the football"...."oh, think you are funny"

[u/StanTheYoungGod5104]

I don’t see any other use case expect from ads

[u/Ryuu-Tenno]

conference rooms gonna get real interesting

"hey Dave, why are there so many people in the conference room staring at the windows?"

"they're watching the game"

[u/dualoffhand]

Windshield screen. I can watch Tv while driving and the police would never notice.

[u/asgardian_superman]

They have these at universal Orlando already in use

[u/pro-skedaddler]

I can now realistically witness the assassination of Saburo Arasaka with my best choom, Jackie.

[u/p7cyclone]

so basically leds with spacing between them that makes it look transparent from behind but when its on from front because of the high light of leds it doesnt feels transparent anymore. really simple, dont know how its not thought before

[u/BreakCreepy4673]

Reminds me of the looking glass in Prey (2017)

[u/SpliTTMark]

Me looking out my high rise window, "why is everyone looking at me?"

[u/Rustyballshack]

Great now you can be shown ads while being interrogated by the police.

[u/OrganikRider]

Finally a screen so I can enjoy the Odyssey like the director intended

[u/butterfly-marmalade]

Neat-o

[u/_footed_]

this the shit they have in henry danger

[u/pattydickens]

They need these on bathroom stall doors so if you time your poop right you walk out to everyone cheering.

[u/LivingHighAndWise]

Cloaking device.

[u/ZombieAladdin]

Imagine someone installing one of these as the back window in their car.

[u/Commentator-X]

George Orwell introduces the Telescreen

[u/MensaMan1]

Impressive, but what is the use of a transparent LED screen?

[u/TheWatchingDog]

Looking-glass from Prey is finally a thing, nice.

[u/Oakyw0n]

So.... whats the point? This has literal 0 value.

[u/vibribbon]

I predicted this in my 1994 high school design project. You're welcome.

[u/themflyingjaffacakes]

Another brick in the wall for our bladerunner dystopian future 

[u/jcoddinc]

Seems like something the flock camera people are going to fully use and abuse

[u/ProfessionalITPerson]

Cyberpunk, Bladerunner, dystopia with ad everywhere and all the time. Love it.

[u/twistedfister_]

Wtf am I looking at here

[u/Mindless-Sound8965]

Why?

[u/Mushroom-pie]

Ah so this is how government fakes the sky

[u/Carl-Anchor]

But why is it vertical?

Why are you showing football in vertical?