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Lenovo Project Crystal

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AVAILABILITY Proof-of-concept only

I’m not sure anyone ever asked “What if I could look through my laptop’s display?”, but regardless, Lenovo has created a laptop with a transparent display. And it’s really rather cool.

Dubbed Project Crystal, this concept laptop uses a transparent micro-LED panel fitted between two panes of Gorilla Glass to equip the machine with a screen that you can see through as if it were just a rectangle of pure glass. And despite this, the icons and windows on the display were still crisp and clear.

It’s been designed with the idea of creating “a more collaborative laptop experience”, enabling users to see other people when they’re also looking at the screen, instead of being hidden behind it. There are also AI-powered AR options thanks to an outward-facing webcam on the laptop’s rear.

I don’t expect to see a bunch of Lenovo laptops with

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