Researchers say the screen can work both indoors and outdoors, and can be adjusted to become more or less transparent depending on user needs.
Scientists have devised a new approach to making large, transparent screens at low cost — and they hope it could lead to more affordable transparent TVs in the near future.
Using a new kind of film material, scientists have developed a 100-inch nano transparent screen (NTS) that is as thin as a human hair and capable of showing detailed images with a high degree of color and light clarity.
In addition to its light and flexible appearance, the panel's transparency can be adjusted — with the screen capable of showing the most detail when at its most opaque. It is also highly reflective to targeted light, producing clear images when hit with a beam from a powerful projector, and has a lossless 170-degree viewing angle on either side.
Purchasing conventional transparent OLED screens would cost KRW 100 million (approximately $72,000), the researchers added. But their new panel would cost just one-tenth of that figure. That's because the manufacturing process is easy to replicate due to its relative simplicity, they claimed. It can already be replicated in existing manufacturing conditions and is highly resistant to extreme heat and cold — meaning it can be used indoors and outdoors.
