This new laptop replaces the physical screen with a 100-inch virtual display
ince their inception, laptops have had the same clamshell form factor. It’s a tried and true design. Tech startup Sightful, though, is doing something different, taking the screen virtual.
The company recently launched the Spacetop, a laptop that consists of nothing more than a keyboard connected to a customized pair of NReal augmented-reality (AR) glasses.
Putting the glasses on allows users to view a massive, 100-inch AR display that only they can see. Multiple windows can be opened at the same time as the screens curve around your point of view in every direction. To see a specific window, all you have to do is turn your head to face the app. The projection is also static, so you don’t have to worry about the windows moving around. Nor do they totally block the real space in front of you. You can still see the world around you.
The Spacetop runs on the proprietary Spacetop OS, but it also runs some third-party software like Microsoft Word and Spotify. The on-device browser does appear to be first-party, however.
