At the 2012 Digital Signage Expo (DSE), vendors and manufacturers were extremely bullish on transparent LCD displays, which showcase animation — including advertising and promotions — over a clear screen. The optimism is reflected in the industry’s predictions. DisplayBank, an international market research firm for the display industry says that the transparent display market will grow to $900 million by 2015.
At DSE, most of the transparent displays shown were simple refrigerator and window applications. But the potential of these products as marketing tools was obvious.
“There are two kinds of markets. One is the window display and the other one is the showcase application. So in the case of a showcase application, like in a retail store — people can see through the display [to the window] and see the Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola inside. However on the surface they can watch the…advertisement or promotional message on the screen. That is today a very possible application,” says Jun Joon, vice president and head of the Public Display Division, LG Display.
“That market is in the very beginning stages, but it will grow very, very fast. The showcase applications we will see this year,” he says.
The second market is the window display in which store windows are actually replaced by LCDs. People walking on the street can see both the products being displayed and the additional advertisement or promotion, says Joon. This application is still in its infancy.
A Juxtaposition of Display and Advertising the First Stage
Aesthetics is the key metric to transparent displays. Text is not king here. Movement and color are the leading edge factors. How content and messaging are run is also important. Vendors
Lisa Nadile is Managing Editor for TechDecisions. She has been a technology journalist for over twenty years and has never lost her love of technology and the way it changes (and improves) our lives. She has written for many magazines and websites on the development of computers and the Internet, and is enjoying her new mission in the audiovisual sector.
I saw an application of these transparent LCD displays in the movie SOLARIS starring George Clooney 10 years ago. So I pulled apart one of my 15 inch LCD displays to try this out for myself. So cool.
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