Futuristic Vaio Zoom

The Vaio Zoom notebook concept takes everything we know about holographic technology and squeezes it inside a thin glass form factor. When off, the screen is completely transparent and the keyboard goes opaque. Turn it on and the touchscreen holographic festivities begin. Even the  mouse buttons are holographic!

It’s just a concept so there’s no info on important tidbits like tactile feedback, battery life, system stats, etc., but rest assured technologies like this are closer than you think. It may not come all at once but it’s coming.

Designer: Eno Setiawan

Vaio Zoom by Eno Setawan

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89 Comments »

Comment by Froggy
2007-09-18 18:30:59

 

I am so in love… that looks very nice. Can I get a side order of future now with my reality? pretty please with cherry on top?

 
Comment by Kaiser-Machead
2007-09-18 18:31:43

 

I’m sure there’s some uber-futuristic Lenovo concept out there, this time covered in space aged Naugahyde.

 
Comment by Justsayyes
2007-09-18 18:32:47

 

Actually, at an event several years ago a company was looking for funding for a workstation that included an opaque, 3 panel screen, that when in use was just the three screens, but at the touch of a button became very opaque, nearly transparent. At least enough so that you could read the newspaper through it. Some sort of single plane projection technology I would imagine…

 
Comment by Mandarin
2007-09-18 18:33:33

 

What? No cerebral output port? How am I going to interface with corporate multiprocessing network?

 
Comment by Axiomatic
2007-09-18 18:34:17

 

When that laptop battery catches on fire, at least it will be over quick.

 
Comment by Triskuit
2007-09-18 18:35:13

 

Mmm… *futuristic gadget lust* I would pay an obscene amount of money for a laptop like this, and then light my self on fire when I scratched/dropped it.

 
Comment by Orionburich
2007-09-18 18:36:15

 

I’m not down with that screen. Sure it looks cool, but what purpose would it ever serve? When are you going to see it folded out and transparent like that except for the 3 second you’re waiting for it to boot up enough to display something?

Maybe it you could make only parts of the screen opaque, and a camera on the top facing away from the user, then maybe you could have some fun with software that recognized things in the background (super models) and interacts with them (opens and window that follows them):p

 
Comment by Chopsue
2007-09-18 18:36:54

 

I’m waiting for the Apple version!

Comment by Sam-I-Am
2007-09-19 08:48:44

 

You say you are, “waiting for the Apple version!”

Don’t you mean to say that you are waiting for Apple to Steal another Sony Idea and then take credit for it again….

Comment by jacoby
2007-09-30 20:31:20

 

ohhhhh!! total burnage!!! lol you are such a lame nerd

 
 
 
Comment by Mrface
2007-09-18 18:37:56

 

The whole keyboard flipping back to turn the machine into a pure touchscreen tablet PC is sexy. That, coupled with the thinness would make this laptop a must-have. I honestly don’t understand the appeal of the whole transparent/opaque thing… just seems like a gimmick to me. The haptic feedback question seems to be less and less an issue now that touchscreen PDAs/PMPs/phones/etc are quickly becoming the norm. It’ll be interesting to see how that pans out.

Is it possible that the days of button keyboards are numbered? I realize we all grew up with big clunky keys to press down on, and are now used to them — but what if the next generation of users are more used to the streamlined, cool-looking touchscreen keys of an iPhone? It’s probably quite a bit better on your wrists not to have to push down so hard on a key, and it’ll certainly free up desk space and will allow a new level of portability. I, for one, welcome our new touchscreen masters.

 
Comment by Ghmlco
2007-09-18 18:38:36

 

Think of a computer with two screens, one for the screen and one touch screen for the keyboard/trackpad. Add some feedback for the virtual keyboard and make it pressure sensitive as well for us touch-typist types and I’m good to go.

 
Comment by Reilao
2007-09-18 18:39:17

 

That’ll make some really pretty spiderweb patterns when you drop it. Looks really pretty, I’d just be deathly afraid to take that out of my house, unless between ‘now’ and the ‘future’ they make something that could look that sexy and not require constant babying and wiping away of fingerprints.

 
Comment by Kai
2007-09-18 23:37:41

 

it’s really time to change what we perceive “computing” to be. computing hasnt changed on the hardware side in the last 20 years. people are developing software now that is completely unusable because we’re sitting here poking and clicking away at our ancient typewriters.

if the future of computing is the same rehasing of older concepts into newer sleeker molds, count me out.

 
Comment by hamid
2007-09-19 05:39:22

 

Hi dear,i dont know,what can i say abpt this vaio,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
it realy wonderful and great and exlant……………………
thanks

 
Comment by verschoor
2007-09-20 14:13:27

 

This is just as silly as the hoover board.

 
Comment by jocky
2007-09-22 01:58:16

 

i po kiego komu cos takiego?? ma se to zjesc??

 
Comment by Polak
2007-09-22 06:07:50

 

Kurwa! Zajebiste, ja pierdole!

Comment by Iceman
2007-09-23 12:32:48

 

Jak używasz takich słów TO UŻYJ INNEGO NICKa

 
 
Comment by Konrad
2007-09-22 06:52:50

 

Cooooooool! I need it!!

 
Comment by Popieram
2007-09-22 06:54:46

 

Jak dla mnie kosmos. Ciekawe czy kupię to za 10 lat czy kupią sobie dopiero moje wnuki. Tak czy inaczej technika idzie w dobrym kierunku - minimalizm i użyteczność. Trochę jak science-fiction :)

 
Comment by Tomek
2007-09-23 01:25:57

 

no nie powiem wrażenie robi!!!!!

czy ktoś mi powie jakie ona ma parametry? jak działa ? i wogóle :) bo taki sprzecik to bym sobie z checia kupil, tylko powiedzcie gdzie takie cos moge dostac? :)

Pozdrawiam Ziomali z POLSKI!!!!!!

Tomek

 
2007-09-23 02:52:27

 

No ładne cacko. Spokojnie będziemy takie i inne komputery naprawiać. Jesteśmy najlepszym serwisem i pogotowiem komputerowym we Wrocławiu więc damy radę;)

Comment by taktiken
2007-09-23 03:10:09

 

jak naprawiacie tak jak wpisujecie swoj url w nick’u… to powodzenia! :) A cacko wspaniale ale takie “fragile”.

 
 
Comment by Jarek86
2007-09-23 03:07:09

 

Za pięć latek na pułkach w sklepie. Ceny niestety nie jestem wstanie określić :( zaczynam zbierać kase!!!! ;)

 
Comment by 902
2007-09-23 05:59:53

 

Simply amazing! Sony rules! :-)

 
Comment by Virosz
2007-09-23 08:39:12

 

Co się tak podniecanie? To tylko projekt! Nawet nie wiadomo czy dojdzie do jego produkcji czy to z powodów technicznych, technologicznych bądź ekonomicznych.

 
Comment by Xendragon
2007-09-27 04:36:11

 

Who says the screen needs to be solid/glass?

OLED screens can do this already - and the advantage of oleds is that they can be printed on nearly any surface … so, maybe print them onto a flexible transparent plastic of some sort? http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news_pics/13940/Sony_Flexible_TV_Screen_oled.jpg

 
Comment by ati
2007-10-26 03:51:19

 

perfect design…

 
Comment by M
2007-11-09 13:04:08

 

Kicks ass as is. Can they make it scratch proof? I’ve been buying ’scratch proof’ eyeglass lenses for 33 years and it’s never been true unless I bought the super-heavy glass. This tech looks expensive so I hope they actually use real glass that is close to scratch proof and not just some high-tech plastic.

 
Comment by kim
2008-01-09 04:04:59

 

how can i get this computer.
i was facinated when i saw that pictuer

 
Comment by beto
2008-02-03 12:56:30

 

Looks really cool but you should know vaio is a piece of useless junk!! all of them crash after one year………………

 
Comment by Je Nguyen
2008-04-21 01:04:19

 

Wow wow

 
Comment by dika
2008-05-13 01:21:57

 

great concept add that laptop computer with portable wireless charger and thin battery also with bluetooth, wi-fi and wimax that’s the future computer concept. I want one please

 
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