Taptl Noir 46 Standalone, Transparent, Two-Way Touchscreen

 

The Taptl Noir 46 is the world’s first standalone, transparent, two-way, touchscreen display with HDMI input for computers, televisions, gaming systems and multimedia playback capabilities with split screen, multiprogramme or device feed functionality. Retailing at US$3,999, this display is a steal compared to projector-based systems that retail for US$13,000.

The 46″ touchscreen has a contrast ratio of 1366 x 768, an aspect ratio of 16:9, 60Hz Frequency, touch resolution of 32,767 x 32,767.  Measuring 1120 x 780 x 13mm and weighing 16lbs, it allows six simultaneous maximum touch points. The Taptl Noir46 has a viewing angle of 160 with an Aluminum frame with LVDS and HDMI panel interface. The unit consumes 14 watts of power.

Think Ironman, Homeland, White House Down, Star Trek and Minority Report – Hollywood screen magic meeting modern day reality. Imagine doing the dishes and looking out the kitchen window where you can see your kids playing outside as well as your favourite cooking show and Twitter feed on the same window at the same time. It is now possible to replace your window with a transparent touchscreen without you having to worry about any passersby viewing your content. The window is one way, you can see out but no one can see in.

 

 

Another pre-launch photo of the worlds FIRST stand-alone transparent touchscreen! pic.twitter.com/MaVCMdt6a8

— Taptl (@Taptl) November 8, 2013

The Taptl Noir 46 has already been purchased by Lockheed-Martin, Nike and Tokyo University prior to the worldwide availability and distribution. Taptl has spent over three years to develop the Taptl 46. Taptl partners Billionaires Row Technologies to penetrate vast consumer, industrial, financial, entertainment, business and investment markets that will use this technological achievement.  Samsung and others are investigating the technological synergies.

We spoke with Jeremiah Patterson, the founder of Taptl Ltd and got some basic information about the product.

• There is no “alpha” channel. Anything that shows as the colour ‘white’ is transparent. Anything ‘black’ is completely opaque
• The user can adjust the backlight, which effects the level of transparency for different lighting conditions. No worries if the display is indoors or in a high-sunlight area as it is completely lighting agnostic
• The display frame and base is made of solid aluminum (anodized black) – not plastic. This adds great durability to the display
• The display can be sealed so it is IP65-compliant – meaning it is weatherproof and vandal resistant
• The display uses an ‘external’ media box, so the client can choose any type of input method: HDMI, DisplayPort, DVI, etc
• The display and touchscreen capability works on all major operating systems. Mac OSX, Windows 7/8, Android, Linux, and coming soon to iOS