This LCD display of the Taiwanese AU Optronics reads fingerprints at the same time. The screen itself is 320x240 and has four optical sensors with each pixel which creates an internal camera with a resolution of 640x480.
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Of course indentification is important, but the essence of this development is that screens will start to look back. In time, this’ll be built into every screen and we get very realistic 3D effects because our head is followed and furthermore we’ll get read eye contact with the people we talk to. And that’s why video-calling of today is still a ‘gadget’, a nice addition, but it doesn’t really add to communication. However, this is the basis for the definitive breakthrough of video-calling. From the computer, from the tvm from any screen.