Before the tech industry started putting AI and Alexa into everything, the clearest route to making a frumpy old device "smart" was to put a screen on it. How can fridges ever hope to be smart without a crisp copy of Windows 10 running on a 29-inch touchscreen? And what’s a smartwatch without a full-color readout of all your fitness triumphs and disasters? Even virtual reality, which untethers you from the desktop screen, relies heavily on advanced optics and display technologies to deliver the most immersive escapism possible.
Displays are, in my judgment, the central pillar underlying this entire whirlwind of new technology that we know as CES. They’re so obvious, so numerous, that we don’t stop to notice them — even while we’re...
via The Verge
