---
title: "Panasonic’s New and Improved “Invisible TV” Becomes Transparent When It’s Turned Off"
description: "Panasonic has revealed an upgraded version of its transparent television at a recent trade show. Clear tvs, hoverboards, and even space lasers have been showing that often, science-fiction isn't too far from technological possibility."
date: "2016-10-07"
modified: "2016-11-29"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon"
url: "https://futurism.com/panasonics-new-and-improved-invisible-tv-becomes-transparent-when-its-turned-off"
categories:
  - "Future Society"
tags:
  - "future tech"
  - "oled invisible tv"
  - "panasonic invisible tv"
---

# Panasonic’s New and Improved “Invisible TV” Becomes Transparent When It’s Turned Off

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/invisible-TV.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Roberto Baldwin/Gizmodo\</em\>*

## Now You See It, Now You Don't

At the CES earlier this year, Japanese tech giant Panasonic unveiled its television of the future. Made from a transparent pane of glass, this invisible TV disappears when turned off, making it indistinguishable from an ordinary pane of glass.

![The LED version from CES. Credits: Panasonic Newsroom](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Panasonic-transparent-ces2016.jpg>)
*The LED version from CES. Credits: *Panasonic Newsroom**

Just last week, at the annual [Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies](<http://www.ceatec.com/en/>) (CEATEC) in Japan, Panasonic showed off an improved version of the invisible TV. The previous LED screen was upgraded with a new OLED display, allowing for clearer and crisper images even against bright backlighting.

![The OLED version from CEATEC. Credits: Panasonic Newsroom](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/tv2016-10-03-15-35-16hifile1400-1.jpg>)
*The OLED version from CEATEC. Credits: *Engadget**

Aside from this, not much is different between the two versions. The display still disappears when the TV is not being used.

![It's not a TV when it's off. Credits: Panasonic Newsroom](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Panasonics-invisible-TV.png>)
*It's not a TV when it's off. Credits: *Panasonic Newsroom**

Panasonic has not yet given details of the new TV's release, aside from confirming that it would still need to stay in development for at least three more years.

https://youtu.be/eoIQmWd8LTQ?list=PLE29Nx-sjAHD-VJhK8Me8\_q\_-zCf7mvGE

## Science catches up with sci-fi

Panasonic's invisible TV is the latest to join an array of futuristic tech — those that previously existed only in [science fiction](<https://futurism.com/how-has-science-fiction-changed-over-the-decades>) and have not made their debut in reality. They range from simple every day things, like that famous *Back to the Future* [shoes with self-tying laces](<https://futurism.com/the-legendary-self-lacing-shoes-have-finally-become-a-reality>), to outrageous ones like *Star Wars* style [laser weapons](<https://futurism.com/future-defense-advanced-laser-weapons-now-available>) and [lightsabers](<https://futurism.com/see-real-life-lightsaber-action>).

We already have [autonomous cars](<https://futurism.com/?s=autonomous+cars>) (and other unmanned vehicles), a supposedly working hoverboard, real-time holographic displays, not to mention developments in quantum teleportation, and many more.

And, of course, droids. [AI robots](<https://futurism.com/anthrobotics-where-the-human-ends-and-the-robot-begins>) are flooding several industries.

It's like what every 80s and 90s kid dreamed of. From *Star Wars* and *Star Trek* to *Back to the Future*, we are beginning to see many of these technologies from a sci-fi future become a reality in the science of today.

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