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by eastbound 243 days ago
Some laptops literally have the camera behind the screen. As in, behind pixels. It’s possible and classy.
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Lammy 243 days ago
My REDMAGIC Android phone is like this too and I love not having a stupid notch cut out of the screen. I've hated them since the very first time I saw a iPhone X. Can't believe such a ridiculous design defect infected Macbooks too :/
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bobthepanda 243 days ago
do you have a picture of what that looks like? having a hard time conceptualizing that.
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Tuna-Fish 243 days ago
It's not visible at all. The camera is just placed behind the screen.

OLED screens are inherently transparent, there is just a light-emitting layer in them. You put your camera behind the screen, and either make the few pixels on top of the lens go black when it's on, or you use a lot of software to remove the light that comes from the screen and clean up the picture.

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