Multi what? Multi-Layer Display, that's what. MLD if you're being informal. It's a technology developed by a company called PureDepth, which involves layering multiple LCD screens on top of each other in a mobile phone or PDA. You might have guessed that from the name.
PureDepth has just signed a 'Prototype and Evaluation agreement' with Samsung, with the two companies planning to see exactly what benefits MLDs could bring to phones. According to PureDepth, its big benefit is that it lets people view two separate data fields on one screen. Or, as the slightly confusing story on Cellular News puts it:
"By overlaying two more separate image planes within a single monitor, PureDepth technology provides true depth of vision that significantly enhances the visual experience with faster response to time-critical data and better assimilation and comprehension of data of any kind."
We're still a bit confused, to be honest. But the explanatory diagram (above) has a big dinosaur in it, so we're quite excited.
(via Cellular News)
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