Curved iMac concept bends beyond the realm of plausibility
By Donald Melanson 
posted February 29th 2008 12:21PM
posted February 29th 2008 12:21PM
You don't have to venture very far to dig up unofficial concepts for Apple products of all sorts, but this one from designer Nuno Teixeira is certainly more attention grabbing than most, even if it isn't any more realistic. Dubbed the "iMac iView," the main distinguishing feature here is obviously the curved screen, which isn't actually all that far out there, but still a ways from becoming anywhere near commonplace. As if that wasn't enough, the concept also boasts a second screen on the rear (pictured after the break), and webcams on both the front and back, which would finally let you have impersonal conversations with the person sitting right across from you. Hit up the read link below for a couple more pics.
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Ahh, but that is the idea. You load up some random spreadsheet on the back screen. Animate it with a cursor moving randomly around. Then use the front screen for whatever you wish, and people will think you are really working on the spreadsheet. :)
that would be a fun one to drag to the apple store for repair...
What is the point of the 2nd display?? I know Alienware has a similar screen in the works so it does seem plausible (Though not from apple). But a second screen??
so?
gamertards....stop thinking about dropping this in your basement gamercave...the second screen on the back has nothing to do with you. It's clearly designed for an office environment where the computer would be sitting on a desk and someone would/could use the back screen.
Officetard - quit worrying about what gamers would like to do with a nice curved screen and get back to pushing pencils and stapling stuff together. Don't forget to check your post-its too, you might forget that you had a meeting scheduled this afternoon....
I really hope you were just being sarcastic.
designed for an office? yea because we know how apple loves to make its products for the corporate world.....
No problem...I will. You go back to looking at the benchmarks of latest NVidia and AMD cards you can't afford. You should spend less time trolling for comments and figure out how you're gonna ask out the sexy elf you chatted with while playing WOW for 17 hours straight. Oh wait, you won't do that..it's way to normal.
Yeah that's right, they designed it for a gamertard lan party. yeah, because we know how much apple loves to make products for gamers...
You silly gamerofficetards, we ALL know Apple likes to make products for for gameroffices.
the screen in the back is useful, i do a radio show (no plug) and people who sit across from me would be able to see the same topic im reading from... that would be useful, i currently do it with my second monitor and during the broadcast i switch to mirror mode...
THis is probably not too far off the mark. Afterall, several LCD TV manufacturers have been looking at curved screens to create that home theater IMAX effect. Can't you just imagine the 130" Panasonic plasma curved like this in your basement? It's not just surround sound anymore, it's surround video too.
And wasn't there just a posting here a few days ago about a curved screen for your digital projector?
Well, except for the screen on the back, pretty cool.
Yeah that's right, they designed it for a gamertard lan party. yeah, because we know how much apple loves to make products for gamers...
This is the first time I've looked at an Apple product and gone "Wow, that actually is quite stylish and not excessively overhyped." Unfortunately, the impractical extra screen where you can't see it as well as the extra webcam just seem stupid. Even though this is a concept, I'd be willing to bet that, just like any other Tech-Art hybrid that Apple has plopped out, it'll be over priced for what it offers.
Interesting how people have given practical reasons for the second screen, but people keep saying it's impractical... Think before you post gamertards and officetards.
I'd feel less gay watching porn with my roommate if he was watching it on the second screen.
Cool
wow... nice illustrated rendered concept...
i hope this will be out here one day. a few practicality problems:
1. back screen - not everyone will use it
2. screen is perpendicular to the surface (ie. table), can't tilt adjust
3. the last time I remembered CD/DVD/BR aren't curved. you can't stick it in!
4. I still prefer 16:9/16:10.
well, some problems to tackle. not bad if apple buys this design.
Your post made me go back and look at the render itself. I do have one question about it; where is the reflection of the hand holding the iPhone coming from?
Haha.. it is cool looking!
The second screen is pointless, and would just be a reason for Apple to charge more. I don't care what the office/gamer/appletards have already said, it would serve no practical purpose when it comes right down to it.
That having been said: iView seems way to "cheap iPod product"-esque for an Apple product.
It would be the iMac Curve. The commercials would have the song "Don'cha" playing in the background and someone talking about how their mac has 'curves'.
I just don't understand the point of the back screen.
eh not so much the curveyness or the 2nd screen on the back... BUT, a camera on the back is BRILLIANT! think bout it, could gimmick it into a live-feed video for the screen's desktop, turning the desktop image into a literal window.
in essence you would be able to see through your computer screen.
thats a very simple idea that has legs.
Well, Apple could do it. Microsoft would attempt to copy it. And all you losers out there would find something to complain about.
At the size of typical desktops displays (even large ones), I don't see any value in a curved screen.
This will be gr8 for dual screen Ninjas
... just to be sure that no matter where you sit, there is a light source that it can reflect into your eyes.
How can anyone say the second screen is pointless!??
The main purpose it serves is to clearly display your Starbucks order so you don't even need to talk to the underling servers there. Just order ahead with the iPhone app, then walk in and setup at any open table. The screen will display a rendering of your custom grande, and blank screens will tip off security to wi-fi squatters.
Never underestimate what will sell in Japan.
have fun editing photos on this without distortion.... one wouldn't even be able to get a true idea of what a final product would look like... as for the screen on the back, i don't know that id want to spend my money on a screen that faces the wall most, if not all of the time.