LG’s immersive exercise bike with flexible OLED panels looks amazing

LG's immersive practice bike with flexible OLED panels looks amazing

Man on fitness bike looking at LG Display Virtual ride, an emcompassing screen structure featuring flexible LG OLED panels.

(Image credit: LG)

The condition of CES 2022 may exist in flux, thanks to the apace spreading Omicron variant of the Covid-19 coronavirus, but LG is still eager to get its more interesting concepts out in front of people in advance of the large trade prove. (LG says information technology'due south still committed to going to the conference, as other companies and media outlets pull out.)

LG's latest announcement involves a pair of concepts that should cause quite the stir at CES 2022, whether people nourish in person or virtually. And both the newly unveiled do bike and recliner show off the possibilities of flexible OLED technology.

Virtual Ride is LG's attempt at a fitness bike. The setup features three large vertically mounted LG OLED panels, and the curve on the top console is especially aggressive, at 500R, or a radius of 500mm. According to LG, that'southward the highest of any large OLED display.

Of class, existence LG OLED panels, the visitor is touting lifelike colors and excellent contrast.

LG didn't really explicate why it had created the concept, simply we can assume that it's meant to increment immersion and make people feel as if they're actually riding through a lush forest trail. Information technology would be absurd to run into such a setup continued to a Peloton.

Too announced was the LG Media Display. It'southward a plush recliner that'southward angled perfectly at an LG television set with a strong 1,500R bend. Not simply that, simply the screen can also pivot betwixt horizontal and vertical orientations, depending on the utilise-case.

The brandish as well has built-in Cinematic Sound OLED (CSO) technology, which vibrates the display to output audio. This means the television receiver can have a make clean look with no need for speakers sticking out the bottom. While the speakers inside an LG OLED C1 sound great, it tin't compare to a proper soundbar setup, which is to exist expected.

Woman sitting on LG Display Media Chair, a recliner concept by LG featuring flexible OLED television. — (Image credit: LG)

OLED technology is still a major part of LG's business model, fifty-fifty as the visitor has introduced mini-LED tech to its QNED line of televisions.

"Nosotros will continue to provide differentiated value to our customers through OLED's infinite potential while likewise moving forward with integrating our business into diverse industries," said Yeo Chun-ho, head of business concern development division at LG Brandish in a press release announcing the new concepts.

Mini-LED televisions, like the stunning Samsung QN90A Neo, are now rivalling LG's meridian OLED panels with brilliant contrast and colors. Merely mini-LED engineering science does allow for dramatically higher levels of brightness over OLED, which makes HDR content pop. Unfortunately, the weight of mini-LED panels means that there'south less ability to make bendable displays. That's where it seems that LG is really hoping to differentiate OLED from competing technologies.

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