It's a new twist in the development of e-ink screens, which have relied
mostly on ambient light to brighten the screen.
The was finally a true e-ink based reader released to the mainstream market that allowed you to read in any lighting circumstance and shed the
dependency on ambient light sources.
I know solar panels
charge on ambient light, so if you have near your window on a cloudy day and it should slowly charge your device.
Some OLED smartwatches now offer an always - on screen mode, but this one is clearer than all of them in bright sunlight, because it
thrives on ambient light.
The sensor on the iris scanner will allegedly be able to adjust its reading based
on ambient light so that it can recognize the user's eyes even with different pupil sizes.
The user doesn't need to do anything to change which lens is in use; the camera software will automatically pick
based on the ambient light.
Because these screens rely
on ambient light rather than illumination, colors intensify outdoors, unlike traditional screens that are washed out by daylight.
So with the upcoming launch of the new Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette which will be coming out in October 2014 (review coming soon), I thought I would do a
post on the Ambient Lighting Powder Palette that was initially launched as a limited edition palette during the 2013 Holiday season.
If there's one nit we have about the screen, it's that Dell has aggressive
settings on its ambient light detection: You'll need to disable adaptive brightness if you use the Venue 11 Pro outside of a dark room.
Before Android 5.0 Lollipop, the auto - brightness feature changed your phone's brightness based
on the ambient light sensor readings, but the quick scaling up and down was bothersome.
Slide this up / down to desired level, or hit the Auto box to the side for auto - adjustment based
on ambient light reading.
Some greater control based
on ambient light surroundings, beyond three options buried in the Settings menu would be useful, even Android Wear offers a Cinema Mode.
The battery - free phone
runs on ambient light and RF signals, though it still isn't enough to power your favorite game.
It now features adapative light, which means it adjusts the brightness of the light on the screen depending
on the ambient light in the location where you are reading.
The new light used with the Kindle Voyage includes automatic brightness adjustment based
on ambient light levels, slowly dimming or increasing to avoid drastic changes.
The OLEDs are programmed to shine with different levels of intensity for the brake lights and indicators,
depending on the ambient light conditions during the day or night.
The iPad Pro 10.5 also offers a P3 wide colour gamut and Apple's True Tone technology, the latter of which adjusts the white balance
based on ambient lighting conditions.
One of the new graphical enhancements was the inclusion of «Dynamic Light Control», which changes the white balance of the pages in reading mode to make it look more like paper depending
on the ambient light conditions.
Amazon has also introduced new dynamic interest contrast screen technology that can adjust the tone and colour of the pixels depending
on the ambient lighting.
It's called Dynamic Light Control, which changes the white point of the display based
on the ambient lighting.
For example, usually (depending
on the ambient light) I set the brightness of my laptop screen to just one level above the minimum.
It doesn't use a backlight, instead relying
on ambient light to keep text visible.
Though it does have one trick the Oasis doesn't, you also get a sophisticated adaptive front light that adjusts the brightness steadily depending
on the ambient lighting conditions.
This likely means it has an automatic frontlight dimmer based
on ambient lighting.
An adaptive, 12 - LED front light dynamically changes brightness depending
on ambient lighting.
There's no adjustable color temperature like on the Kobo Aura One and Nook Glowlight 3, but it does have a sensor to automatically adjust the frontlight based
on ambient lighting conditions.
Light sensor automatically adjusts frontlight brightness based
on ambient lighting conditions (can be turned off).
And depending
on the ambient light in your bedroom (or other dark place), you can get away with having the GlowLight set at only a fraction of its maximum brightness to be able to read comfortably.
The ProMotion technology (which adjusts the screen refresh rate depending on what you're doing) and the True Tone feature (where the screen temperature changes based
on ambient light) are exclusive to the iPad Pro.
It adopts the Kindle Voyage's auto - brightness feature (which automatically adjusts the screen's brightness level based
on ambient light).
E-Ink is the closest electronic substitute for paper, relying
on ambient light to make text readable.
The screen is also equipped with an adaptive frontlight that adjusts brightness automatically based
on ambient lighting conditions.
This technology actually modifies the smart display parameters based
on ambient lighting and the on - screen content.
A feature that's trickled down from the iPad Pro, True Tone automatically changes the iPhone's display «based
on ambient lighting conditions to make colors appear consistent in different environments.»
Set your aperture to somewhere between f / 8 and f / 16, depending
on the ambient light.