LG Display has joined its parent company in picking up a couple of CES Innovation Awards, bestowed upon what it says are “world-first” automotive display technologies that promise to transform in-car entertainment and information delivery.
The Innovation Awards were presented by the CES Show organiser, the Consumer Technology Association, for LG Display’s new Dual View OLED and Under Display Camera-infrared OLED technologies. They’ve been recognised for the way they maximise space efficiency inside vehicles and deliver high quality images, while meeting key standards in terms of their safety, reliability and durability.
From our perspective, the most intriguing innovation here is Dual View OLED, which is a novel display that’s able to show different images to different viewers based on where they’re sitting in the car. What this means is that the driver would be able to view his or her navigation instruments, while on the same screen, the passenger sitting next to them would be able to stream and watch a Netflix movie. If the display is installed in the back row of the car, passengers would be able to watch two different movies or shows at the same time, LG Display said.
Even more impressive is that Dual View OLED supports touchscreen controls. LG Display explained that it was able to optimise the OLED pixel structure in such a way that when one person touches and controls their screen, it will not interfere with what the other person is seeing.
So if the person in the passenger seat decides to pause or rewind their movie, it won’t affect the driver’s instruments in any way. Car makers can therefore offer highly personalised entertainment experiences without needing to install additional displays and take up extra space.
It’s a cool idea and we’ll be excited to see how effective it is in reality when we visit CES 2026 in Las Vegas in January, but it’s not the only innovation from LG Display. The UDC-IR OLED is said to be a full-screen in-car display for various navigation instruments that also features a hidden driver monitoring camera buried beneath the panel.
The company said that in future, it’s likely that many countries in the world will mandate the use of driver monitoring cameras, which keep an eye on the person driving the car to keep watch on their condition and alert them if they’re unfit to keep driving, for example if drowsiness creeps in. The hidden camera, which is completely invisible to the driver and passengers, gives car manufacturers greater design freedom, LG Display explained.
The UDC-IR OLED display features enhanced light transmittance in the camera area, enabling it to look directly through the display and see the driver behind it. The camera itself is a high resolution, infrared model featuring “image-correction” software, designed by another LG Electronics subsidiary, LG Innotek.
LG Display’s announcement comes less than a week after the parent company scooped a handful of its own Innovation Awards for new technologies, including its first Micro RGB TV featuring RGB LED display technology, and its transparent 77-inch Signature OLED T television.
The LG StanbyMe 2, a funky portable flagpole-style display on wheels, and the LG UltraFine evo 6K professional monitor, which is the first in the world to combine 6K resolution with the latest Thunderbolt 5 interface, also landed Innovation Awards.
LG Display said the Dual View OLED and UDC-IR OLED displays will both be on show at CES 2026, and its booth for mobility solutions.
