The new LG stretchable display prototype features a 12-inch screen that stretches up to 18 inches, while maintaining clear, full-colour image quality.

In 2020, LG Display announced it had been selected by the South Korean government to work on an R&D project aimed at propelling the country’s next-generation display industry.

Since then it has partnered with 20 other organisations in South Korea’s industrial-academic sector to develop a stretchable display prototype.

Stretchable displays are seen as the ultimate free-form screen technology because they can be transformed into any shape by stretching, folding and twisting.

In November 2022, LG Display unveiled its first display prototype with a 12-inch stretchable display as part of this national project. This model was able to stretch by 20%.

Two years of further development, and the team has more than doubled the maximum elongation rate to 50%.

This enhanced stretchability enables various display design possibilities, as demonstrated...