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The room stays open. The screen goes dark.

Cloaking film goes on the glass of a meeting room as a 4 ft band at screen height and blacks out the display to anyone looking in from the corridor. People, furniture and daylight stay visible. Whatever is on the screen does not.

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Illustrative visualisationThrough the film: black. Through the open door: visible.
/ The problem

Glass walls made the office open.
They made the screen public too.

Financials, client names, salary sheets, a product that hasn't launched — all of it on a 75-inch display, readable from the corridor by anyone walking past. The usual fix is to frost the glass or pull the blinds, which undoes the reason the glass was specified in the first place. Cloaking film hides the screen and nothing else.

How it works

LCD and LED-backlit displays emit polarised light. Cloaking film is a precision polarising layer, oriented on the glass to cancel exactly that light. Everything else in the room — people, walls, daylight — is ordinary light and passes straight through. So from outside, the screen reads as a switched-off black panel in a room you can otherwise still see into.

Inside the room nothing changes. The film is on the partition, not on the display, so the people in the meeting see the screen exactly as before. There is no power, no wiring and no switch — it works all the time, with nothing to fail.

Where it goes

Boardrooms & meeting roomsFinance & treasury floorsLegal & HR roomsTrading & dealing roomsR&D and product labsControl & command roomsHealthcare consult roomsBank branches & client lounges

What it hides. What it doesn't.

Straight answers
Blacked out from outside
  • Wall-mounted LCD / LED-backlit TVs and displays
  • Video-conferencing panels and room displays
  • Desktop monitors facing the glass
Not affected
  • Projectors and projection screens
  • Direct-view LED video walls
  • Whiteboards, flip charts and paper
  • OLED panels vary by model — we test first

Displays differ in how their light is polarised, so the film is oriented to the screens in each room. We check it against your actual displays on site before we quote — if it doesn't cloak, we'll tell you before you spend anything.

/ Specification
·Film typeLinear polarising film — PVA polarising layer between TAC carriers, pressure-sensitive adhesive
·Degree of polarisation≥ 99.9%
·Light transmission42% ± 2 (single-sheet) — a visible neutral smoke-grey tint, not clear glass
·Crossed transmission≤ 0.5% — the figure that turns the screen black
·UV transmission≤ 1.0% at 380 nm
·Thickness180 µm ± 10% effective
·Surface hardness≥ 3H
·CoverageApplied as a 4 ft (1.2 m) high band at screen height — the glass above and below stays clear
·ScopeOn-site screen test, supply, plot-cutting, installation on existing or new glass — alongside manifestation bands and branding where needed

Values as declared by the film manufacturer; not independently tested by Juxtapose. Cloaking performance depends on display type and viewing conditions and is confirmed on site before installation.

/ Questions we get

Will people inside the room see the screen normally?

Yes. The film sits on the glass partition, not on the display. Everyone inside sees the screen exactly as before.

Does it make the glass look dark?

Yes, a little. It is a neutral smoke-grey film that passes about 42% of light — similar to tinted glass or a pair of sunglasses. The room, the people and the daylight stay visible from both sides, just toned down; only the screen content disappears completely. It also doesn't cover the whole partition: we apply it as a 4 ft band at screen height, so the glass above and below stays clear.

Can it go on our existing glass?

Yes. It's a retrofit film on the existing partition — no glass replacement, no wiring, no power. Installation can be scheduled outside working hours.

Can it be combined with frosted bands or branding?

Yes — that's where we come in. We plot-cut it alongside manifestation bands, frosted graphics and logos so the partition reads as one designed surface, not a security patch.

How is it different from switchable film?

Switchable film turns the whole glass frosted at the flick of a switch — full privacy, but the room closes. Cloaking film is passive and selective: the room stays open, only the screen is hidden. Many offices use both. See switchable film →

/ Related /01Switchable Privacy FilmClear to frosted on demand, fitted to existing or new glass. /02Glass ManifestationDesigner film, frosted and etched finishes — plot-cut to the millimetre. /03Heat-Control FilmsFilms that cut solar gain while keeping the glass visually light.
See it on your glass.

Tell us how many rooms and which city. We'll bring a sample, hold it against your screens, and come back within 48 hours with an estimate.