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An industrial automation display is provided. The industrial automation display in one example includes a substantially transparent display panel associated with and in view of an industrial automation process portion, a light-control layer formed as part of the substantially transparent display panel, and a display controller coupled to the light-control layer, with the display controller configured to receive industrial automation data related to the industrial automation process portion, generate industrial automation display data using at least a portion of the industrial automation data, and display the industrial automation display data on the light-control layer of the substantially transparent display panel, wherein the industrial automation display data is viewable in conjunction with the industrial automation process portion.