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India Today
a day ago
- Business
- India Today
HP Dimension is a 65-inch monitor with Google Beam 3D conferencing tech, price is just $25000
HP has become the first company to showcase hardware utilising Google Beam, the 3D video conferencing platform previously known as Project Starline. The newly revealed device, named HP Dimension, incorporates a 65-inch light field display and six high-speed cameras embedded within its frame to deliver highly realistic, three-dimensional video calls. Google recently rebranded Project Starline to Beam, announcing its plans to open the platform to third-party hardware manufacturers, with HP being its inaugural partner. The HP Dimension is specifically designed for enterprise environments and comes with a price tag of $24,999 (around Rs 21,40,400).advertisementNotably, the cost excludes the necessary software for video conferencing, businesses must acquire a separate Google Beam licence to access services such as Zoom and Google Meet. Pricing details for these licences remain undisclosed. Unlike traditional video conferencing systems, the HP Dimension eliminates the need for headsets, glasses, or additional equipment. It allows participants to experience conversations as if they are physically present with their colleagues. Beau Wilder, HP's Head of Future Customer Experiences, explained that even dedicated rooms are unnecessary, though he advised that a white backdrop would provide the 'optimal' experience. 'We're not trying to put a caricature in a small box across the table from you,' Wilder stated. 'We want you to walk into the room and instantly make eye contact without even thinking about it," he Dimension users can connect with individuals on other video conferencing platforms, full 3D interaction will only be possible when both parties are using Beam-enabled hardware. Without compatible devices on both ends, the immersive three-dimensional visuals will not be available to either HP Dimension also boasts several features aimed at enhancing visual realism. Its adaptive lighting system automatically adjusts to surrounding conditions, casting natural shadows on facial features and preserving accurate skin tones, contributing to a more lifelike the advanced display is an equally sophisticated audio system. HP has equipped the Dimension with spatial audio that, according to Wilder, 'never separates the voice from the body.' The system includes HP's new Poly Studio A2 table microphones and four speakers mounted behind a curved, acoustically transparent mid-wall, ensuring sound travels 'in a direct path to the ears.'During the official briefing, Andrew Nartker, General Manager of Google Beam, emphasised the ultimate objective of the technology. 'The ultimate goal of Google Beam, and it's manifested on HP Dimension, is to feel like you're there,' he said. 'You feel just like you're there at the table working together It's all meant to bring us together and ultimately feel like we're completely physically present.'advertisementThe HP Dimension is scheduled for release later this year across multiple regions, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. Several major corporations, such as Salesforce, Deloitte, and NEC Corporation, have already committed to integrating Google Beam into their office the introduction of Beam-powered hardware, HP and Google are taking a significant step towards redefining the future of remote collaboration, aiming to bridge the physical divide with cutting-edge technology that brings an unprecedented sense of presence to virtual meetings.
CNET
2 days ago
- Business
- CNET
HP's New AI-Powered 3D Conferencing With Google Beam: Here's What Stands Out
HP has partnered with Google for a new virtual conferencing solution that doesn't need VR headsets or other wearables, called HP Dimension with Google Beam. Instead of glasses, it's a giant 3D-enabled display that sits on a conference desk in front of you and mimics the feeling of interacting with someone just a few feet away. It also costs $25,000. Previously called Project Starline, HP's Dimension with Google Beam promises to be "AI-powered," which refers to algorithms in charge of adjusting the size, depth, color and even eye contact of the participants. The technology works via six cameras placed around a curved "light field" display. We previously explored these Google Beam AI models, which Google has likened to a "magic window." Currently, the advanced 3D technology only works with Zoom Rooms and Google Meet. HP says its testing has shown that HP Dimension with Google Beam has led to a 28% increase in memory recall and at least a 14% increase in focus in participants. Google Beam's AI recreation models. James Martin/Google But the virtual interaction is only part of what the conferencing setup can do. It can also switch to a mode for 2D traditional group meetings, or support viewing with standard third-party meeting apps like Teams and Webex. Companies interested in getting one of these powerful displays will be able to order one later in 2025, as long as they're willing to pay that $25,000 price. That's quite steep for conferencing technology primarily designed for two people, but maybe some businesses really want that lifelike eye contact with their business partners. HP did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment.
Engadget
2 days ago
- Business
- Engadget
The first Google Beam device is the $25,000 HP Dimension
Google's impressive Beam video conferencing technology has finally been integrated into an actual product that will be available for purchase. That's the good news. The bad news? The HP Dimension system is going to cost a whopping $25,000. This is an enterprise product through and through. However, the device certainly looks spiffy. The HP Dimension with Google Beam combines six cameras, a spatial audio system and adaptive lighting to allow for highly immersive virtual meetings. AI wizardry brings eye contact into the mix. All of this helps deliver "a deeply immersive experience that replicates the feeling of being in-person, with no headsets, glasses or wearables required." We actually tried this tech, back when it was called Project Starline, and came away impressed. It makes calls "appear fully 3D from any perspective." Algorithms combine live footage from the six cameras to render a pseudo-holographic version of the caller. It tracks head movements to ensure it delivers all of this visual data to eyes at the correct angle, all at 60FPS. We found that the simple act of the person on the other end of the call holding out an apple for us to touch "was so realistic" that it felt like we could reach out and grab the fruit. This is a telepresence dream. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. In addition to the Dimension system, HP is releasing a microphone that integrates with the new teleconferencing tech. The Poly Studio A2 Table Microphone works to extend "crystal-clear audio" further away from the Beam system, which should be a boon for medium or large-sized conference spaces. Users can daisy chain up to eight microphones together, though everything requires a standalone bridge device to operate. The microphone costs $329 and the bridge costs $549. This tech can also be used with more traditional setups. All of this stuff will be available later in the year. There's one caveat: Not only does the system cost $25,000, plus any of the aforementioned audio accessories, but users have to plunk down for access to the Beam service itself. Google has yet to release a pricing model for this.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cannes Lines Up Another Hot Festival With Wes Anderson, Spike Lee, Richard Linklater, Ari Aster Premieres (Full List)
The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is looking to be another knockout, with some of this year's hottest features, including Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, Richard Linklater's Nouvelle Vague and Ari Aster's Eddington set to premiere on the Croisette. Cannes delegate general Thierry Frémaux and president Iris Knobloch announced this year's lineup at a press conference in Paris on Thursday morning. More from The Hollywood Reporter U.K. Virtual Production Studio Dimension Unveils Set of AI Tools to "Empower Creatives" 'Shoa,' 'Downfall,' and the First Cannes Winner Set for Beijing Fest's "Film and Peace" Program 'Handmaid's Tale' Star O-T Fagbenle Is a Father on a Mission in Final Season: "He's Ready to Die" The 2025 competition lineup is packed with auteur heavyweights, including Kelly Reichardt, who returns to Cannes competition with The Mastermind, an art-heist drama starring Josh O'Connor and John Magaro, set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War; Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier, who returns to the Croisette after his 2021 triumph (with The Worst Person of the World) with Sentimental Value, also featuring Renate Reinsve; and dissident Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who will be back in Cannes competition with his latest drama, A Simple Accident. Two-time Palme d'Or winners the Dardenne brothers return with their latest slice of Belgian social realism, The Young Mother's Home; South African director Oliver Hermanus (Moffie) will get his competition debut with The History of Sound, a World War I gay romantic road movie starring Paul Mescal and Josh O'Connor; and French veteran Dominik Moll will be repping the home side with his latest, the French crime drama Dossier 137. Julia Ducournau, who won the Palme d'Or in 2021 with her explosive, and divisive, body horror classic Titane, returns to Cannes competition with Alpha, a 1980s-set shocker that follows an 11-year-old girl who is rejected by her classmates after it is rumored she has been infected with a new disease. Spike Lee, who prematurely announced Ducournau's Palme win when he was Cannes jury president, will also be returning to the Croisette. Frémaux did not name Lee in his presser on Thursday, but the Brooklyn-based director took to social media to announce his upcoming feature Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington, will premiere out of competition. Cannes later confirmed the news, saying the film, an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 classic High and Low, will premiere May 19. U.S. distributor Neon, which is coming off an unprecedented five-year winning streak of Palme d'Or winners — Parasite (2019), Titane (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Anatomy of a Fall (2023) and Anora (2024) — has two shots at making it six straight, with both Alpha and Trier's Sentimental Value in its stable. Cannes on Tuesday confirmed this year's worst-kept festival secret: Tom Cruise will return to the Croisette for the world premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, which will have an out-of-competition bow in Cannes ahead of its May 23 global release by Paramount. Frémaux said the festival screened 2,909 features in its selection process, an all-time record. Cannes reaffirmed its position as the world's No. 1 film festival last year, with Cannes 2024 selections racking up a total of 31 Oscar nominations, and nine wins, led by Sean Baker's 2024 Palme d'Or winner Anora, which rode its success on the Croisette all the way to five Academy Awards, including best picture. Last year's festival also produced the breakout successes of Emilia Pérez, The Substance and animated winner Flow, further stoking interest in this year's selection. Among the out-of-competition highlights this year are Jodie Foster starrer Vie Privée, directed by Rebecca Zlotowski; the music documentary Bono: Stories of Surrender, from Blonde and Killing Them Softly director Andrew Dominik, on the U2 frontman; Amrum, the latest feature from German director Fatih Akin, starring his In the Fade collaborator Diane Kruger; Sebastián Lelio's Spanish-language feminist musical The Wave; and The Disappearance of Joseph Mengele from Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov. Cannes' Un Certain Regard sidebar will be packed with directorial debuts, including Eleanor the Great, Scarlett Johansson's first turn behind the camera, which stars June Squibb; Harrison Dickinson's Urchin, a British drama about a homeless man in London; and My Father's Shadow, a hotly anticipated debut from British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies, starring Gangs of London and Slow Horses actor Sope Dìrísù. Another directorial debut, the French drama Partir un Jour from first-timer Amélie Bonnin, will open this year's festival, screening out of competition. French star and Oscar winner Juliette Binoche will head up the 2025 Cannes jury, which is picking the Palme winners, as president. Robert De Niro will be honored with an honorary Palme d'Or for lifetime achievement at the Cannes opening ceremony this year. COMPETITION Alpha, Julie DucournauDossier 137, Dominik MollThe Eagles of the Republic, Tarik SalehEddington, Ari AsterFuori, Mario MartoneThe History of Sound, Oliver HermanusLa Petite Derniere, Hafsia HerziThe Mastermind, Kelly ReichardtNouvelle Vague, Richard LinklaterThe Phoenician Scheme, Wes AndersonRenoir, Chie HayakawaRomeria, Carla SimonThe Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça FilhoSentimental Value, Joachim TrierA Simple Accident, Jafar PanahiSirat, Oliver LaxeSound of Falling, Mascha SchilinksiTwo Prosecutors, Sergei LoznitsaYoung Mothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne UN CERTAIN REGARD Aisha Can't Fly Away, Morad MostafaEleanor the Great, Scarlett JohanssonHeads or Tails?, Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo ZoppisHomebound, Neeraj GhaywanKaravan, Zuzana KirchnerováL'inconnu de la Grande Arche, Stéphane DemoustierThe Last One for the Road, Francesco Sossai Meteors, Hubert CharuelMy Father's Shadow, Akinola Davies JrThe Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, Diego CéspedesOnce Upon A Time In Gaza, Tarzan Nasser and Arab NasserA Pale View of the Hills, Kei IshikawaPillion, Harry LightonThe Plague, Charlie PolingerPromised Sky, Erige SehiriUrchin, Harris Dickinson OUT OF COMPETITION Colours of Time, Cedric KlapischHighest 2 Lowest, Spike LeeMission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, Christopher McQuarriePartir un jour, Amélie Bonnin — opening filmThe Richest Woman in the World, Thierry KlifaVie Privée, Rebecca Zlotowski SPECIAL SCREENINGS Bono: Stories of Surrender, Andrew DominikThe Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol, Sylvain ChometTell Her I Love Her, Romane Bohringer MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS Dalloway, Yann GozlanExit 8, Kawamura GenkiSongs of the Neon Night, Juno Mak CANNES PREMIERE Amrum, Fatih AkinConnemara, Alex LutzThe Disappearance of Josef Mengele, Kirill SerebrennikovOrwell: 2+2 =5, Raoul PeckSplitsville, Michael Angelo CovinoThe Wave, Sebastián Lelio Best of The Hollywood Reporter "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked 20 Times the Oscars Got It Wrong
