In the previous month’s Google I/O, Google announced that his Google Beam software, which brings 3D imagery to video meetings, was finally ready for prime time. Everyone needed that there was hardware to bring Google’s 3D video technique out of the demo and to the real meeting locations.
HP today (June 11) provided hardware, which announces HP dimension with the Google Beam, which it bills as a 3D video communication platform aimed at the purpose of distributed workers. And it is a very impressive – and expensive – a piece of hardware.
If you are following Google’s efforts to develop this technique, you know that Google Beam started life as a project starline. It uses several cameras to catch the image of sitting in front of the meeting display before turning to a volumetric AI model to generate the 3D image of the person.
The end result is a video chat that feels more like you are talking to a person on the other side of a window, rather than sitting in a completely different room. And the participants holding a more busy meeting than the depth and appearance of Google’s betting and appearance will be given rise to the consistent eye contact with each other, read non-verbal signs, and usually interact as they used to gather in the same room in the same room. I have sat in a demo during the project starline days, and I can vow to vow to see how perfectly life looks completely.
The HP dimension with the Google beam will be what will happen at both ends of interaction to provide you the processing power required to produce this solid 3D imagery. The setup includes six different cameras to handle video capture and a 65-inch 8k light field display to provide a True-to-Life view experience. Eventually, this will reduce the 3D effect if the person with you shrunk to the laptop display size.
In addition to realistic videos, HP dimensions also promise a great audio experience with full-deity spatial audio. The newly declared HP Poly Studio A2 Audio Bridge and Table Microphone raise your voice.
Such a setup is going to spend a lot of money – in particular, HP is charging $ 24,999 for HP dimensions with Google Beam. The price does not include the Google Beam license, which is sold separately. The setup basically works with Google Meat or Zoom, in which HP expects to add other meeting platforms over time.
At $ 24,999, you are unlikely to take an HP dimension with Google Beam for your small business or home office. This is a setup HP conference and enterprise customers are targeting customers for use in the conference and bodle room.
HP can point to studies that suggest that this expenditure is worth it for a lot of remote workers. HP, a survey conducted with the knowledge workers, found with far-flung colleagues that 73% of the respondents wanted to feel a sense of relationship with their colleagues. Certainly, interact with something that does not have a flat 2D image on a small screen, should help in that regard.
We will soon come to know after HP dimension shipping starts with Google Beam at the end of this year. The setup will initially be available in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany and Japan, with a plan to reach more markets later.
