Dell presented three new concepts: Flow, Pari and Stanza, with the aim of changing the way we work and facilitate our uses.
The pinnacle of tech is when it disappears. When its use becomes natural and frictionless, don’t think about it anymore. When it’s there and it works without action on our part. Dell therefore imagines the future of tomorrow entirely wireless.
Concept Flow: the wireless office
Concept Flow is a solution envisaged to make the cables disappear from our lives. A desk capable of inductively recharging everything on it (mouse, keyboard, smartphone, headphones, but also and above all the laptop), as well as a Wi-Fi 6E connection to simply unify it. When you arrive at a station including a screen / keyboard / mouse combo, all you have to do is put your PC down to easily take control of the whole thing without any wires. Proximity sensors take care of disconnecting all this when you move away.
It then becomes easy to move from one position to another and to work really flexibly. Dell says this view is “more than an ideaAnd that it is currently being refined with the help of its partners. Of course, do not wait for this kind of installation from next year, it may take a little time …
Concept Pari: the webcam reinvented
Since the rise of teleworking in 2020, the webcam has become an essential part of our facilities. And yet, these have changed little over the past decade. It is always about a small camera which is installed on a screen, with more or less microphones, more or less pixels and more or less light. With Pari, Dell wants to revolutionize the sector.
Concept Pari is a wireless webcam that you can position wherever you want … until you attach it to the screen. No more annoying shots where your interlocutor is looking at a small box in a corner of his screen, he could correctly fix his webcam in the middle of his screen to give the impression that he is really looking at you. Then simply reposition it on its base posted above the monitor to recharge it.
Of course, this does not work with all screens – for the moment at least – which therefore implies a fairly substantial renewal for a simple webcam.
Stanza Concept: Note Taking Made Easy
Dell’s latest concept is certainly the least interesting, since it adds something instead of removing it. This is a portless tablet serving as a remote and portable screen for your computer. Designed with a stylus, it allows you to take notes quickly, including vocally, thanks to the microphone built into the stylus. However, it is difficult not to see here a somewhat superfluous competitor to the smartphone that you always have with you …
It remains to be seen now whether these concepts will emerge or if they are just visions that are a little too enthusiastic. A first clue will perhaps be given at CES 2022 if the world n ° 3 of the portable PC presents its ideas to the public.
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