It is thin and light and 3D moves slimy.Intel® EVO ™ platform -based notebook PCs are so high performance that they can be used to create future experiences

Maybe this is a real versatile machine in the true sense.

The feeling that "the gathering is online as much as possible" that became a very common thing in the corona whirlpool.There are many things that have been transformed, but artist live may be the best.

Currently, there are various initiatives to perform live performances online, but the new live distribution platform called "Faver" is noteworthy.The Digital Creator Group "Think and Sense" has been aggressively researching and developing the latest technology and XR and has created many new spatial / three -dimensional experiences such as "Pokémon Go AR Observation Deck".It seems interesting for creators with thoughts and sensibilities crossing real and virtual to make a digital content of a live performance into digital content.

Even more interesting is the rumor that "the thin lightweight laptops that complies with the Intel® Evo ™ platform are likely to be active in their site."Intel® Evo ™ platform is a title given to a notebook PC that meets a certain specification.However, creators who make full use of video and AR have the impression of desktop PCs and gaming PCs.How is a slim notebook PC used in a world where high power is required?

So this time, I covered the production site of Think and Sense.What are the creatures we are currently doing, and how are the Intel® Evo ™ platform -based products used?We talked to Shuhei Matsuyama, director of the Think and Sense department, and Fumika Tanizaki, a creative engineer.

The era of giving up PC specifications for lightness seems to be over.

Creator group "Think and Sense" that continues to create new experiences with new technology

Please tell us about "Think and Sense" first.

Matsuyama: "Think and Sense" is the department of Ti and E Co., Ltd.Originally, it started with a vague mission of "Let's use some new technology" and has reached its sixth year this year.

で す ね From the beginning of the launch, there was a “new technology”.

Matsuyama: Yes.In addition, Think and Sense has no creative directors or planners, and is composed only by members who make something by moving so -called hands, such as designers, engineers, or dancers.

I'm doing a lot of things, but I also worked on this co -working space, for example, with "Think and Sense".From the vision of "What if you try to create a space with your current technology," is the finished "Tunnel Tokyo".

で す ね I'm still taking a picture of the interview, but what are you making today?

Matsuyama: As part of a project, we are trying to put what we were talking about in words into the video.The theme may be "the connection between the real world and the virtual world", and it may be vague, but we are trying to visualize such experiences with our own expressions.The purpose is not to submit our thoughts as a report when discussing with other companies, but to make them a video and look at it as a van.

──It's difficult to unify the image if you are a creative just a meeting.

"Intel® Evo ™ platform" so it can be used for creative work with thin and lightweight.

─ I heard that the Intel® Evo ™ platform -compliant notebook PC called “Dynabook V8/P” was used. What kind of work is used?

Matsuyama: I usually finish the ultimate production with an office workstation, and use a notebook PC to create prototypes up to that point."THINK AND SENSE" is a nori, let's make a prototype rather than creating a powerpo."Dynabook V8/P" is also active in prototyping, as he emphasizes "suggestions in a way that can be understood".

─ What kind of tools do you actually use?

Matsuyama: I use a visual programming tool called "TouchDesigner".

─ Intel® EVO ™ platform -based notebook PC is equipped with the 11th generation Intel® Core ™ processor, and the built -in graphics are Intel® IRIS® Xᵉ graphics.The high -spec feature is a common feature, but is it a processing performance that can be used for the work of Think and Sense?

Matsuyama: With "Dynabook V8/P", you can play the real -time visuals created by TouchDesigner like this with LEDs on the entire wall.

Tanizaki: The 3D game engine "Unity" I use has a mechanism for handling a large amount of particles (particles) called visual effect graphs, but I was surprised that it moved lightly.

Tanizaki: This is a party of about 40,000 pieces, but it can be drawn without being stuck.There is no complaint about processing performance!

Matsuyama: 13.If this performance is 3 inches, I am very satisfied.I don't feel stressed by using it.The notebook PC with a built -in GPU requires a very large adapter, so it was a satisfactory performance, including such a trade with such luggage and weight.Or rather, it was light and surprised.

で す ね You have one hand from the earlier.The nominal value was 979g.

Tanizaki: It was good to be able to handle it like a tablet with a 2-in-1 type.It's lighter than a tablet with a keyboard.

Matsuyama: We'll be able to make proposals and plans well, but it's hard to understand unless it's actually a moving material, so we can make a display on the other party and scroll comfortably with embedded materials.Is help.13.It is important to be able to operate the touch in 3 inch sizes.Sometimes I think it's a little smaller for a tablet.

The color of the display is also very flat and good.You can also edit photos using Lightroom with one kore.

Matsuyama: Also, the reading of external data is fast.

で す ね Because it is equipped with Thunderbolt ™ 4 ports that can connect to external devices at high speed.What kind of scene did you feel speed?

Matsuyama: In a high -end recording method, the capacity of 10 minutes of shooting data may be 50GB.Basically, it is recorded on the external SSD, so it is often the case that you read it on a PC as it is.So, Thunderbolt ™ 4, which can read large -capacity data without hesitation, was encouraging.I don't feel the slowness peculiar to external connection.Until now, I had to copy it locally, but it was becoming unnecessary.

What I'm aiming for now is "Democratization of Virtual Live"

─ What kind of service is the “FAVER” that is newly challenged now?

Matsuyama: In short, it is a virtual live distribution service.I think that the music distribution service in virtual has increased at a stretch due to the corona evil, but the character of "FAVER" is that "Faver" in the platform supports the live vision of the artist that the artist wants to realize.There is.

In the case of a real live, the live house lends a haco (venue) to the artist.So it is up to the artist to what kind of show to do.This scheme is the same even if the live house is replaced with a virtual live distribution platform.The platform side only offers a platform.

─ If an artist wants to perform live at Budokan, it is the role of the artist's staff to work out the live production and composition, and the Budokan just lends the Budokan.Even if it is online distribution, it will not change.

Matsuyama: If you are a big artist, you can make a large -scale production by investing a budget for the virtual live, but it is still costly.I hope that we can realize a virtual live that reduces costs while expressing our creative and artist.

で す ね “FAVER” will provide a place when you want to do your own virtual live, and to think about directing and using the skills together.

Matsuyama: That's right."FAVER" does not make the sound quality and the resolution of the video.These are competition for how much the equipment costs.I hope it will create new value in the other parts and become attractive for artists.

In other words, the aim is democratization of virtual live.In virtual, I think that sharp live productions can only be done by platforms and artists.

You can carry a heavy creative Windows lightly

── Let the story return to the equipment.The OS mounted on "Dynabook V8/P" is Windows, but what is Windows for Think and Sense?

Matsuyama: There are software that only works on Windows, so it is inevitably needed there.

Tanizaki: Due to the compatibility of the device, if you want to do VR, it may be Windows choice now.

Matsuyama: I think the strength of Windows is a task that requires gutsli operations.It is a field where Windows has been around for a long time, and it is also the real -time part that we value.It is a heavy creative that asks such real -time properties.I think Windows can leave it there.

─ Finally, what kind of PC is "Dynabook V8/P" from Matsuyama?

Matsuyama: The most surprising thing is the balance between lightness and specifications.I've always used gaming PCs, and it was natural that it was high power but heavy.There was a lightweight and low -specification notebook PC, but I let go of that.

── Light is light, but stress is better.

Matsuyama: "Dynabook V8/P" is surprised that it is not there.The specifications and lightness are exceeded to your request, and the perfection is simple.The greatest strength is that there is no drawback as a PC that can be carried every day.

To be honest, it was a very interesting environment from the "Tunnel Tokyo" at the interview place, and the motto of "Think and Sense" that created this place is very cool, with new techniques and people who move hands.thought.You can get a glimpse of the stoic for creative.

The performance of "Dynabook V8/P" was more than I imagined.If 3DCG software and video editing can be moved comfortably with such a light notebook, why is the machine you want to keep near the first side for creators?So, if you're not a creator, it's an ant for those who want a high -performance PC?

I can use it at the THINK AND SENSE site.

Source: Intel, Dynabook, Think and Sense, Faver