Over the past few days, we’ve been invited by MSI to take a tour of their production site in Shenzhen, China. NotDjey has shared some of the content in the ‘ live-event ‘ section of our Discord(join in), but we know that the brand is working on some crazy stuff, including the MEG Vision X AI.
MEG Vision X AI: a PC with a front screen, AI and big configurations!
To put it crudely, what we have here is a desktop machine assembled as standard by MSI. Although the exact configurations are not yet known, we do know that they will be based on a Core Ultra 200, backed up by the famous NPU to accelerate AI-related tasks. The (brief) technical details presented to us clearly show that these PCs will also be equipped with the new graphics cards… Which raises the question of an arrival date of 2024 or 2025.
Nevertheless, the special feature of this model is its case, and more particularly its front panel. As you can see, it features a huge front-mounted screen. This screen will be used for a whole host of things, hardware monitoring tasks comes to mind first. MSI talks about AI HMI or AI-driven Human Machine Interface.
Naturally, this will be managed by the brand’s flagship software: MSI Center. Thanks to it, you’ll be able to manage everything from hardware monitoring to audio/multimedia controllers, not forgetting weather forecasts and WiFi/Bluetooth management, for example.
What’s more, the interface can be customised, with wallpapers generated using Microsoft Designer, Midjourney or Stable Diffusion, for example. Depending on the application profile, the screen will react by displaying different designs and interfaces, whether you’re playing a game, at work, or whatever. Finally, we’re also talking about the integration of a chatbox that would work 100% locally, without the need for an Internet connection.
In short, here’s a more concrete use case for AI on our PCs. Ultimately, it would enhance the interaction we can have with our PCs. It remains to be seen whether or not you’ll have any use for it.
