Two Demos That Were Jaw-Droppingly Fantastic

The Cell World Congress 2024 occasion in Barcelona had tons of of exhibitors from all around the world. I noticed and skilled a couple of dozens of those – from smartphones to full-fledged speaking humanoids. There have been versatile shows, bendable idea telephones and clear laptops, however two tech demos had my jaw drop, fairly actually.

MediaTek SDXL Turbo: Textual content-To-Picture AI Engine

MediaTek had a demo gadget to showcase SDXL Turbo utilizing the Dimensity 9300 SoC. The text-to-image AI is on-device and generates photographs in actual time as you kind. They aren’t real-looking however the velocity at which it generates new photographs is mind-blowing.

As you’ll be able to see within the video above, the picture is dynamic and adjustments with each phrase (typically characters) as you’re typing. I entered a foolish immediate, which began with Goku however I spotted making him battle could be too straightforward, so my subsequent phrase was kissing. I added some extra aptitude to it by typing Pikachu and in Paris subsequently to make the AI immediate Goku kissing Pikachu in Paris. The tip consequence was humorous. Nonetheless, there isn’t any phrase on when it should arrive in your cellphone.

Honor Magic Capsule demo: Eye-Monitoring For Telephones

Honor’s Magic 6 Professional features a characteristic known as Magic Capsule. It’s like Dynamic Island however as an alternative of displaying a notification routinely in a reside exercise type of view, it tracks your eye to know the place you’re looking. As soon as noticed, it reveals you the notification content material. Sounds easy, proper? It’s! However Honor showcased the demo in an incredible means.

The corporate had a automobile related to the Magic 6 Professional. I calibrated my eyes inside a couple of seconds and managed a automobile simply by my cellphone. I began the engine, moved it backwards and forwards, and turned the engine off – with a couple of stares. It should be famous that this carried out was for demo functions solely, and it’s not one of many use circumstances of Magic Capsule.

Whereas the Magic 6 Professional is now accessible globally, this characteristic is but to roll out as a result of Honor continues to be coaching it for a greater diversity of eyes. It really works by monitoring your eyes with the assistance of the cellphone’s Time-of-Flight (ToF) sensor.

It will likely be attention-grabbing to see how Magic Capsule and MediaTek’s SDXL Turbo adapt and provides us new methods to work together with our telephones.

I additionally appreciated the Tecno Pocket Go AR glasses. The corporate had Cyberpunk 2077 operating on it with a controller in my fingers. The unbelievable half was the power to set my eye energy with a rotating slider on the highest corners of each the edges. It is likely one of the sharpest AR screens I’ve tried to this point.

I additionally interacted with the Lenovo laptop computer idea with a clear display. It wasn’t as sharp or vivid because the one I noticed from Samsung at CES final month, and it looks as if it’ll stay an idea. The rollable show ideas from Tecno and Samsung appeared extra sensible, and ones I’m rooting for.