As a white-collar worker who "gets up and down tens of millions every minute", every time I look up information and make forms, I wish the screen could be as big as a wall. So we can also understand why Microsoft's previous giant tablet Surface Hub, even at the beginning of $8999 (about 62000 yuan), is still in short supply.
However, as a giant touch tablet, the Surface Hub was hammered out by Sony Xperia Touch in terms of product form. Sony added touch function to projection to realize a more portable and diversified touch experience of giant screen, and quickly added it to the "Sony Payroll Recovery Plan", Shenghui 1499 euros (about 12000 yuan).
Then in May this year, Puppy Robot released the puppet cube (Chinese name: light shadow magic screen), which is very similar to Xperia Touch, and it was officially launched on September 19. We also got the first DLP ultra short focus AI touch projection that we claimed to be the first in China, and experienced a wave of future life that turned all planes into touch screens.
parameter
3D 132 * 86 * 213mm, weight 1.6kg
Delphi DLP+FFO optics, center brightness 300 lumens
Projection ratio 0.39: 11280 * 720, vertical projection 23 inches, horizontal projection 60-100 inches
Mstar 6A938 (dual core A72+dual core A53, Mali T820MP3）
4G memory+32G storage
55Wh battery, 2.5 hours of life
Ten touch, 10W dual speakers, multi array microphones support voice wake-up
Puppy UI system
Focus, this is the mobile ultra short focal projection with touch . Compared with Sony Xperia Touch, its brightness, array microphone and endurance are crushing, while its memory and system are stronger (Sony is a native system, and its voice assistant is disabled in China). Sony, as a predecessor, is not useless. Its resolution is slightly higher, lighter, and has a camera and TF card expansion. Dafa even reserved a slot for the SIM card.
Puppy Cube has made many practical adjustments on the basis of Sony's "martyr product" , enhanced brightness, endurance and voice operation, replaced by a more grounded customized UI. The puffy cube also has an enhanced version of the puffy cube s. In addition to the obviously different appearance design, the main change is that the brightness is increased to 400 lumens, and the storage is doubled to 64G.
Appearance design
The surface of the pure black package has a special touch, which is quite smooth, with thick cushioning materials inside. Accessories are similar to intelligent projection: metal integrated remote control 19V3A (57W) output power supply, and mirco USB data cable for remote control charging.
The fuselage adopts sandwich structure, and the front is a whole piece of glass cover plate. There is no uneven lens, so it is very convenient to take care of and move around. The coating under the glass is similar to the treatment of the back cover of a mobile phone. It can reflect light longitudinally from different angles. I think this "colorful black" design is OK.
The projection port on the top, from left to right, is an infrared camera (to capture user operations), a projection lens and a focusing camera (auto focusing and trapezoidal correction). The setting of large and small eyes is inexplicably pleasing. At the bottom of the black panel, there is a very hidden infrared projector.
The different colors of the breath light strip are used to prompt the status of the power and voice operation
On the side is a large area of speakers and a cooling grid. The switch on the top is symmetrically placed with the focusing camera. In the middle is a volume adjustment button in the shape of plus or minus, followed by a hidden interactive light strip.
The back seems to be silent and special, but it is actually a sliding cover structure. The power supply and expansion interface are enclosed inside. The setting of black outside and red inside is very annoying. From left to right are power, HDMI, USB and 3.5mm headphone connectors. This is the first projection product that deliberately hides the USB flash disk and wire interface. It must be an obsessive compulsive designer.
The remote control is also very high class. The whole body is a seamless piece of brushed stainless steel. The buttons are made as if they are frosted glass. They are very handsome and textured.
Usage and touch experience
Touch projection like puppet cube can turn almost all planes into touch screens. This is a very dark technology. In principle, it is very simple, that is, ultra short focal projection+infrared touch.
Infrared touch is similar to the previously popular laser keyboard in principle. It projects a thin light film through the infrared transmitter at the bottom of the body. When opaque objects such as fingers pass by, the specific position is captured by the infrared camera next to the projection lens, and then positioned as a specific position of the screen. However, it is difficult to make touch accurate, fast and not easy to touch by mistake. Even Sony Xperia Touch is not very sensitive to touch feedback.
The first is the 0.39:1 ultra short focus projection effect. When powered on, there is no precaution. A 23 inch, 60 cm long and 38 cm wide screen is directly projected on the table. The picture is about 10 cm away from the body. Including the body and the projection picture, it needs a width of about 60 cm. It can be fully displayed on most writing desks and even small round tables.
Rendering of white table, white wall, iron table, gray floor and wooden table
In terms of brightness, the official standard is 300 lumens, and the third gear is adjustable. The size of the 23 inch vertical projection is not large for projection, so even in the light, medium brightness is enough. If you use a desktop that is close to white, you should even adjust it to the lowest brightness.
If it is used horizontally (put down the machine and project the wall as a desktop), and put it on a 60-100 inch screen for PPT demonstration, then you have to close the curtains or turn off the lights. Maybe because of different projection principles, the 720P projection screen is not as obvious as expected, and even a bit high-definition.
The projection effect on the dark wood table, the interface seems to be integrated into the wood
On the wooden table, these originally patterned planes are like science fiction movies. The originally black system UI is easily integrated with real objects. If the interface is white, the effect is similar to digging a hole in the desk and inserting a 23 inch monitor. The tables and stalls that we used to have become high-tech (My desk is perfect...)
Multi touch keyboard typing
But the most shocking thing is the feeling brought by these "touch screens" made of different materials. The operation response can completely be "fake", giving people the illusion that "the desktop responds to touch". Depending on the projection surface, the touch of your "touch screen" may be wood, floor stand, marble, cement, plastic or fabric, or even frosted glass or metal. Use the dialogue of the first character D to describe it as "point, type", really fragrant.
Double Finger Scale and Rotate
The click response of the push cube is very fast. The click, long press, slide and double finger zoom are the same. After a few minutes, you will soon forget that your desk is just an ordinary table. This operation is a bit AR virtual reality, and you can experience AR without wearing a helmet.
Number of touch points test (some test software can even measure 11 touch points)
But as the above principle says, this infrared touch is very similar to KTV's infrared touch screen song order machines. What they recognize is not your click, but obstacles with a height of 1 or 2 mm on the projection surface. When you touch the projection surface, it has actually recognized your action, so the projection surface cannot be too prominent or curved, otherwise it will affect the image shape and touch.
Projection angle: The ultra short focus image of the puppet cube has a wide range of adaptation. It can automatically make image correction when it tilts forward about 45 degrees and backward about 135 degrees. However, because touch control is designed for vertical projection and horizontal projection against the wall, it must be remotely operated through Bluetooth when used from other angles;
Focusing and trapezoidal correction: When the forward and backward tilt is too large, the push cube will project an auxiliary focusing picture, and complete auto focusing and trapezoidal correction. Focusing and correction take about 5 seconds, and the speed is average, but the adjustment effect is better than most projection products. If the moving position causes the picture to be crooked, let it tilt forward and trigger the automatic correction to solve the problem by itself. Manual adjustment is not necessary.
Portable office screen projection
Gangzhen, from the perspective of use, the puppet cube is actually like a substitute for the iPad. In exhibition halls, restaurants/restaurants KTV、 Bars, hospitals, classrooms, conference rooms, etc., and almost all public entertainment places where iPad can play a role, the ultra short focus touch products like putty cube will be more cool and eye-catching substitutes. In the personal test, even in our technology companies, its return rate is more than 200%.
As a projection, everyone's first thought should be the conference presentation. The horizontal projection mode of the puppet cube is set for this purpose. In fact, it is to place the machine 90 degrees down, and then use the wall as a desktop projection. In theory, there is no upper limit for the size of the horizontal projection (if the distance and brightness are enough), but because it is an ultra short focal projection, the projection ratio is very large, about 40cm away from the wall, and the picture exceeds 70 inches. In a narrow conference room, the picture as large as the whole wall can be projected.
The bottom layer of the putty cube system is Android, which can be compatible with Apple airplay, DLNA/miracast and other projection methods. The speaker does not need to transfer PPT, but directly streams the images of his computer or mobile phone to the putty cube, which also saves the trouble of keeping PPT files confidential.
If the projection is the courseware, the familiar scene really makes people can't help but want to take out the three-year college entrance examination five-year simulation, and then stay for an afternoon.
Replace the iPad in the kitchen
In addition to the very different appearance and function implementation methods, the puppet UI system of the puppet cube is also very fresh. "The new version of the ship that has never been shot in Jiesili", various rounded rectangles and frosted glass effects, are still very stylish.
Puppy kitchen and homepage (gif image compression leads to color distortion)
On the left side of the home page is the second screen officially called "puppet kitchen", in which various recipes are based on the database of bean and fruit food and rosemary, claiming that the video and graphic recipes are more than 100000. For many new kitchen gods who are accustomed to using iPads to teach cooking, what is the most annoying thing? Of course, they are both hands of food sauce, and then the screen of the iPad is full of oil and salt powder. Moreover, the iPad is not waterproof, so it will be decorated if you are not careful.
The puppet cube is a projection, and the "touch screen" is the kitchen table. The "screen" is not afraid of being dirty, and can be easily clicked and waterproof. In the "puppet kitchen", you can watch the menu tutorial of video+picture and text, and you can also slide left to return to the home page at any time. When making Boston lobster, those who have to wait for a few minutes for the curing process can go back to the home page to arrange the schedule of the day and watch other videos.
Children's education and entertainment
An iPad is not only a good instant noodle cover and kitchen recipe, but also a very classic child education tool. In terms of children's education, the push cube also wins in product form. The advantage of the puppet cube here is also derived from the projection feature. Children don't know how important it is, so they don't panic about smashing and licking the screen. In addition, the giant 23 inch screen is not afraid of driving children into myopia.
This large screen touch screen device is a natural teaching and gaming device. The official made the third page of the home page a leisure zone, with four games, namely, King of Opera (which supports up to four people), Otto Adventure (which is the ski producer), duel (a series of war puzzle games) and Piggy Page (which is actually a graffiti app).
Counting children's war puzzle game
Officially, there are more than 50000 children resources in the children's desktop, including the baby bus and Bewa nursery rhymes in the video direction, and Wukong Pinyin/Wukong Literacy in the interactive education direction.
In addition, the system resources of Puppy Cube are very open, and because of its special category, it seems that it is not affected by the content control of Internet TV. Its pre installed products are AZ Market and Dangbei. You can also use a USB flash drive to directly read and install the third-party apk. Any child education app on the Android platform can be installed at will.
Battle games
The most sensual duel in the built-in game is very suitable for lovers and users who plan to become lovers (manual comic). Even just playing with friends on the plane, I can't help thinking back to the passionate years when I just bought the switch and went to parties to find friends to play games with.
Full size "playing the piano"
"Giant Screen" Fruit Ninja
And after the large touch screen, it is used to play the fruit ninja and the piano in those days. You don't have to worry about running out of the screen when you draw. There are also full-size keys, which will be a completely different experience in many games.
Screen out AI speaker and others
The push cube also has a very interesting setting. After the machine "turns off the screen", it will directly enter the voice standby state and become a smart speaker. It uses the AIUI of iFLYTEK at the University of Science and Technology. Through the "Hello Buddy" wake-up call, normal voice controlled singing, weather/news consultation and simple dialogue are all OK. It is equipped with a multi microphone array and supports voice wake-up. In addition, it can also interrupt in the process of playing music like the current smart speakers. It is suitable for controlling music playing or chatting with children.
In addition to being unable to take it to bed, the product form of the puppet cube can actually provide more practical uses than the iPad, and even it is quite cool just as a bedside alarm clock. It is also convenient to get up every day and take a look at the weather and to-do list, modify the alarm clock by voice before going to bed, or use voice assistant to write down the inspiration in the middle of the night.
The performance and endurance are briefly reported at the end. The push cube is equipped with Mstar 6A938. Now most high-end smart TVs and laser TVs are equipped with it. However, unlike TVs/projectors that are generally equipped with 2/3G memory, the push cube is equipped with 4G memory throughout the system, so the smoothness is very good. The built-in 55Wh battery is officially claimed to run for 150 minutes. It is measured that the video is played in the highlight mode, and the endurance is nearly 2 hours. A group of people go out to play. They plan to take the machine to watch a movie or do a PowerPoint demonstration. They don't even need to take the power out.
summary
Recipe Tutorial of Puppy Kitchen
Sony is still the same Sony that "cut and fill". After Sony Xperia Touch showed us the possibility of ultra short focus touch projection, it left us a lot of regrets. At such a high price, there is only 3G memory+native system. Regardless of the problems such as voice assistant being castrated in China and being dragged down by cancer applications, its touch sensitivity, endurance and brightness are also some minor problems.
It's just unexpected that our domestic manufacturers will hand over perfect and usable products earlier. The availability and completion of the puppet cube are half higher than that of Sony Xperia Touch. Ultra short focus touch projection has more iPad experience in kitchen, children's education, and office interaction. It is a very dark technology product with excellent packaging effect. Whether in the office or in the coffee shop, almost all passers-by can't help but come to watch and experience.
Of course, the puppet cube cannot be perfect. With a 720P resolution similar to Sony's, a 4-grid power display and a price of 7999 yuan, many users may say "Excuse me" , you want to cheat me to spend money? Are you demons?
But I have to say that after the outbreak of smart products in 2014, I haven't seen such a disruptive experience for a long time. A group of people played the war games without thinking. They reviewed playing the piano and cutting fruit by themselves. They found different experiences in the functions they thought they were familiar with. The corners of their mouth smiled unconsciously, and then their eyes were moist. Really, good technology itself can bring happiness.
After experiencing the pure happiness that is sweeter than first love, I think it is worth the price.
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