HP reveals its Google Beam-powered 3D video conferencing device

Recap: The dream of a truly sci-fi-style communication device is finally here. Two years after Google revealed its Project Starline video booth, the company announced its rebranding as Google Beam last month. Now, HP has announced the technology will form the basis of the HP Dimension.

Before anyone gets excited about the prospect of taking these 3D video calls at home, note that the HP Dimension is an enterprise product with a price to match: $24,999.

The device, which HP says is designed to enable true-to-life virtual collaboration, has been developed in partnership with Google. It uses six high-speed cameras to capture the speaker from different angles. The visual data is fed into Google's volumetric video model, which blends the streams into one to create a life-like 3D image of the speaker moving at 60fps. It also tracks viewers' head movements to show the image at the correct ...