Dell Venue 8 7000 Hands-On: Brilliant Screen, 3D Camera

Dell Venue 8 7000 Hands-On: Brilliant Screen, 3D Camera
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SAN FRANCISCO — Intel’s RealSense technology is finally going mainstream, with the release of the Dell Venue 8 7000, the first device to come with the depth-sensing, 3D camera built-in. We’ve seen gesture control, facial recognition and 3D scanning demos of Intel’s depth-sensing technology in add-on webcams and developer kits on Windows for a couple of years now, starting with its Creative Senz3D camera and moving on to this year’s RealSense camera. However, the Venue 8 7000 places the dual-lens camera on the back of an Android slate, opening up a whole new world of possibilities. We had a chance to spend a few moments with a Dell Venue 8 7000 and, though we did not get to use the camera during that time, we were very impressed with the tablet’s sleek design, eye-popping OLED screen and smooth performance.
The first thing we noticed on the Dell Venue 8 7000 with battery like dell Inspiron 1750N battery, dell Inspiron 14 battery, dell Inspiron 1750 battery, dell G5266 battery, dell Latitude C640 battery, dell 1691P battery, dell 75UYF battery, dell Latitude D610 battery, dell Inspiron 1100 battery, dell Inspiron 5100 battery, dell Latitude D600 battery, dell Latitude D620 batteryis its absolutely gorgeous, 8.4-inch display. A background wallpaper image of a mountain scene seemed to come alive on the 2560 x 1600, OLED panel with brilliant greens, blues and beiges. Dark areas or the picture were particularly rich, perhaps because OLED technology offers the most accurate shades of black. This just might be the best screen we’ve seen on any tablet, but we’d have to put the Venue 8 7000 next to the Galaxy Tab S 8.4, our previous favorite, to find out.
The Venue 8 7000 is one of the thinnest tablets on the market, with a thickness of just 6mm and it’s also one of the most attractive. The bottom and side bezels around the screen are incredibly thin, but the thick top panel makes room for a large, front-facing camera and provides the perfect place for gripping on the tablet. The back is a subtle gray color (we don’t yet know what material it’s made from) , which lends a unique and tasteful touch. Interestingly, the RealSense camera, which has two lenses, is just a thin stripe while another, 8-MP lens is there for taking regular still pictures and videos.
Though we didn’t get to try the RealSense camera personally, we were able to see some of its features in action during the IDF 2014 keynote, when Intel CEO Bryan Krzanich and Michael Dell teamed up to demonstrate the Venue 8 7000. Kraznich showed how a photo he took with the Venue 8 was divided by depth so he could selectively turn a section in the foreground black and white while trees in the background remained in color.
Dell showed a photo that he took of the Golden Gate bridge, with a fisherman standing in the foreground and then used the built-in editing software to change the focus and blur either the bridge or the man by tapping on the appropriate parts of the image. He then switched to a photo of a couch he had taken and demonstrated how the software could tell him the length of the couch, helping him determine whether or not it would fit in his room. An Intel rep later told us that he’d used the tablet to take a photo of himself and that it accurate determined his height.
In the past, we’ve seen RealSense cameras enable extremely accurate gesture control, allow users to 3D model their faces and put them onto avatars, and empower podcasters to remove their bodies from the background without a green screen. Unfortunately, most of these uses are unlikely with the Venue 8 7000 because the camera is back-facing. However, the front-facing RealSense webcams we’ve seen aren’t much good for taking photos of the world around you so it’s a trade-off.
In order to handle all this 3D photography (and play some games), the Dell Venue 8 7000 is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom “Moorefield” CPU, which promises long battery and strong performance. The tablet comes loaded with a fairly stock version of Android 4.4 KitKat, which performed smoothly in our brief time with the device. The company’s proprietary Dell Gallery app is what enables users to take advantage of the RealSense camera, editing photos with different depths or measuring objects.
The Dell Venue 8 7000 is due out in November, with pricing still not announced.
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