Lenovo keeps innovating with crazy new concept computing devices that sometimes make it into real production models that you can buy. The Yoga Book Pro 3D Concept is a new one that looks kind of like other Lenovo dual screen folding devices that already exist, but this one brings things to another level.
First of all, one of the screens (the top one) is a 3D display that can show things in 3D without glasses. I’m not sure exactly what the technology is, but it sounds similar to the Immersity 3D display tech. Both screens are also OLED displays with touch sensitivity, and there’s another trick in these displays: There are little plastic shapes that can be placed on the glass of the display and the software will detect the shape and load a tool specific to that physical plastic piece.
But wait, there’s more! The upper display also includes Xbox Kinect style sensors that detect hand movements in 3D space in front of the display. That means you can use three-dimensional air gestures to grab, move, resize, and control 3D objects on the screen.
It reminds me a lot of the old Leap controller from 12 years ago and how awesome that was for controlling the Windows 8 user interface. Unfortunately, modern Windows 11 is no longer designed for innovative 3D gesture controls like that, so with the Lenovo Yoga Book Pro 3D Concept, the gesture controls are going to be limited to only Lenovo’s custom software.
This laptop also has a nice fold out kickstand that will prop it up a bit in order to give a nice angle to the lower display. I also love that there’s an SD card slot for downloading videos and photos from professional camera system.