AI HMI Walkthrough from Setup to Advanced Features

In today's fast-paced digital world, seamless interaction between users and machines is more important than ever. Advanced industries, including space exploration and electric vehicles, utilize touchscreens as control centers to provide intuitive user experiences. Inspired by this, MSI introduces AI HMI—an intuitive, feature-packed interface designed to enhance user experience and boost efficiency. Whether you're a gamer, a professional, a content creator, or a multitasking enthusiast, AI HMI simplifies control and customization like never before. Let’s dive into its features and setup to see how you can make the most of this innovative technology.

Experience intuitive control with AI HMI on MSI’s MEG Vision X AI

The AI HMI solution includes a 13-inch Full HD IPS touchscreen and a tailor-made AI HMI app, paired with a built-in speaker and dual microphones for enhanced interaction. This enables AI HMI to support the ever-growing ecosystem of AI applications, providing a rich and intuitive interface for seamless user engagement.

The AI HMI solution includes a built-in speaker, microphone, 13'' FHD touchscreen, and a tailor-made app.

Unlike competitors that require an HDMI connection to power their built-in panels, AI HMI is powered by an integrated GPU, freeing up VGA video output ports for external displays—giving it a clear edge over the competition.

AI HMI uses the integrated GPU, allowing full use of the graphics card's video outputs.

Setting up AI HMI is a breeze. To begin, navigate to Gaming Gear in MSI Center and enable the Auto-startup option. This ensures AI HMI launches automatically each time you power on your PC. Once enabled, simply click Launch AI HMI, and you're ready to explore its capabilities.

The AI HMI interface is designed with 6 easy-to-use touch controls:

1. Brightness Control – Adjust AI HMI touchscreen brightness with a simple tap and slider.

Use the slider to adjust the brightness of the AI HMI touchscreen to your preference.

2. RGB Lighting Control – Turn your VISION system’s RGB lighting on or off instantly.
3. Screen Backlight Switch – Disable the AI HMI touchscreen with a tap and bring it back just as easily with another tap.
4. AI HMI Minimize Button– Minimize AI HMI and restore it via a floating icon.

Tap the Gold-Black triangle floating icon, default on the top-left side, to bring AI HMI back onto the screen.

5. Animated Wallpaper Control – Start or stop animated wallpapers to match your style.
6. Advanced Customization – Personalize themes, colors, and wallpapers to make AI HMI truly yours.

Tap the 6^th icon to bring up the customization panel for more theme adjustments.

7. This icon allows you to view all widgets at a glance.

a. This button adjusts the Floating Icon size, offering three different options.
b. The Brightness button allows you to fine-tune the AI HMI touchscreen brightness.
c. This section displays the default profiles—four preset options are available, and you can create a new profile by clicking the “+” icon at the bottom.
d. Click this button to customize the appearance of AI HMI.
e. Duplicate an existing profile to create a new one.
f. Click this button to reset the selected profile to its default settings.
g. After clicking “+”, the selected function will be added as a widget to the AI HMI touchscreen.
h. This section displays the widgets within the selected profile. A “V” icon next to a function indicates the availability of advanced settings.

AI HMI offers four default modes, each optimized for different tasks. It is highly intuitive—automatically detecting active applications and seamlessly switching between modes to enhance your experience.

For example, when you open a productivity tool, AI HMI switches to Work Mode with a matching wallpaper and widget settings. The widgets also come with preset configurations tailored to each scenario.

When you open a Word file, AI HMI automatically switches to Work Mode.

However, users can manually assign apps to specific modes or disable auto-switching for a consistent experience.

One of AI HMI's main purposes is control—keeping everything under control. AI HMI isn’t just about aesthetics; it also enhances functionality. With the proper USB connections to an MSI gaming monitor, users gain access to OSD (On-Screen Display) controls, allowing for quick adjustments to brightness, color gamut settings, and more.

Connect a USB Type-A to the MEG Vision X AI and a USB Type-B to the MSI gaming monitor to operate the monitor functions

This feature is only supported on select MSI gaming monitors. The supported models are listed below.

List of supported models for OSD control function.

Here is the OSD control UI on AI HMI, but the available functions vary by monitor model.

For hardware enthusiasts, AI HMI also provides real-time system monitoring without the need for third-party apps. Expand the system info panel to track essential hardware stats, and customize which details are displayed via MSI Center.

In MSI Center, you can select which hardware details to show on AI HMI.

AI HMI can function as a second display, making it perfect for multitasking. Simply drag windows onto the screen to monitor real-time data, social feeds, or additional applications while staying focused on your main monitor.

The browser has already moved to AI HMI and can be operated by touch.

AI HMI also supports one-click software launching. By adding apps to the Favorite widget in MSI Center, users can instantly open frequently used programs with a tap.

Follow the steps above to add a new app to My Favorite for one-click launch. However, only .exe and .html files can be added.

To further personalize the experience, users can upload custom wallpapers and animated backgrounds. Whether using images or videos, AI HMI allows full customization. For those who love RGB synchronization, enable 'HMI Glow Sync' in the Mystic Light widget to seamlessly match the surrounding RGB lighting with the AI HMI wallpaper.

MEG Vision X AI's RGB lighting seamlessly syncs with the AI HMI wallpaper, creating an immersive experience.

Learn more:
Product page: https://msi.gm/megvisionxai2nd
AI HMI manual: https://msi.gm/S815DA07
AI HMI tutorial: https://youtu.be/dj-MBVFCuQ4?si=dC2GuW1bAGRjejUA

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