Microsoft isn’t the only company to want it all, flexible envionmnents that combine VR and AR to equal MR. It can be argued that there are applications and usage models that draw a sharp line between the technologies. For instance in Industry the isolation of VR doesn’t make sense, people need to be aware of there surroundings. Also, we’d say … Read more
If you’ve introduced a new, or even not quite new VR headset, CES was the place to be so you could see the twenty or so competitors you’ll be facing, and the hundred or so mildly interested potential customers. Maybe not a great use of precious start-up dollars. On the other hand, fools rush in where wise men fear to … Read more
So many pixels, so little time The annual body and budget breaking carnival known as CES is a gathering of pixel pushers, catchers, and crunchers. Some companies participate in more than one category. That’s fine with us, not many pixels we’ve met that we didn’t like. So here is our summary, in alphabetical order, of what we thought was interesting … Read more
Why? Because we can. At CES, Miraxess launched The Mirabook, a clamshell device with a 13- inch HD screen that accepts (via USB) a smartphone and becomes an extension screen and keyboard, suggesting the smartphone can be your laptop. The premise being that many people are already using their smartphone as their primary device, so for those situations where you … Read more
Plans to ride 5G into new markets Qualcomm is finding new jobs for the Snapdragon and at CES demonstrated the chip at work in drones, medical devices, in cars, and phones. CEO Steve Mollenkopf opened up his CES presentation with new about the upcoming Snapdragon 835, but the workhorses for this year’s CES are the Snapdragon 820 and WHAT??? The … Read more
Razer is the extremist of the gaming hardware companies, and that’s saying something. This year the company won awards for two prototypes, Project Ariana and Project Valerie. Project Ariana is a projector that fills the gamer’s room with a widescreen projection to augment the PC gaming experience. Razer’s project Chroma is a further complement to building ambiance as colored keyboard … Read more
We heard the AMD RX 480 AIB did better in DX12 than the Nvidia GTX 1080 AIB did, so we tried to make a comparative test of the two boards in DX 11 and DX 12 benchmarks.
Intel Futurist, Brian David Johnson speaks with author Jon Peddie about his story contribution to the Tomorrow Project Anthology, Imagining the Future and Building It.
Microsoft unifies PC & xbox one
