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AR and VR become more intermingled than ever

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 ...

Nvidia wants a place in your home, heart, car, and cloud

AI provdes the vehicle for GPUs everywhere AI continues to be the major focus for Nvidia today. They’re not alone. At CES, Jen Hsun Huang outlined how AI has already come to be an important ...

VR at CES

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 ...

Chasing the pixel at the carnival

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 ...

Computing on the cheap

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 ...

Qualcomm builds out

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 ...

Crazy Talk: the Razer Valerie and friends

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 ...

Dassault Systemès opts for VR

For the personal CAVE experience Dassault Systemès is at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, demonstrating how its “3DEsperience” approach to engineering can take advantage of the new generation of business oriented headmounted display ...

AMD’s Vega takes center stage at CES

AMD’s hopes ride on this latest graphics chip Timed with the close of the holiday season, with vendors and customers alike getting back to business for the new year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has ...