Intro Welcome to the skilled channel and today we're
looking at some new upcoming tech.
A bunch of interesting stuff has been revealed at CES 2016.
Some of these items are like take my money please I just want it, while others are kind
of ridiculous.
Like do I really need to spend money on a smart pot that tells me when I need to water
plants?
It's a cool idea, but� $60 could buy me a brand new game.
Anyway, let's take a look at some of the best gaming relevant tech that made the headlines
at CES 2016.
08 Razer Blade Stealth Razer has always pushed the boundaries with
their laptops, attempting to pack in as much power and value as they can in to a portable
device.
The Razer Blade Stealth is the most extreme version of that proposition.
It's a 12.5� Ultrabook that runs in either 1440p or 4k depending on which model you get.
That's a really dense pixel resolution in a small package.
Boasting an i7-6500U it's pretty powerful, but there's no integrated graphics card.
The whole point is that the graphics card is separate in something Razer calls the Razer
Core.
It connects through Thunderbolt and provides dedicated desktop power graphics.
So you can have mobility and productivity during the day, but then at night you'll rock
the room playing Fallout.
Like literally this is the most insane ad I've ever seen for a laptop.
The entire world is crumbling around you because you played Fallout.
The Razer Blade Stealth looks cool, but it fits a particular audience who needs portability
but then stationary power at select times.
It's very niche.
07 Oculus Rift The Oculus Rift preorders opened up and finally
showed off their price.
For $600 you receive the headset with built in headphones, an Xbox One controller, a remote,
and the sensor.
The two games included are EVE Valkyrie which is an epic sci fi space shooter and Lucky's
Tale a 3D platformer.
The rift is officially the first VR device to release and is it worth it?
Well for $600 you could get a full gaming pc or a console with additional games.
It's up to you if you want to be an enthusiast and purchase an expensive toy with only a
few launch titles available.
I'm excited to try it, but I want to see what the competitors offer first before I pull
the trigger on a purchase.
Because I guarantee another company will come in with a cheaper price.
06 HTC Vive HTC Vive is very similar to the Rift, but
at CES they showed off the Vive Pre which is a new model that has a few new features.
The Pre has a front facing camera to detect what's going on around you.
If you move outside the realms of the sensor it will begin showing you the real world.
In addition, the Chaperone mode will let you see everything through the camera.
This allows you to play games with movement without the fear of bumping in to something
in your room.
And it lets you take a break or reset yourself without having to take the headset on and
off.
The Pre is still a dev kit and won't be exactly the same as the consumer model releasing soon.
The HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift are very similar in specs and will definitely be in
competition on the PC market.
05 Razer Nabu Watch Although Smart Watches are trending, the Razer
Nabu isn't necessarily a smart watch.
It's a wearable with a few smart functions.
It has a lot of standard features from illumninated backlit display, to countdown timers, and
bluetooth pairing.
But the highlight is the discreet notifications that come up just from raising your wrist,
showing you calls, texts, emails, and app alerts.
Of course it has obligatory fitness tracking to see how many steps you take or calories
burned.
Razer said it's made for gamers by gamers, but this one device I don't see as incredibly
useful especially for the price.
There's the standard edition at $150 and then a forged edition at $200.
Honestly the watch looks like a Casio G Shock and those can be had at much lower prices.
Not to mention they're indestructible.
G Shock is actually what I wear all the time if you noticed in my videos and that's not
going to change any time soon.
I like Razer, but this watch for gaming won't have any impact on actually playing a game.
04 Nvidia Shield Android 6.0 Nvidia revealed the latest Android update
for the Shield Android TV.
They added home screen customization options, they created a way for external storage sd
cards to be recognized as internal memory.
They brought Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance directly to the Shield.
They've added new apps for streaming 4K video.
They've added more games to the games to Geforce Now so that you can stream games like Sniper
Elite or Metal Gear Solid from the cloud.
That's a big update.
Nvidia Shield is probably the most powerful Android TV device and these new updates look
like features that make the device even easier to use with more games available.
03 Razer Stargazer Razer Stargazer is a webcam that might be
a good fit for streamers.
It captures at 720p60 frames per second or 1080p 30 frames per second.
More importantly, it has dynamic background removal, meaning you can key out your background
without having a green screen.
This is perfect for streamers who can't fit or don't want to have a cumbersome green screen
but they want to have a good looking facecam.
In addition is has 3D scanning which could potentially be used to put your face in a
game.
And there's gesture and facial recognition similar to the kinect.
Up until now the best option for webcams has always been Logitech, so it's good to see
competition drive better products even if you don't necessarily need the features in
this webcam.
02 NVIDIA Drive PX 2 Nvidia Drive PX 2 is an AI supercomputer for
autonomous cars powered by a 16nm GPU.
It's 6 times more powerful than a Geforce Titan.
And Geforce Titans cost over a thousand dollars.
Another analogy made at the conference was that its equal to 150 macbook pros.
In other words, it's a processing beast.
The automobile industry has become a major revenue driver for Nvidia, but this technology
will make it's way down to desktop graphics cards as the costs come down.
The only thing that bothers me is that Nvidia calls their autonomous car technology drivenet
which sounds too much like skynet.
01 LG Rollable TV / LG Dual TV LG showed off probably the most awe inspiring
device of the conference with a rollable TV.
The company has been experimenting with display technology from showing 55 inch paper thin
TVs to Dual View TVs that have screens on both sides.
Most of these are prototypes that we won't be able to get our hands on yet, but in the
future they may be common place.
Imagine paper thin displays on your wall and tablets that are as light as a paper.
Displays will change significantly in the future, not just in resolution but also in
form.
Outro The future looks really bright for technology
with new innovations with more powerful displays coming.
Certain things like rollable TVs are a long way off, but these other devices are going
to be ready for tech enthusiasts later this year.
Let us know in the comments if anything impressed you at CES 2016 or if you plan on picking
up any of these devices.
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