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Product #1 (PC gaming suddenly hot at CES 2014)
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These
machines will be simple Steam OS set-top boxes, while others are (more
expensive) small-chassis gaming PCs that will also dual-boot into Windows. The
entire Steam Machine concept and ecosystem is still unproven, but it has the
potential to really disrupt PC gaming, especially when combined with Valve's
inventive new PC game controller.
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Getting
hands (or eyes) on with it again, the generation-to-generation change is
impressive. Turning around in your chair and looking behind you to reveal a
panoramic virtual world while wearing the headset was unexpectedly
mind-blowing. When will a consumer version be ready? What games will support
it? What will the PC hardware requirements be? The list of questions about Oculus
is just as big as its potential.
Product #2 (Lumus DK40 smartglasses are your
personal HUD)
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The Lumus
DK40 is a frame that has more than a passing
resemblance to Google Glass, yes, and it does project information on a surface. Yet Lumus,
the company behind the yellow, orange, and slate-colored frames, isn't trying
to sell the glasses at all. Instead, the Israeli-based company is trying to
sell the optics.
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While many
of the other smart glasses here at the show used plastic lenses that obscured
my vision, this was crystal clear. And rather than looking at a semi-blurry
square image, Lumus' smart frames cast a blue image of any shape in the center
of the field of vision for your right eye.
Product #3 (ZTE's quirky Projector
Hotspot offers Wi-Fi, battery power, and big images in one)
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The
ZTE Projector Hotspot. Part charger, personal hot spot, and image projector,
this device is one of several products (including the Grand
S II and two
Nubia handsets) that ZTE is showcasing at this year's
conference. Though no official pricing has been announced yet, the Chinese
mobile company confirmed that the Projector Hotspot will be available in the US later this year.
Work Cited
"CES 2014." CNET. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2014. <http://ces.cnet.com/>.
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