Video game players will get a chance to try out a virtual version of Toyota's new concept sports car that was unveiled in Detroit as a symbol of the automaker's design future, the company said Monday. The Japanese automaker took the wraps ...
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One way to win the predictions game is to make a lot of guesses and remember just the winners. Here at IEEE Spectrum, we play a harder game. We told you what to expect in 2013, and now we are 'fessing up to our misses, as well as bragging ...
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A virtual-reality headset from Sony almost puts you inside a video by allowing you to widen your view when you turn your head up, down or side to side. Sony's $1,000 "Wearable HDTV" worked as intended in a demo. But a few quirks made me ...
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It seems like only yesterday we awarded the Ford Fiesta ST a win against its Peugeot 208 GTi and Volkswagen Polo GTI rivals (read more here), then went a step further by crowning it one of the best-ever hot-hatches created and one of the ...
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Gadget lovers are slipping on fitness bands that track movement and buckling on smartwatches that let them check phone messages. Some brave souls are even donning Google's geeky-looking Glass eyewear. For the technology industry, this ...
Tags: smartwatches, technology industry, wearable computing devices, eyeglasses
Despite the hoopla, wearable gadgets like wristwatches for checking your text messages or eyeglasses that capture video are unlikely to make a splash with consumers anytime soon, given the clumsy designs, high prices and technological ...
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Move over smartphones. The world's consumer electronics companies have begun competing now to be at the vanguard of what all hope will be the next big thing: wearable devices. The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicked off here ...
As 3-D printing proudly enters the front door at CES 2014, 3-D TV is quietly being ushered out the back. The technology is still offered as a feature in most lines of high-end sets that already have it, but after years of relentless ...
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Photo: Tekla Perry One of Samsung's new curved TVs Press day, the day before the official opening of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), always brings new product and technology announcements from the large TV ...
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Sony Mobile has launched its waterproof Xperi Z1 Compact smartphone at CES. Built with an aluminum frame, the Xperia Z1 Compact’s camera is made with the same components as Sony’s compact digital cameras, and has a content ...
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Television giants at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas are touting the wonders of ultra high-definition screens despite doubts by analysts that people will buy them. Screens offering picture resolution about four times more vivid ...
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Sony today announced the development of a state-of-the-art 4K Ultra Short Throw Projector featuring a stylish, furniture-like design. Utilizing space itself, it can be placed near most walls and has the ability to cast a 4K Ultra ...
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Sony says it has sold 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles in 2013. That beats out rival Microsoft's Xbox One, which sold 3 million units. Both consoles launched in late November. The $500 Xbox costs $100 more than the PlayStation. The ...
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The early stages of the 2014 International CES have been dominated ?by the well-known TV brands jostling to get their bigger and better Ultra HD displays out in front of show visitors and onto the websites of tech blogs worldwide. One ...
China has formally authorised game consoles made in a new Shanghai free-trade zone (FTZ) to be sold in the country, potentially opening its lucrative market up to the likes of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox. The move effectively ...
Tags: game consoles, China, Shanghai free-trade zone, domestic console sales