Carl Zeiss will be releasing an updated version of the Cinemizer video
glasses, this time with OLED screens. It will have a
dual 720P displays. It will also supports HDMI 1.4 inputs to use with BluRay 3D
players and PS3. Also supports side-by-side format (for use for IZ3D or
DDD drivers) and possibly other 3D formats.
It will incorporate a battery, nose pads plus two adjustment items, a USB cable, AV video cable, HDMI to mini HDMI cable adapter and in-ear phones.
Coming out sometime in 2012
for $515. Also supports an optional head-tracker which looks very
accurate. With HDMI
1.4 support that means this headset is the first with any kind of
industry standard format support and means it should be relevant for a
long time.
There are some rumors that Valve is preparing to launch a set top box to compete with consoles,
allegedly dubbed the Steam Box, and the announcement could come as soon
as next week.
Valve is developing a platform for low-cost, micro-sized PCs that
would offer access to Steam's vast library of games, but in a
streamlined console-style experience. It's possible that Valve could be
producing a Steam Box of its own, but other manufacturers will also be
able to develop hardware for the platform.
The baseline models will have an Intel Core i7 CPU,
NVIDIA GPU and 8GBs of RAM, such as the Alienware X51, which may have
been designed to be a Steam Box-capable device.
Valve is also allegedly developing an array of USB accessories,
including a controller with modular control schemes like Mad Catz's MLG
Pro Circuit Controller, and biometric sensors that change in-game
elements to match your behavior.
The Steam Box platform could make its debut at Game Developers
Conference (GDC), though the report states that Valve could hold the
announcement until E3.
For those that no mater what, cannot focus any photo they take, good news, your problem have now a solution, it is called the Lytro.
The Lytro takes pictures in a way that no other camera ever has. The
innovation behind this gadget is light field photography, which the
company, also named Lytro, calls “the first major change in photography
since photography was invented.”
What is light field
photography? When normal cameras take a photo,
they measure the color and light coming through the lens to produce an
image. The Lytro camera not only sees color and light but can understand
which direction the light moves while snapping a photo. Instead of
simply grabbing one point of the light in a scene, Lytro analyzes all
the points of light and then converts them to data. Once the image is
stored using the technology, it can be processed and reprocessed after
the photo is taken.
What does this mean, exactly? Basically,
it means that you can take a photo and then refocus the subject in it
after the fact. It means that if you take a picture of a friend in the
foreground and there’s something exciting happening down the street, you
can use Lytro’s custom software to refocus on the background, or almost
anything else in the scene that you captured.
The company says it’s also working on updates that
will allow you to slightly readjust the angle of the picture after
you’ve taken it, or look at the scene in true 3D.
The lytro will be available for
purchase in April or May, according to the company, it will come in three
colors (red, gray and blue) and two storage capacities, 8GB and 16GB.
The 8GB models cost $399; the 16GB, $499.
The camera’s body has an
odd shape, and most functions are accessed through its display. There’s
a small touchscreen on the back that responds well to input, though
it’s so tiny that it can be challenging to get around in sometimes.
Although the software is rather intuitive, the 128-by-128 pixel screen
can be a pain. It does offer some nice features, such as the ability to
focus images by tapping on a subject on-screen (but you snap pictures
with a small, indented button on the top of the Lytro).
When
you’re finished taking photos, you can upload them to a personalized
page on Lytro’s Web site, as well as store them in a custom application
the company provides with the device (Mac only right now, but Windows is
coming). From there, you can make static prints of shots, focus on
points you like or share malleable, embedded versions of your photo
online or directly to Facebook.
the down side of the lytro is that exported shots are about 1 megapixel, but it takes pictures unlike any
other camera you’ve used. And those pictures can be incredibly good.
