CES 2018 GOES OVER THE TOP
THIS YEAR, THE BIGGIES DIDN’T LIGHT UP THE GAMING SCENARIO
Every year CES gives us tech that we daydream about, along with some that fall a little short of the mark, either because they are too ambitious and you know that it’s not going to be worth the while or money, or it just doesn’t resonate with your personal taste. Well, since we have the amazing out of the way opportunity, here’s what didn’t light up our eyes with excitement at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show.
Samsung’s ‘ The Wall’. Again, not one for subtlety, the wall is a 146 inch TV, yes, it’s quite literally a wall and features a new display panel technology called microLED which it claims is far superior to OLED. While the TV is impressive, it’s limited by, well, practicality, however, I am curious to see how the new display panel technology evolves.
For those of you who are fans of gaming peripherals that resemble transformers, well Mad Catz is back after going bankrupt with a range of new hardware that includes a new wireless RAT Air mouse, a Strike 4 keyboard and Freq 4 Gaming headset. Since my preferences in peripherals are less ‘ futuristic’ I have never much taken to MAD Catz’s design philosophy, however, for those of you missing the ultra-robotic and futuristic design language, get hyped!
And lastly we have HTC. When the VIVE was announced a few years ago, it was all the rage. However, now, a couple of years into its life, the whole VR sector in terms of gaming has been a little underwhelming. This has been primarily due to the extremely high cost of entry for the new tech, with the device itself along with the hardware required to drive it properly being insanely expensive, as well as a lack of a variety in the games on offer for the platform. While people who have invested in VR and more specifically in the VIVE, will be thrilled to hear that the device is set to receive a whopping 78 per cent increase in resolution, to those who don’t care about or can’t afford VR ( which is a significant share of the gaming audience) this news will definitely be falling
on deaf ears.