Category: Gadgets

$450 off an LG OLED TV

[ad_1] LG B8 55-Inch OLED TV Street price: $1450; deal price: $1000 At $1000, this is a new low for the 55-inch size of this OLED TV, beating previous low pricing from reliable retailers by about a hundred dollars. While we’re seeing the expected drops on last year’s OLEDs at this point, it’s still a […]

The best games for PC

[ad_1] Beat Saber Beat Saber is a euphoric gaming sensation that makes the most of virtual reality. You’ll swing your unofficial lightsabers at incoming boxes, slicing and slamming them to the beat of the soundtrack. Similar to iconic rhythm-rail-shooter, Rez, which has its own VR iteration, Beat Saber often makes you feel like you’re creating […]

Facebook and Instagram’s image outage

[ad_1] Instagram without the images.Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp outage lasted through most of Wednesday On Wednesday, Facebook’s service suffered an outage that screwed up image loading and even exposed some of the machine learning-generated tags it relies on to sort pics. According to a tweet, the issue was triggered during a “routine maintenance operation,” and […]

PlayStation Classic price drops to $25 at Best Buy, Amazon

[ad_1] We get it — you really don’t like the PlayStation Classic. You’ve told us, over and over again. We weren’t huge fans when we reviewed it, but that was when it cost $100. The price quickly dropped over the next few months, to $60, $40, and even $30. Now, as Wario64 points out on […]

Blipblox is a synth made for kids that adults will like too

[ad_1] Under the hood is a surprisingly robust digital synth engine capable of producing rich and downright bonkers sounds. In addition to the oscillator there’s your usual assortment of synth parameters. There’s an amp envelope (though you can only control over the decay), a pair of LFOs, a modulation envelope and a low-pass filter that […]

Apple’s new iOS 13 feature corrects your gaze during video calls

[ad_1] A video call is a great way to connect with friends and family when you can’t physically be together. But even if you’re staring directly at your loved one’s face, there’s still something a little off about the whole process. The way your phone’s screen display and camera lens sync up means you’re never […]

Logitech G teases Blue gaming headphones on the way

[ad_1] Late last year Logitech acquired Blue Microphones, and a tweet indicates their next combo project is for gamers. We’ve already seen the debut of the Blue Ember XLR microphone for streamers, but it seems likely that this Logitech G product will actually be a new set of Blue-designed headphones for the gaming lineup. All […]

Researchers create eye-tracking glasses that auto-focus where you look

[ad_1] The authors note that, over time, our ability to refocus at near distances worsens as the lenses in our eyes stiffen. The condition, called presbyopia, typically kicks in at around age 45 and it affects more than a billion people. It’s a key factor as to why many of us need to start wearing […]

A virtual reality massage center will open in Los Angeles this week

[ad_1] The center will pump in fragrances related to each setting along with a cool breeze. The massage isn’t virtual, but it’s not from a human, either — it’s an automated massage chair, hopefully better than the one you collapse into for a break at the mall. Somewhat fittingly, Esqapes is based in the SAG-Aftra […]

HTC Vive will help more companies jump into VR

[ad_1] Take Ovation, for example: It’s a public speaking training tool that uses the Vive Pro Eye’s gaze-tracking to detect where exactly you’re looking. After running through a demo, it told me I was staring at the teleprompter, instead of looking at the audience. (In fairness, I wasn’t prepared to recite a speech during a […]