PC Gaming
Though I do wear glasses and I’m intrigued by the idea of techie wearables on paper, I’m far from all-in on AR glasses. Still, depending on how Qualcomm’s fresh chip geared towards augmented and virtual reality headgear is implemented, I can see myself changing my mind. Qualcomm has just revealed the Snapdragon Reality Elite, a…
I recently had the chance to test two different Melgeek keyboards at the same time. They are the space-themed Centauri 80 and the black and gold Real 81. Though they’re made by the same company, they couldn’t be more different in approach. The Centauri 80 is heavy, flashy, with a built-in OLED screen, and it…
According to one PC peripheral YouTuber, some of the best gaming mice on the market that use the latest sensors aren’t sticking at the DPI they’re set to (via MouseCast). At least, not when moved at a very slow speed. An X user noted the problem a couple of years ago, pointing out the problematic…
At its State of Unreal event in Chicago, Epic Games officially unveiled Unreal Engine 5.8, and one of its key new features is Lumen Lite: a scalability setting that targets the use of ray-traced global illumination for the Nintendo Switch 2, with the goal of 60 fps. As the feature also works for PCs, I…
After a standard spell in beta, the latest iteration of SteamOS—Valve’s Arch-based Linux distro for use on Steam Deck, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame—has hit the big three-eight. Or, well, three-point-eight. SteamOS 3.8 is out, is what I’m saying, and if you turn your face to the wind and inhale, you can detect the first…
In the UK, the Online Safety Act now requires that websites verify the age of its users through checks often carried out by third-party vendors. Personally, I’m trying to avoid handing over either scans of my government ID or face as long as possible and, so far that’s resulted in me being locked out of…
That we’re in something of a crisis when it comes to PC storage and memory prices isn’t news. But the pricing and specifications of SanDisk’s new gamer-focused SSDs for PC and console are still pretty shocking. The dubious fun kicks off with the SanDisk Optimus GX 7100X. It’s a PCIe Gen 4 M.2 drive rated…
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: cutscenes are the worst. There I am, sitting down to play a game, ready to tap some keys and wiggle some thumbsticks and click my mouse—when suddenly the game I’m playing decides it’s actually a movie and all I can do for the next few minutes…
It may sound impossible, but the wait for Grand Theft Auto 6 is almost over. After a couple of delays, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has reassured fans that GTA 6 will release on November 19 this year, and now we have the pre-order date to prove it. Rockstar just randomly—hold on a second, let…
Occasionally in hardware and technology reporting, I’m left to wonder if everyone else is in on a joke I’m not privy to. Today is one of those days. Snap, the company behind the instant messaging app Snapchat, has just unveiled its own augmented reality glasses. Called Specs, the frames are pitched partially as an alternative…