1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,280 We're here at Razer's CES booth, and as usual, they have brought some 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:09,720 interesting stuff, namely Project Metaco. 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:14,560 Uh they are headphones with cameras on them. 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,880 Hold on. Just hold on. So far, in terms 5 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:20,120 of wearables with cameras, you got smart glasses. Smart glasses everywhere, 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:24,920 everyone's doing smart glasses. Razer's like, "No. We're going to do smart 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:30,680 headphones with cameras." So, it's actually really great for me as someone 8 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:32,000 who wears glasses already. I don't love 9 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:37,240 having to do a lot of demos where they're like, "Wear these glasses." I'm like, "I can't see anything." 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:42,960 So, Razer stuck a pair of 4K Sony cameras on this thing, which can take 11 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:46,200 POV video, but can also feed directly in 12 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:48,000 to their AI, Project Metaco. It's a 13 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,000 whole thing. It's not just It's not just headphones. So, with cameras on your 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:55,920 headphones, you can do things that you could only really do with smart glasses before, like 15 00:00:54,560 --> 00:01:00,320 asking what kind of food you can make with these ingredients. 16 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:04,559 Hey Metaco, what kind of meal can I make with these ingredients here? 17 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:09,480 No problem. I can see the ingredients pretty well. There's pasta, cherry 18 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:13,400 tomatoes, garlic, bacon, spinach, and some olive oil. Are you thinking about 19 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:17,120 making a pasta dish with these? No, I'm thinking more like a casserole. 20 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:23,520 That sounds delicious. Do you need any suggestions on how to put it all 21 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:28,400 together, or are you looking for a specific recipe idea? So, not only is 22 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:32,280 that a cool use case to use with a camera-equipped wearable, you can do it 23 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:36,400 with headphones now that keep the audio inside an enclosed space. One of the 24 00:01:34,960 --> 00:01:40,320 problems with these smart glasses is that they have open-air speakers. If you 25 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:44,560 have the volume up high enough, especially in crowded areas, anyone can 26 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:48,400 know what you and your AI are saying to one another, and that's private. That's 27 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:52,440 private to me. They can also do smart wearable stuff, like look at text in 28 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:56,840 foreign language and translate it. Hey Metaco, I'm in Japan looking at a menu, 29 00:01:54,800 --> 00:02:00,400 and I have no idea what the heck I'm looking at. Help me, please. 30 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:03,920 >> see the menu more clearly. It looks like it's divided into 31 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:09,080 sections. There's a tomato-based option at the top, a creamy Of course, I'm here 32 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:12,760 to help. The menu you're holding has a few sections. The top section shows a 33 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:17,160 >> That's enough. Understood. If you need anything else, 34 00:02:15,080 --> 00:02:20,560 just let me know. Okay. Right on. Right on. Okay. 35 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:26,440 Um Wow, now I know what to order. 36 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:28,760 Razer says Metaco is LLM agnostic, so 37 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:32,800 you can have it call to Grok or Gemini or your LLM of choice, uh depending on 38 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:36,440 which one you want to work with. Razer isn't revealing a ton of details about 39 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:40,800 the final specs of this thing because they are still working on it, but 40 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:45,400 they're targeting a release sometime this year, and they did say that they're 41 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:48,280 targeting 30-plus hours of battery life, so you can take it with you. You can 42 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:53,480 take it out outside of your house. You don't need to stay plugged in at your 43 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,840 gaming PC while it's looking at the game 44 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:59,480 stuff that's happening and giving you advice and tips. Although that's not the 45 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:02,200 only AI assistant that can do that, they have another one, and we're going to 46 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:07,560 take a look at it right now after this message from our sponsor, dbrand. 47 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:11,680 dbrand has come in clutch once again and sponsored our CES coverage after our 48 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:15,480 previous sponsor dropped out. Why? I don't know why they would do that, but 49 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:19,040 dbrand is there. They care about us, and they have skins and cases and screen 50 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,840 protectors, and you should care about that, as well as the fact that they have 51 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:27,360 these fun new URLs like thanksdbrand.com. 52 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:31,760 Uh thank you, dbrand. I love you. Now, while Metaco is in a 53 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:36,280 wearable meant to be taken out with you out in the world, when you come home to 54 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:40,680 use your computer or your laptop, you've got a different AI assistant waiting for 55 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:45,240 you. It's Project Ava. Now, Razer announced Project Ava last year, but it 56 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:50,120 was more of a gaming-specific assistant. This year, they have this desktop app 57 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:53,880 that can be used across your desktop experiences. It can read your screen and 58 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:57,880 be able to give you advice and tips on what loadout is good for Battlefield 6 59 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:04,800 or which attachments you want, but it also will be able to use cameras, either 60 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:07,120 the camera on your laptop or any camera 61 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:12,840 connected your computer, even the one integrated into this external hologram 62 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:19,400 accessory. So, this right here is my my special friend, Kira. But, if 63 00:04:17,239 --> 00:04:22,960 you're not into Kira, you can also have Zane. 64 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:26,360 Zane is also very reliable, and he goes beast mode. 65 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:31,560 >> Greetings. Yep. Zane here, your gaming beast mode at the Razer CES booth. Yes. 66 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:38,240 >> Time to get serious. It is time. Let's crush this M433 build. Let's Let's 67 00:04:34,840 --> 00:04:41,760 do it. Let's crush this M433 build. Uh 68 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,760 call me Big Boy, please. 69 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:48,480 Big Boy, solid M433 on screen. Slap a 70 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:51,480 top optic and vertical grip for laser accuracy. Okay. 71 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:56,640 >> Equip that factory upgrade, then hit firing range. Dominate. What's next? I 72 00:04:54,440 --> 00:05:00,320 feel like that's all I needed to dominate this game. Thanks, Zane. 73 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:06,040 Now, if you don't like how Zane or Kira works, apparently there are other outfits. There are other appearances you 74 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:11,160 can choose, uh just so you know. Hey, I'm Kira, your Razer AI companion. 75 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:15,000 >> I think I did stop her there. That's good. >> Who nicknamed AI companion? Digging that 76 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:20,920 M433 >> So, right now Project Ava's AI smarts are coming from Grok, but Razer says 77 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:25,800 that you will be able to connect it to other LLMs as well, like ChatGPT or 78 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:28,360 Gemini, if you want to later. So, one of the use cases Razer pointed out was 79 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:32,720 that, "Okay, you're really, really good at games, but you know, you could use a 80 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:36,720 co-host when you're streaming." Project Ava or Kira or Zane or whoever 81 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:40,280 you want to name them could help with that. You could ask them something like, 82 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:44,560 "Hey, what's the chat saying? What's the vibe?" 83 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:50,080 The chat's hyped about an upcoming stream and game updates. Folks chatting 84 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:52,680 patches, GPUs, and Tuesday vibes. Super 85 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:57,520 fun energy. Tuesday vibes and super fun energy is all basically I'm trying to 86 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:58,600 achieve at any point, so. 87 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:04,440 But, if you don't want it to be constantly looking at whatever's on your screen, you can set it to screen and 88 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:08,920 camera or just camera or just screen if you want. Um or you can just turn it 89 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:11,920 off. You probably don't want me to say that, 90 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:15,560 but it's all good. Razer also says they're planning on adding a physical 91 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:19,000 privacy shutter, so if you want to like make sure that the camera isn't seeing 92 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:23,720 anything, they'll have like a physical thing to cover the camera. [music] Now, there's been a lot of backlash 93 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:28,480 against Microsoft, for example, for like kind of forcibly injecting a lot of like 94 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:32,680 Copilot and agentic features into Windows directly. 95 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:37,240 So, in some ways, as much as I'm not really an anime waifu kind of guy, I 96 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:41,200 appreciate that there will be ways to add agentic features and add kind of 97 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:46,480 like looking at your screen and answering questions about the stuff that you're showing, and even interacting 98 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:51,280 with something via camera, I appreciate that that's like a thing you can add on, 99 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:55,680 and Razer is providing that in a very gaming-flavored form. 100 00:06:53,720 --> 00:07:00,640 And it'll be your choice to check it out when it supposedly launches sometime 101 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:06,240 this year. It's not just a project. 102 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:10,080 It's more than that. It's a companion. 103 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:13,760 And finally, here we have Project Madison. Razer's coming. They're doing 104 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:18,960 something different with chairs this year. They got haptic feedback. So, they 105 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:22,440 got four haptic motors in the back, two in the butt, 106 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:26,640 and it's going to rumble your tummy right up. 107 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:30,640 So, it'll translate audio from a video or movies or whatever directly into 108 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:34,080 haptic, so like it can work with anything that way. But, if you're 109 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:39,240 gaming, they've worked with developers to fine-tune the experience in over 100 110 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:42,080 games. So, specific actions that you take in those games will translate to 111 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:47,120 specific configurations of how your body gets 112 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:51,600 rumbled. But, it's not just rumbling. They also got these THX speakers 113 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:56,640 embedded right there on either side of your head. I should sit in it. 114 00:07:54,720 --> 00:08:00,360 Keep that in. During the demo, it was nice having very directional, so you can 115 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:06,280 hear the enemies on this side or on that side with these THX speakers. I mean, 116 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:08,400 audio is kind of still rumbling, 117 00:08:06,280 --> 00:08:14,240 but that's a debate for another time. But, if these aren't 118 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:18,880 enough for you, you can connect these to any other speakers from Razer or from 119 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:23,640 other manufacturers to have up to a 7.1 surround experience, total immersion, 120 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:27,760 including butt rumbling. But, you may have also noticed as well, there is RGB 121 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:32,215 lighting here that syncs with all of Razer's other products as well, so 122 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:37,000 you're going to be in it. >> [laughter] >> Razer let me try this thing out, and I 123 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:38,200 got to say, it was pretty nice. It feels like being in 124 00:08:38,110 --> 00:08:43,200 >> [music] >> a theater. Well, the you know, the if you're in the rumbly seats, 125 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:48,000 especially. But, playing the game was next level cuz 126 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:53,000 I do feel I did feel like specific actions that I took corresponding to 127 00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:56,600 like, oh, if I use this gun, that's activating in the middle of my 128 00:08:54,680 --> 00:09:01,120 back. And if I use my grenade launcher, that's all butt, all the time. 129 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:04,800 And some of them are butt and back. I feel like if you used it for a really 130 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:09,200 long time, you might get some tinglies, but, you 131 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:14,680 know, you can use it, you can not use it. Razer lets you do that. Now, Project 132 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:20,040 Madison is just a project. Razer says they hope to bring it to a released 133 00:09:17,440 --> 00:09:24,200 product at some point, but for now, only I get to try it. 134 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:27,760 You have to wait. Wait. Wow, my butt feels all tingly, in a good way. 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