WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.319 Lionus Tech Tips coverage of CES 2015 is brought to you by Phantom Glass. Visit 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:10.559 store.fantom.glass for the best darn screen protectors out 00:00:08.000 --> 00:00:13.679 there as well as HyperX. So, our first video at the Razer suite 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:19.119 is going to be the things that I'm actually frankly not that interested in. 00:00:15.920 --> 00:00:21.039 Number one is the Naboo X. Now, I talked 00:00:19.119 --> 00:00:26.400 about the Naboo when they originally announced it back at CES last year. And 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:30.960 the Naboo X is effectively the lowerc cost version of what was already a very 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:33.920 reasonably priced wearable device, albeit one that didn't have a ton of 00:00:32.480 --> 00:00:37.520 functionality. So, the main selling points of something like the Naboo were 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:41.600 going to be it's got that sort of like privacy mode, read your messages on a 00:00:39.760 --> 00:00:45.280 little OLED screen on the inside thing. It gives you notifications just like 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:48.320 you'd expect any smart wearable that's paired to your phone over Bluetooth 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:51.680 would. It's got some fitness tracking stuff and then they're building in these 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:54.800 social features that I don't know, maybe you guys have a lot more friends than I 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:58.079 do, but I don't know anyone else who wears the same wearable as me. In fact, 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:02.480 I don't have many friends at all. So, for me, it's not much of a selling point. But this one, depending on the 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:07.840 pricing, they're saying it's going to be $49.99 at retail, although insiders 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:12.720 could get them for as little as $19.99. Might be a good balance between, okay, 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:16.960 it doesn't have a lot of functionality, but it's also not very expensive. So, 00:01:14.720 --> 00:01:22.400 it's got three LEDs on the top. They are red, green or blue. Although no color 00:01:20.080 --> 00:01:25.600 mixing is supported at this time. And then basically you configure it within 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:30.560 their app to say okay well you know green is going to be oh I don't know 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:32.240 missed messages and then red is going to 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:35.840 be whatever else. When you reach an achievement in your fitness goals then 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:38.560 you can get the fireworks to go off. And there's there's little ways that you can 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.520 program it like that. It's got a vibration motor. And unlike the Naboo, I 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:49.200 can already say that the build of it seems to be a little bit smarter. So, 00:01:47.119 --> 00:01:52.320 it's got more of a watch band style band with lots of different notches. So, I 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:57.040 can actually make it the right size for my wrist, even though mine are quite small. I had a hard time even getting a 00:01:55.600 --> 00:02:03.119 watch that was going to fit me quite right. and the overall ruggedness of it. 00:02:00.320 --> 00:02:06.479 The module actually fits inside and it looks like they've built in the 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:09.360 capability to potentially upgrade this thing in the future, although Lord only 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:14.800 knows what they would actually do to upgrade it. But the module fits inside and then it's got what is effectively 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:18.160 the band. It makes the band effectively like a protective housing for the thing. 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:22.319 And it really does seem to be designed to be banged around as long as it's uh 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:26.560 within its protective casing. They're quoting 5 to seven days of battery on 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:29.520 it, which for me is really the magic sweet spot. It's the reason that I'm 00:02:28.160 --> 00:02:34.319 still using a Pebble instead of an Android Wear device. So, what do I have 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:38.080 to say about this? Um, Razer's going to have to prove to me that social 00:02:36.239 --> 00:02:42.000 integration with something like a wearable device, like exchanging, you 00:02:39.920 --> 00:02:45.760 know, friend contact information by shaking hands with someone or holding 00:02:43.519 --> 00:02:48.800 wrists with them, you know, like, I have the power to exchange contact 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:52.560 information with you or see the last game you played on Steam. They're going to have to prove to me that that's 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:55.840 functionality that people care about. But, in the meantime, at least it's 00:02:54.000 --> 00:03:00.000 affordable if nothing else. And they are doing a lot of work on the whole health 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:03.280 side of things as well. As little as I believe that a health wearable is 00:03:01.760 --> 00:03:06.959 actually going to make people healthier, they're at least building in support for 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:11.120 things like iOS's health app. So you're not tied down to just using Razer 00:03:09.360 --> 00:03:15.519 software on your phone. You can actually do other things as well. Speaking of not 00:03:13.120 --> 00:03:18.879 being tied down to Razer software, this is something I wasn't really expecting 00:03:17.120 --> 00:03:22.319 to see. Maybe because I don't pay attention to rumors at all. Maybe 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:25.760 because I'm a caveman shut in and I don't read anything at all. But maybe 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:32.799 everyone knew this was coming. But this is their OSVR headmounted display. And 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:37.360 what it is is it's OSVR. You can tell there's no Razer branding on it 00:03:34.239 --> 00:03:39.040 whatsoever. Because OSVR is not 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:42.799 Razerowned in the sense that they actually it's 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:49.200 it's not a company that they own. This isn't a product that they own. They are actually they developed this product and 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:51.519 they are open sourcing the whole thing. 00:03:49.200 --> 00:03:55.360 So the idea is that they're open sourcing both the software and even this 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:59.760 piece of hardware. You'll be able to download an Excel sheet with every 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:04.000 single component inside this thing. And whether it's for personal use, like you 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:07.599 want to change out the 1080p screen for your own screen if you so desire, or 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:11.840 whether it's for commercial use and other companies want to jumpstart their 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:16.239 own headmounted display technologies, this thing is going to be completely 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:19.919 free for anyone to use and develop for and augment or whatever else the case 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:25.040 may be. Now, you might be asking yourself, well, what's in it for Razer then at this point? Well, they've got a 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:28.639 couple cool technologies that they hope to be contributing to the VR space in 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:33.280 general. Also, one of them is a dual lens system that eliminates distortion. 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:36.479 And also, actually, what's cool is, I believe it's with the knobs on the 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:39.840 bottom, but don't quote me on that one. You can adjust it so that if you have a 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:43.600 visual impairment, if you need glasses, you should be able to use this by 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:47.280 adjusting the dials to sharpen the image without glasses. And the other thing is, 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:52.080 I think they're more than anything else hoping to sell people hydras as VR takes 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:55.680 off and becomes more and more ubiquitous. So, what's in it for Razer? 00:04:54.080 --> 00:04:59.600 Well, whether or not they actually release a Razer headmounted display is 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:03.520 up in the air right now, but they will definitely be able to sell peripherals 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:06.400 to anyone who's getting into VR. And anyone who's getting into VR is going to 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:11.680 need a whole new set of peripherals because that whole keyboard mouse thing 00:05:08.479 --> 00:05:14.240 does not work very well for VR. So, 00:05:11.680 --> 00:05:17.440 whether or not this is a success is uh is a complete mystery to me because 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:20.960 right now I don't think they have any comment pretty much whatsoever from 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:26.560 Oculus about whether they're going to support this whole OSVR thing. And I 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:30.240 would suspect that based on that Oculus right now is talking about game de games 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:34.000 needing to be developed specifically for functionality with the Oculus. We're 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:37.520 going to be looking at kind of an iOS Android type approach here where Oculus 00:05:35.919 --> 00:05:42.160 might be that more closed system but more tightly integrated and OSVR might 00:05:39.840 --> 00:05:46.080 be that shaky at the start but who knows what the open source community can do to 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:50.160 polish it over the long-term solution. So exciting and uh I definitely need to 00:05:48.960 --> 00:05:56.400 actually try it out. But I'll bring you guys another video trying it out on the floor if I get some time. But uh the 00:05:54.160 --> 00:06:00.639 future for this one is very very hazy. Both of these. Speaking of things that 00:05:58.479 --> 00:06:03.759 are hazy, CES, lots of cigarette smoke in the air, lots of great content. And 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:07.919 our trip here would not have been possible without our sponsors, Phantom 00:06:05.440 --> 00:06:11.039 Glass. Visit store.fantom.glass to check out the very best screen protectors we 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:15.919 have ever encountered. They're Gorilla Glass 3, so they're perfectly transparent. And they have that same 00:06:13.919 --> 00:06:19.440 wonderful feel on your thumb, so you don't have that like gross, oh crap, I 00:06:17.919 --> 00:06:22.800 have a piece of plastic over my awesome glass feel. 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