The Top Tech of CES 2022 includes eye-popping TVs, record-setting EVs, and even some weird stuff we didn't know we ever needed.
Despite a last-minute surge of omicron that sent many companies scurrying from the physical show floor, the annual gadget bacchanal largely proceeded as planned: We got our goliath TVs, futuristic vehicles, and bizarre robots. Many of them just arrived via livestreams, instead of bombastic live events that rip a page from Cirque Du Soleil.
We got to fully test and review this one – and not only is it a beautifully designed gaming PC, it performs remarkably well, too. That’s thanks to the new Cryo Chamber cooling module HP has added to the design, which keeps this system surprisingly cool and quiet. It’s kind of genius in that regard, even if it’s burdened with many of the same concerns and rough edges that foldable screens still come with.
This monitor might be a little over the top for most players’ needs, but it represents why this is such an exciting time for gamers. Technology is evolving at lightning speed these days. And at 240Hz, the Odyssey Neo G8 is fast enough to keep up. Mobile Winner: HTC Vive VR Wrist Tracker One of the coolest things we’ve seen at CES is the Vive VR Wrist Tracker from HTC. One of the big problems in the VR space is that most tracking requires a mix of controllers and a headset, but moving your hands behind your head generally makes you lose tracking unless you have a full room-scale setup.
Right now, the Vive VR Wrist Tracker is only compatible with the $1,300 Vive Focus 3, which does limit its potential to more professional use cases, but the promise of more accurate wrist and hand tracking is compelling. TV and Audio Winner: Samsung Display QD Display panels Normally, we’d give this award to a single product, but Samsung Display’s QD Display technology — which merges self-illuminating OLED pixels with quantum dots — is so innovative that it gets the nod as our TV and audio winner.
TV and Audio Finalist: Sony Master Series A95K Bravia XR QD-OLED TV It’s still early days, but it’s looking like the first QD Display TV to hit store shelves will be the Sony Master Series A95K Bravia XR. And even though we have yet to see it with our own eyes , we’re extremely confident it will look amazing.
Smart Home Winner: Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra Robot Cleaner Robot vacuums are among the most useful of all smart home devices, but they still require quite a bit of intervention from the user. This is doubly true for robot mops that require pads to be swapped on or off and reservoirs to be refilled. The Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra avoids all of this to provide true hands-free cleaning for up to seven weeks.
Smart Home Finalist: Homey Bridge This year, Matter has taken center stage at CES. The protocol aims to tear down the walls between smart home systems and allow them to all work together in a seamless, easy way — but it’s not here yet, and some devices will need to be launched with entirely different receivers and transmitters before they can work with Matter. In the meantime, the Homey Bridge promises to connect a variety of disparate systems together.
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