TechSpot Best of CES 2022

We've been roaming the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Eye and hitting off-the-floor gatherings for the past few days to get a close look at the latest and greatest gadgets launched at CES 2022. With so many announcements hitting the wires at the same time, nosotros've already brought you the meridian stories and highlights.

Now here'south our selection of the most innovative, promising, or downright cool products we saw during this yr's massive show. So without farther ado here's the best of CES 2022.

HTC Vive

As expected VR was big at CES 2022 and while Oculus grabbed most of the headlines with pre-orders finally opening, HTC's Vive has its own thing going on. The headset uses light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-emitting base stations on the wall to create upwardly to a fifteen by xv foot virtual reality world. Approach the stop of your playing area and a grid comes into view to go on you from not bad into something.

HTC brought a new dev kit to the testify, dubbed Vive Pre, with a new front-mounted camera that merges real and virtual worlds, a lighter frame, and some display system improvements. After a 2d lengthier session with the Vive Pre, I'm convinced merging the existent world with virtual is no gimmick and adds a ton to the experience.

Another of the demos I tried was an undersea shipwreck, where a giant whale stared at me and peering over the edge of the ship revealed a frightening abism. Information technology'south difficult to describe the experience. In Portal, I had robots getting too shut to me, making me feel minor and insignificant. It's surreal and it feels like the next big thing in gaming, perhaps a few other fields also.

Now it's up to developers to create the apps and games that volition sell these things. Needless to say, HTC is in good visitor with Valve at their side. The HTC Vive is all the same 3 months away and pricing is unknown -- merely it'll likely come close to Oculus' $600 MSRP.

Intel RealSense

Intel had a new RealSense development kit at the evidence and was doing all sorts of demos to showcase its applied science. Amid them was ane demo where yous can scan yourself and be the main grapheme in games like Grand Theft Auto, Skyrim, Fallout 4 and ARMA3.

After getting scanned by an HP tablet with RealSense cameras and itSeez3D app, the model is loaded into another app called Uranium, and from there information technology can exist pulled from the game on the PC -- in this case it was Fallout four. The whole procedure took less than 10 minutes and the result is really cool.

You'll see yourself running around or flight with a jetpack powersuit, set to take on Bethesda's postal service-apocalyptic world.

Intel says information technology's working with OEMs like Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and NEC to go the RealSense technology integrated into some of their devices.

Razer Blade Stealth

The Blade Stealth is Razer's first ultrabook and it's a looker. Featuring a 12.5-inch brandish also as a thin and fairly light two.75-pound unibody aluminum frame. The base model ($999) packs a QHD resolution display, 8GB RAM, a 128GB PCIe SSD and a full "Chroma" keyboard with individually lit RGB keys.

Although the Stealth'south ultrabook-class Intel Core i7-6500U CPU and integrated Intel HD 520 graphics aren't much for gaming, Razer is launching alongside an external docking station that can house whatsoever dual-slot graphics menu on the market thanks to its 500W power supply -- 375W of which is reserved for the GPU. The dock connects to the Blade Stealth via USB-C and provides extra connectivity for peripherals, networking and external displays.

TP-Link Talon AD7200

There aren't many devices that support Qualcomm'south new 802.11ad applied science -- in fact there'south only ane, the Acer TravelMate P648 -- just TP-Link wants to make it on the game early on with the Talon AD7200. This animate being of a router supports transfer rates of up to 7.2Gbps past combining the 60GHz band that 802.11ad uses along the two.4GHz and 5GHz bands. Co-ordinate to the visitor, at those speeds yous'll be able to download an unabridged feature-length 4K video in well-nigh four minutes.

Of course, there are caveats. Not only there are virtually no 802.11ad devices out there, but the 60GHz spectrum it uses is very low range. Information technology's pretty much only useful for communicating with devices in the same room as the Talon, so it's non a replacement for 802.11ac by any means. It's notwithstanding quite impressive.

Information technology packs eight antennas, two USB three.0 ports for external drives and four gigabit ethernet ports. TP-Link wasn't ready to denote pricing just yet bated from noting that they're known for delivering good value -- which is non to say it's going to exist cheap. The Talon is scheduled to launch "early this year".

Ultrawide All-In-One Gaming PCs

With their highly integrated gear, all-in-one PCs accept typically been a poor choice for gamers. In 2022 nonetheless, gaming rig builders Maingear, Origin PC and MSI are all cooking up drool-worthy machines which combine the sexy and uncluttered looks of an AIO with uncompromising firepower.

Arguably a chip more than svelte than MSI's 27XT, Origin PC's Omni deceptively looks as any 34-inch curved ultrawide display might. Inside though is a ferocious mini-ITX PC packed with the highest-end, detached and user-replaceable desktop components. The Omni can squeeze in the latest Haswell-E and Skylake Intel Core i7 CPUs, 12GB GeForce GTX Titan and 2 10 ii.5 inch SSDs. An optional M.2 SSD can also act as a third storage device. The brandish itself boasts a QHD resolution of 3440 x1440. Grand-Sync and FreeSync were notably absent from the demo unit simply Origin indicated VRR could perhaps however make an appearance by Omni's anticipated Q1 release.

Interestingly, the Omni'due south all-in-1 chassis is not exclusive, a fact which Maingear is astutely aware. Maingear's upcoming Blastoff will also characteristic the same chassis putting the 2 companies in the nearly direct competition possible. Origin PC indicated their strengths will be service and build quality. Origin was shy well-nigh pricing but Maingear is advertizing a starting price of $1,999 for its base of operations-model Alpha.

LG Signature G6 Serial 4K OLED Television receiver

Afterward witnessing LG's Ultra Hd OLED TV and how stunningly sparse information technology is, we accept no doubt this is by far the virtually impressive TV shown at CES 2022.

With a 2.57mm frame, the LG G6 OLED Television almost seems like it's not there when seen from the side equally most components accept been relegated to the equally stylish base of operations on the bottom.

OLED brings assuming colors and perfect dissimilarity to the table, so picture quality is amazing and 4K-set, manifestly. And even if information technology means near won't be buying this Telly in 2022 -- information technology will be sold afterward this year in 65 and 77-inch sizes, for less than $10,000 according to LG -- it's a preview of things to come.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro South

Samsung gear up Android aside to launch its latest productivity oriented tablet. The Galaxy Tab Pro S feels solid in the hand, using a magnesium alloy frame for a super slim (6.3mm) and fanless design that volition be in direct competition to Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 when information technology launches adjacent February.

Information technology's not equally powerful as the Surface Pro, but it should all the same serve many well packing a 6th-gen Core M CPU, up to 256GB SSD, 4GB RAM and a 12-inch 2560 x 1440 Super AMOLED brandish which gives the tablet a 3:ii aspect ratio that's becoming increasingly popular for tablets. The 5200mAh bombardment adept is good for 10.5 hours, co-ordinate to Samsung.

There's a single USB Type-C port on the sides though nosotros saw the tablet hooked up to an adapter that added USB-C, USB-A and HDMI ports. We're told 4G LTE versions will be offered as well. Can't fail to mention that Samsung plans to sell the tablet with the keyboard case inside the box (yay!). Pricing has non been disclosed yet but it sure brings solid contest to the Surface and iPad Pro.

Oculus Rift

Every year at CES there's that 1 product that has everyone flocking to its booth and inevitably forming long waiting lines. Oculus had plenty of momentum going in and with the final hardware in hand for the starting time fourth dimension, we saw wait times extend up to three hours. To aggravate the situation, people coming off the demo kept saying the wait "was worth information technology," and we tend to agree.

We got our take chances to try the Rift in two games (Chronos and Border of Nowhere) and we loved every second it. In Edge of Nowhere, at one point I had myself free falling subsequently poor maneuvering when crossing a bridge, and oh my, it was a spectacularly frightening moment.

Later on trying both the Rift and the Vive, we can say both offer astonishing experiences with HTC's VR headset calculation a bit to the experience with the frontal camera and mobility while playing, however those are things Oculus could still add down the line. Meanwhile, the Rift has managed to arrive commencement to marketplace with a solid hardware package and games lining up to be released throughout 2022. It'll be a hard fought battle.

Dish Hopper iii

Hither's 1 for for sports fans and those who don't care for the cablevision cutting trend. The new Dish Hopper 3 packs a whopping 16 tuners and 2TB hard drive within for recording up to 500 hours of HD content. Why exercise you need sixteen tuners? You probably don't. But if you're a huge sports fan -- and ideally if you lot own a 4K Television set -- you could turn on a feature called Sports Bar Manner that splits your television into four quadrants and sentry four games simultaneously in 1080p resolution.

Aside from that utilize case Dish says the key goal of including that many tuners is to provide customer peace of heed when it comes to the ability to record and watch multiple programs.

The Hopper 3 is expected to start aircraft this month and cost $15 per month. Dish will too offer a gratis upgrade for new and existing qualified customers.

Nikon KeyMission 360

Nikon has officially joined the action photographic camera party with the KeyMission 360, a wearable action camera that can tape true 360-degree video in 4K. Nikon'due south new cam features an image sensor and lens combination on 2 opposite sides; images from each are combined in the camera to create a unmarried 360-degree image. The camera is congenital tough and is waterproof up to a depth of 30 meters and critically, doesn't require a separate housing to pull off the feat.

The KeyMission features electronic Vibration Reduction, Nikon's image stabilization technology, and offers plenty of wireless connectivity via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC so you can employ a smartphone or other smart device as the viewfinder. No pricing however, merely the device looks gear up and is set to become available this Jump.

LG Gram

LG's Gram 15 ultrabook should give united states of america a hint of the things to come in lightweight productivity laptops. While Apple is credited with redefining thin and light's with the MacBook Air years ago, the recent MacBook tried to practice the same while compromising on performance, connectivity and size. The Gram's magnesium body packs a full 15.half-dozen-inch IPS 1920 x 1080 display and your selection of Core i5 or i7 CPU, 8GB RAM and upward to 512GB SSD.

Weighing in at 2.16 pounds, information technology takes claim of the lightest 15-inch laptop in the earth (comparatively a MacBook Pro xv" weights 4.4 pounds). Connectivity is pretty solid, too: 4 USB ports (one Type-C), a microSD card reader, HDMI, a headphone/mic jack.

We'll be watching out when LG is ready to release the Gram fifteen in H1 2022. Pricing is not official only Amazon'south pre-order has it listed in the $1100 to $1500 range.