Hands-on with Tobii’s eye-tracking laptop controls
Oscar Werner, president of Tobii Tech, gave me a rundown of the company’s eye-tracking technology for games at CES 2017, the big tech trade...
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 3.7% in Q4 2016, fifth consecutive year of decline
The PC market has now been in decline for five years in a row, per at least one research firm. Not all 20 quarters...
Acer debuts a 21-inch curved screen gaming laptop for $9,000
Acer is debuting two new gaming laptops at CES 2017, including a 21-inch model with a curved screen. The Taiwanese company announced the laptops...
Windows will support VR headsets with different specs for framerate, resolution, and field-of-view
Microsoft is looking to unify manufacturers around using Windows to power mixed reality headsets, with a plan to support HMDs featuring a wide range of...
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 5.7% in Q3 2016, eighth quarter of decline in a row
The PC market’s decline still seems to have no end in sight after continuing for up to eight quarters in a row, according to...
Acer’s 32-inch 4K monitor with G-sync turns games into living works of art
While $600 headsets like the Oculus Rift are trying to take gaming toward a VR future, 4K displays are looming on the horizon as...
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 5.2% in Q2 2016, seventh quarter of decline in a row
The PC market continues to slowly but surely decline. Both Gartner and IDC have found PC shipments were down globally, again. Gartner estimates worldwide...
Acer and Starbreeze join forces for the StarVR Virtual Reality headset
The VR headset designed for cinematic experiences has a new partner. Computer hardware company Acer and software developer Starbreeze announced today that the two...
Gartner: Global PC shipments fell 9.6% in Q1 2016, the first quarter below 65 million units since 2007
No surprise here: The PC market started 2016 off poorly. Both Gartner and IDC have noted PC shipments were down globally, again. Gartner estimates...
Acer launches a curved — and pricey — 34-inch monitor for gamers
The monitor uses AMD FreeSync technology for better gaming visuals.