SteelSeries has partnered with GUNNAR Optiks to create SteelSeries Scope digital performance eyewear for gamers. Either prescription or nonprescription lenses are available. The glasses are designed to provide gamers with a visually enhanced experience while minimizing eyestrain and fatigue. SteelSeries Scope Pro gaming glasses include a larger lens for extended peripheral vision and a flat temple for comfort while wearing gaming headsets. The glasses are based on GUNNAR’s i-AMP lens technology, which includes the iONik lens tint to optimize light transmission and color contrast in order to filter out harsh light and reduce eyestrain. The fRACTYL lens geometry mimics nature to aid the natural focusing power of the cornea and lens while creating a preferential ocular microclimate. Prescription lenses are available in the Scope frame through Carl Zeiss Vision.
Garmin’s Approach S1, is the first GPS wristwatch designed specifically for golf. At a glance, Approach S1 displays precise yardages to the front, back and middle of greens and comes preloaded with 14,000-plus courses in the US, Canada and Europe. The company will be continually updating its course list. During play, the watch is always updating based on a golfer’s real-time location. Approach S1 can also measure individual shot distances — all while functioning as a high-quality, everyday watch. Rugged and waterproof, Approach S1 weighs only 1.8 ounces, has an ultra-thin backlit display and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery that lasts up to eight hours in GPS mode and up to three weeks in watch mode. The Approach S1 also includes a GPS-enabled odometer and alarm. Courses available for the watch are listed at www.garmin.com/golfcourses.
VSee (www.vsee.com) is a service that provides high quality, low bandwidth high definition video conferencing. VSee’s offering also includes a full suite of collaboration tools such as application sharing, movie sharing, desktop sharing, file transfers, USB device sharing and remote camera control. VSee requires only a fraction of the bandwidth of Skype, Adobe, Cisco, etc., needs no special devices and works well with 3G mobile broadband networks. The only software needed to run the video conferencing is a MS Windows Operating System and the VSee download, which is free from vsee.com. Add a computer, webcam, speakers and a microphone and the service can be set up in minutes. Laptop and netbook webcams, speakers and microphones work just fine. VSee is free for personal, non-commercial use.
Cisco Press has launched The Cisco CCENT Mind Share Game, a multimedia PC game that helps users acquire knowledge necessary for success on CCENT and CCNA exams. Featuring more than 75 stages, the world-class learning game is designed to test users’ technical knowledge as well as their ability to concentrate and perform under pressure on 15 core exam topics. Interactive tutorials supplement game play and help reinforce concepts being taught in each round. CCENT and CCNA topics include: cabling, binary numbers, OSI model, IOS fundamentals, IP addressing, IP routing, NAT, PAT, subnets, switching and wireless networks. Included in the Mind Share game are three additional free games — a Binary game, Subnetting game and Wireless Explorer game.
Dell has just introduced its new line of XPS laptops. They feature JBL and Waves sound design, HD video with graphics from NVIDIA and they’re the first Skype-certified laptops with HD video streaming webcams, so you can stay close to friends and family. In addition, the XPS laptops — which come in 14-, 15- and 17-inch screen sizes — are all 3D TV ready and include NVIDIA’s 3DTV Play software which allows users to connect their Dell XPS notebooks to new 3D HDTVs and play hundreds of popular PC games in 3D, watch Blu-ray 3D movies and browse 3D photos and videos. In a nice extra, the 15- and 17-inch XPS laptops offer two USB 3.0 ports per PC.
