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2 likely won’t be killed in short order,
given that this appears to be more a
platform to test out new eye- and
face-tracking tech and test whether
Meta can get its metaverse concept
up and running – but the tech will
trickle down sooner rather than later.T3 SAYS: Whatever you think, more
VR tech can only be a good thing.PROJECT CAMBRIA
£TBA, meta.comFacebook’s forget-about-the-bad-
stuff rebranding power play has had
some interesting results. Amongst
other things, Meta looks set to kill the
Oculus name and redirect at least
some of the company’s VR efforts
towards mixed reality experiences;
Project Cambria is the first headset
of this new effort, due for release
some time next year. It is apparently
Quest-compatible, landing “at the
higher end of the price spectrum”,
offering full-colour passthrough to
bolster its mixed reality potential and
pancake optics to keep the bulk (and
weight) as low as possible. The Quest
HONOR 50
£450, hihonor.comHuawei’s delicate spot of bother is
Honor’s gain. With the latter company
now spun off into an independent
entity, Honor is able to skirt Huawei’s
sanctions and ship its phones with
Google apps. It can now also get on
with the business of producing
decent phones. Like this. The Honor
50 is an impressive-looking handset
for its price, with the company’s usual
combination of surprisingly high-end
components at a mid-range price.
There’s a solid power plant (including
what appears to be the first
appearance of the new Qualcomm
Snapdragon 778G chipset), a superb120Hz OLED screen, and a very
capable camera package with a
focus on vlogging and social media.
It’s thin, it’s light, and just a little bit
gaudy. For some, this will be a
combo that’s far more attractive than
the likes of the Google Pixel 6.T3 SAYS: Honor continues in the
same direction – which is fine.ONEWHEEL GT
From £2,100, onewheel.comWhile OneWheel is stuck with the
same floaty legal status as electric
scooters – you can have one, but it
needs to be insured to ride it on the
road, and since nobody will insure
one you’re basically not allowed to
take it outside of private land – the
GT does have us tempted. It can
cover 30 miles on a charge, tops out
in the States at 20mph (likely
15.5mph here) and runs a next-gen
electric motor putting out a massive
3HP. And then there’s the cool factor.
As far as personal electric vehicles
are concerned, bombing along with
your feet astride a single powered
wheel feels like just about the most
next-gen way to move, and the
newly-contoured wheel makes
carving even easier. You can even opt
for the new treaded tyre, which is
where this really shines: who cares
about road legality when you can
throw this around rough trails?T3 SAYS: Just wear a helmet, kids.IMAGE^SOURCE:^ METAIMAGE^SOURCE:^ HONORIMAGE^SOURCE:^ ONEWHEEL