The Nex Playground channels the spirit of Xbox’s Kinect

You won’t have heard of the Nex Playground, nevertheless it’s a tiny gaming system constructed totally round Kinect-like video games. With its digital camera and laptop imaginative and prescient processing, the $249 Nex Playground can monitor as much as 4 gamers as successfully as Microsoft’s previous Xbox movement tracker, based on Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar.

The {hardware} is cute and well-designed, there are many video games, and it really works offline. The one challenge is the continued subscription wanted to entry most video games. Try our full review to be taught extra.

— Mat Smith

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Even when demand for Optimus remains to be unknown.

Tesla goes to wrap up manufacturing of its Mannequin S and X EVs subsequent quarter, CEO Elon Musk has introduced. It’s much less of a significant shift for the corporate than it sounds: The newer Mannequin 3 and Y now make up the majority of the corporate’s gross sales. Tesla delivered over 1.5 million Mannequin 3 and Y autos however offered beneath 450,000 Mannequin S and X items. Musk added that Tesla’s long-term objective is to fabricate 1 million Optimus robots within the present Mannequin S and X manufacturing house.

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It’ll nonetheless be beneath the umbrella of Snap.

Snap’s augmented actuality glasses enterprise will now be its personal firm referred to as Specs Inc. It’ll nonetheless be totally owned by Snap, although. The corporate has been making an attempt to determine methods to lift exterior cash for its AR glasses to higher compete with Meta, which has much more cash to spend on growth. Earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg stated his Actuality Labs will (eventually) cease shedding a lot cash because it doubles down on AI glasses and shifts away from digital actuality. Based on the Meta boss, the corporate’s sensible glasses gross sales “greater than tripled” in 2025.

How can Snap’s Specs match the may of Meta? Effectively, its subsequent pair will apparently be lighter, smaller and extra succesful than its older smartglass mannequin, which was fairly dev-focused.   One request: make them not look terrible.

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Perhaps it’s time for an improve.

Internet hosting a Tremendous Bowl occasion? Perhaps you’ve been occupied with changing an getting old set, otherwise you’re itching for a full refresh of your property theater setup — both approach, in case you’re in search of a very good deal on a brand new TV, we’ve received you lined. TV costs steadily lower after a brand new mannequin comes out. The 2026 TV fashions have been introduced at CES and are anticipated to reach this 12 months, making now a very good time to search for reductions on 2025 units. Except for the vacation purchasing season, this is among the finest occasions of the 12 months to avoid wasting on a TV — it’s just like the producers know there’s a Tremendous Bowl.

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