Acer has revealed a raft of latest {hardware}, because the deluge of product launches from Computex 2024 begins – despite the fact that the present doesn’t formally kick off till subsequent week. The revelations embody a nifty new stereoscopic 3D digital camera, a bunch of screens with some good improvements in tow, and a Wi-Fi 7 mesh router.
Let’s begin with the Acer SpatialLabs Eyes Stereo Camera, a tool able to capturing 3D stereoscopic pictures (or video) after which permitting you to view them on a SpatialLabs 3D laptop, in all their full glasses-free three-dimensional glory. Or you’ll be able to view the fabric on any 3D appropriate show, equivalent to a VR headset or 3D projector.
The machine itself seems like a standard digital camera and is properly compact and moveable, with two giant lenses on the entrance for capturing these stereoscopic pictures.
As properly as taking 3D snaps or recording video, Acer has additionally made it attainable to take pleasure in real-time 3D streaming – stay on YouTube, or different platforms – and video chatting in three-dimensions can also be an possibility on the likes of Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet (by way of a SpatialLabs video name widget, which can arrive at launch, or barely thereafter).
This is a multi-faceted little machine, then, and the Acer SpatialLabs Eyes Stereo Camera is due out in Q3 of 2024 within the US the place it’ll be priced at $549, and in EMEA the place the value will probably be €549 (round £470, AU$900).
Monitor magic
Moving on to Acer’s screens, the brand new merchandise unveiled right here comprise of a set of shows that incorporate Google TV for fast entry to all of your favourite streaming apps, primarily mixing a desktop monitor and good TV collectively in a single package deal.
These screens are the DA1 and Nitro GA1 collection, and each are available in 31.5-inch and 27-inch sizes.
The DA1 is extra your desktop productiveness workhorse, with a 4K decision and 60Hz refresh price, whereas the Nitro GA1 – as you’ll be able to in all probability guess from the identify – is aimed squarely at changing into one of many best gaming monitors.
With the GA1 you’re getting a decrease 1440p decision, and better 180Hz refresh price, all in the direction of the purpose of acquiring extra fluid body charges (which isn’t really easy at 4K, in fact, although the best GPUs today are extremely succesful, in case you’ve acquired the price range to stretch to them). To fight display tearing, AMD Freesync is on board, and also you’ve acquired a 1ms response time.
These screens additionally supply a multi-view characteristic, to separate the display so you’ll be able to watch TV whereas working (or gaming). Acer has included wi-fi projection, too.
All of those screens are set to go on sale in This autumn of 2024 in each the US and EMEA.
The Acer DA271Ok (27-inch) will run to $349.99 or €299 (round £255, AU$490), and the DA321QK (31.5-inch) has an MSRP of $399.99 or €349 (round £300, AU$570).
The Acer Nitro GA271U P is about to retail at $329.99 or €299 (round £255, AU$490), and for the Nitro GA321QU P you’re $379.99 or €349 (round £300, AU$570).
On prime of these screens, there are another gaming screens right here underneath the Acer Predator umbrella, all three of which boast OLED screens.
First up, there’s the Acer Predator X27U F3, a 26.5-inch display that gives a 1440p decision and a super-speedy 480Hz refresh price (although we’re getting extra used to those colossal refresh charges at this level). It additionally advantages from a 0.01ms response time.
Next up the dimensions ladder is a 31.5-inch monitor, the Predator X32 X3, which is a 4K show with a 240Hz refresh price and 0.03ms response time. This is without doubt one of the newer breed of screens that lets you change between two decision and refresh price modes, on-the-fly, so you’ll be able to run at 4K plus 240Hz as talked about, or 1080p with a 480Hz refresh price alternatively, for if you’re enjoying a sport that may be pushed that quick.
Finally, we now have the Predator X34 X5, which could be very totally different by way of providing a 34-inch display, but it surely’s additionally ultra-wide (3440 x 1440 decision) and has a curved panel too (1800R) for larger immersion.
All of those screens supply 99% protection of the DCI-P3 shade gamut, AMD FreeSync Premium plus Nvidia G-Sync, and 10-bit shade, with some nifty extras too. The latter contains built-in 5W audio system (helpful in a pinch, maybe) and an built-in KVM change to permit for controlling two PCs with only one mouse and keyboard.
The smallest Predator X27U F3 monitor will emerge first in Q3 in each the US and EMEA, priced at $1,199.99 or €1,199 (round £1,020, AU$1,950).
Acer’s Predator X32 X3 will observe in This autumn within the US and EMEA, with pricing at $1,199.99 or €1,399 (round £1,190, AU$2,280).
Also debuting in This autumn, the Predator X34 X5 prices $1,099.99 or €1,399 (round £1,190, AU$2,280).
Routing for you
Acer additionally had a few new routers to point out off as a part of its Computex launches, certainly one of which is a mesh Wi-Fi router system, and the opposite a gaming router.
The former is the Acer Wave 7, and if we mentioned the quantity within the identify was a key issue, you would possibly simply guess one of many main promoting factors of this mesh system – specifically that it helps Wi-Fi 7, the very newest wi-fi normal.
With the Wave 7, you’ll get speeds of as much as 6400Mbps and a alternative of two configurations – both the same old 2.4GHz plus 5GHz, or 2.4GHz plus 6GHz in case you choose.
The Wave 7 presents 320MHz channel assist and Multi-Link Operations (MLO) for wonderful efficiency and lowering interference from different units (particularly useful in a crowded setting like a block of flats).
You’ll be capable to purchase the Wave 7 as a single machine, or in packs of two or three, with every machine providing three Gigabit Ethernet ports plus an additional switchable WAN/LAN port (which means you get a fourth LAN port on the satellite tv for pc units, a neat contact).
The gaming router is the Predator Connect W6x, which offers Wi-Fi 6 protection and speeds of as much as 6000Mbps. It has 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports (plus a 2.5G WAN connector) and a quad-core CPU backed with 1GB of RAM, and Acer guarantees it “prioritizes near-zero packet loss” for easy on-line gaming.
Of all of the merchandise revealed right here, these routers will probably be first out of the door from Acer, with all of them arriving in Q2, so which means they’ll pitch up in some unspecified time in the future in June (or ought to do).
The Acer Wave 7 will probably be out within the US and EMEA, however we don’t have the US pricing but, though the European worth tags gives you an concept. A single machine will set you again €119 (round $130, £100, AU$195), and a 2-pack will probably be €199 (round $215, £170, AU$325). Acer is charging €299 (round $325, £255, AU$490) for a 3-pack (for bigger homes).
As for the Acer Predator Connect W6x, once more there’s no US worth but, however in Europe this gaming router goes to hold a price ticket of €129 (round $140, £110, AU$210).
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