IFA 2018 in Berlin
This year's IFA in Berlin might not be over yet, but all the major announcements have been made.During IFA 2018, Samsung created exciting street art experiences under the motto “Do What You Can’t” in collaboration with artists ELLE, Pichiavo, Marion Mankey, Tape That, Uwe Henneken and Innerfields. IFA visitors and art fans alike could witness augmented reality (AR) technology transforming the artists’ work into interactive “street ARt” at five pop-up galleries (called “ARt Labs”) and public spaces around Berlin.
There are the usual TVs, laptops and smartphones, but little stands out as game-changing. However, there are a few products that stand out as interesting. One of these is Acer’s Predator Thronos, a crazy gaming chair in which you get in as if it were a spacepod of some kind. Seated, you lean back about 40 degrees and look at three 27-inch monitors that wrap around you. The monitors can be moved up or down and there are plenty of adjustments you can make in the chair, but what makes it come alive is that it vibrates or throbs in context with the game and what you’re doing on screen with it. Yes, it’s extreme.
At the tech shows, someone always goes over the top with televisions and this time it’s Samsung. It’s difficult enough finding 4K resolution content for TVs we already have, but the Korean electronics giant decided to double that and released 8K TVs.
Samsung’s new QLED television isn’t just high on resolution, it’s very, very bright and has a processor powerful enough to scale lower resolution content up to 8K levels without distorting it. Some more company show their concept of 8K Tv.
laptops Lenovo brings along. The company’s Yoga Book 930 was one of the more exciting gadgets at the show. The laptop-tablet has two screens, one of them an e-ink one. And of course it works with a pen.
