Acer has revealed a raft of recent {hardware}, because the deluge of product launches from Computex 2024 begins – regardless that the present doesn’t formally kick off till subsequent week. The revelations embody a nifty new stereoscopic 3D digicam, a bunch of displays with some sensible improvements in tow, and a Wi-Fi 7 mesh router.
Let’s begin with the Acer SpatialLabs Eyes Stereo Digicam, a tool able to capturing 3D stereoscopic photographs (or video) after which permitting you to view them on a SpatialLabs 3D laptop computer, in all their full glasses-free three-dimensional glory. Or you possibly can view the fabric on any 3D appropriate show, reminiscent of a VR headset or 3D projector.
The machine itself appears like a traditional digicam and is properly compact and moveable, with two giant lenses on the entrance for capturing these stereoscopic photographs.
In addition to taking 3D snaps or recording video, Acer has additionally made it potential to bask in real-time 3D streaming – reside on YouTube, or different platforms – and video chatting in three-dimensions can be an possibility on the likes of Microsoft Groups, Zoom or Google Meet (by way of a SpatialLabs video name widget, which can arrive at launch, or barely thereafter).
It is a multi-faceted little machine, then, and the Acer SpatialLabs Eyes Stereo Digicam 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 can be €549 (round £470, AU$900).
Monitor magic
Shifting on to Acer’s displays, 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 sensible TV collectively in a single bundle.
These displays are the DA1 and Nitro GA1 sequence, and each are available 31.5-inch and 27-inch sizes.
The DA1 is extra your desktop productiveness workhorse, with a 4K decision and 60Hz refresh charge, whereas the Nitro GA1 – as you possibly can most likely guess from the title – is aimed squarely at changing into one of many finest gaming displays.
With the GA1 you’re getting a decrease 1440p decision, and better 180Hz refresh charge, all in direction of the purpose of acquiring extra fluid body charges (which isn’t really easy at 4K, after all, although the finest GPUs today are extremely succesful, when you’ve obtained the price range to stretch to them). To fight display screen tearing, AMD Freesync is on board, and also you’ve obtained a 1ms response time.
These displays additionally provide a multi-view function, to separate the display screen so you possibly can watch TV whereas working (or gaming). Acer has integrated wi-fi projection, too.
All of those displays are set to go on sale in This autumn of 2024 in each the US and EMEA.
The Acer DA271K (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 taking a look at $379.99 or €349 (round £300, AU$570).
On high of these screens, there are another gaming displays right here beneath 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 screen that gives a 1440p decision and a super-speedy 480Hz refresh charge (although we’re getting extra used to those colossal refresh charges at this level). It additionally advantages from a 0.01ms response time.
Subsequent up the dimensions ladder is a 31.5-inch monitor, the Predator X32 X3, which is a 4K show with a 240Hz refresh charge and 0.03ms response time. This is among the newer breed of displays that lets you swap between two decision and refresh charge modes, on-the-fly, so you possibly can run at 4K plus 240Hz as talked about, or 1080p with a 480Hz refresh charge alternatively, for if you’re taking part in a sport that may be pushed that quick.
Lastly, we have now the Predator X34 X5, which may be very totally different when it comes to providing a 34-inch display screen, but it surely’s additionally ultra-wide (3440 x 1440 decision) and has a curved panel too (1800R) for higher immersion.
All of those displays provide 99% protection of the DCI-P3 colour gamut, AMD FreeSync Premium plus Nvidia G-Sync, and 10-bit colour, with some nifty extras too. The latter consists of built-in 5W audio system (helpful in a pinch, maybe) and an built-in KVM swap 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).
Additionally 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, considered one of which is a mesh Wi-Fi router system, and the opposite a gaming router.
The previous is the Acer Wave 7, and if we mentioned the quantity within the title was a key issue, you would possibly simply guess one of many main promoting factors of this mesh system – particularly 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 standard 2.4GHz plus 5GHz, or 2.4GHz plus 6GHz when you choose.
The Wave 7 gives 320MHz channel assist and Multi-Hyperlink Operations (MLO) for glorious efficiency and decreasing interference from different units (particularly useful in a crowded surroundings like a block of flats).
You’ll be capable of 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 extra 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 Join W6x, which gives 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 can 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 can be out within the US and EMEA, however we don’t have the US pricing but, though the European value tags will provide you with an concept. A single machine will set you again €119 (round $130, £100, AU$195), and a 2-pack can 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 Join W6x, once more there’s no US value but, however in Europe this gaming router goes to hold a price ticket of €129 (round $140, £110, AU$210).
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