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Where does virtual reality go next? Right now, there seem to be two paths: Portable and self-contained headsets or those connected to computers and consoles. Valve is clearly betting on the second way with the Index, its first VR hardware. It crams in just about every feature you’d expect from a high-end headset, including some truly transformative finger-sensing controllers. It’s just too bad the entire Index package costs $999, putting it out of reach for most people. It’s a boundary-pushing headset meant to keep the VR industry from getting stale.

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1. Lumus brought a massively wider FOV to smartglasses at CES 2026

   Lumus got a major boost in brand recognition when one of its waveguides was selected for use in the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. But that already feels like old tech now because at CES 2026, the company

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2. Handwriting is my new favorite way to text with the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses

   When Meta first announced its display-enabled smart glasses last year, it teased a handwriting feature that allows users to send messages by tracing letters with their hands. Now, the company is starting to ...

3. IXI’s autofocusing lenses are almost ready to replace multifocal glasses

   While wave upon wave of smartglasses and face-based wearables crash on the shores of CES, traditional glasses really haven’t changed much over the hundreds of years we’ve been using them. The last innovation, arguably, was progressive multifocals that blended near and farsighted lenses — and that was back in the 1950s. It makes sense that autofocusing glasses maker IXI thinks it’s time to

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4. Boston Dynamics unveils production-ready version of Atlas robot at CES 2026

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5. Razer put a waifu in a bottle at CES 2026

   Last year Razer showed off Project Ava ...

6. YouTube will let you exclude Shorts from search results

   YouTube introduced some new filters to its advanced search tools today. Possibly the most exciting change is that Shorts are now listed as a content type, so the three-minute-or-less videos can be excluded as results in your searches.

   This is a welcome update

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7. Hands-on with Fender Audio's headphones and speakers at CES 2026

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8. 19 CES gadgets you can buy right now

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9. The biggest new TV announcements at CES 2026 from Samsung, LG and TCL

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10. The weirdest tech we've seen at CES 2026 so far

    The usual suspects always show up at CES — new TVs, laptops, chips, robots and the like. But CES is also a place where companies feel free to ask some very strange questions about how technology could further infiltrate our lives. For example, should your toilet analyze your poop? Should your nails change color on command? From experimental laptops to health tech that probably didn’t need a

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