The WAN Show: iPhone 6 Rumours, Oculus DK2 & Project Morpheus, Moto 360 - March 21, 2014

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TOPIC TIMETABLE
0:06:13 - TOPIC: Ohio Car Dealers Block Tesla Direct Sales
- 0:08:38 - Senator being paid off?
- 0:11:39 - We hate car shopping
- 0:29:05 - Viewer experiences with car dealerships
0:13:55 - TOPIC: Android Wear for Smartwatches and Wearables
- 0:15:37 - Basic features
- 0:16:12 - They need to look good
- 0:17:18 - The merits of calculator watches
- 0:17:46 - ETA for more information
0:18:04 - TOPIC: Moto 360 Smartwatch previewed
- 0:20:34 - Do specs matter for wearables?
- 0:22:26 - Images & feature summary
- 0:22:46 - Not going to get too hyped... Toq letdown
0:23:33 - Fitness Wearables: Fad or Longterm?
- 0:24:25 - Who is buying them?
- 0:25:12 - Ideal fitness wearables discussion
- 0:27:50 - Augmented reality gaming fitness??
- 0:28:18 - Badminton is real exercise
0:31:54 - TOPIC: Amazon Smartphone Coming?
- 0:32:25 - Gesture based interaction
- 0:33:15 - Is now a good time to enter the smartphone market?
0:34:33 - TOPIC: iPhone 6
- 0:34:40 - Some rumoured specs
- 0:35:33 - iPhone 6 size discussion
- 0:36:43 - iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1 is much better
- 0:38:25 - Liquid metal casing rumours and advantages
- 0:41:26 - Sapphire crystal screen rumours & advantages
0:44:40 - TOPIC: Apple iHome with Siri
- 0:45:00 - The importance of devices working together
- 0:46:10 - But they'll have all your data...
- 0:46:55 - The ideal personal cloud
0:48:20 - TOPIC: Google is Encrypting Gmail Data
- 0:49:22 - Your personal data - give it to corporation or government?
- 0:52:16 - Challenge coins
0:55:15 - TOPIC: Valve In-Home Streaming Updated Again
- 0:55:22 - My conversation with Valve employee slouken
- 0:57:18 - What it's like to work at Valve
- 0:58:25 - New feature summary
- 1:01:00 - Gaben uses an iPhone and iPad and he's okay
1:02:53 - TOPIC: Valve Updated the STEAM Controller Again
- 1:03:21 - Why are D Pads so hard to make?
- 1:03:50 - Touchpads - Still not sold on them
- 1:05:10 - What I would change about the STEAM controller
1:05:56 - TOPIC: Random NVIDIA Shield discussion
- 1:06:58 - Shield is a tablet
- 1:07:43 - Using the buttons to navigate the OS
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- 1:17:13 - Butt wiping
1:17:50 - TOPIC: Valve Free to Play Documentary
- 1:18:03 - Who should watch it?
- 1:18:34 - Was the film just a commercial or was it interesting aside from that?
- 1:20:02 - The problems with being a pro gamer
- 1:22:33 - Parents. Should they approve of their kids aspiring to be pro gamers?
- 1:24:08 - Why it's important to have a backup plan
- 1:28:19 - Shots fired at Ryan Shrout
1:30:19 - TOPIC: CPU News from Intel
- 1:30:38 - Good stuff coming! Intel listening to the enthusiasts!
- 1:05:40 - ISP Ads
- 1:08:00 - Not 100% Secure
1:31:29 - TOPIC: DirectX 12 is coming
- 1:32:41 - The benefits of DX12 vs DX11
- 1:33:03 - Microsoft, why did you wait so long to improve DX?
- 1:34:05 - Do we still need Mantle?
- 1:34:43 - DX11 graphics card will work with DX12!
1:35:20 - TOPIC: OpenGL Improvements
- 1:35:54 - Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA all agree driver overhead could be reduced to near-zero!
- 1:36:22 - Why are OpenGL performance improvements so exciting?
1:37:07 - TOPIC: Snowdrop Engine Demo
- 1:37:40 - It looks amazing!
- 1:38:09 - It's easy to work with
- 1:38:09 - It's easy to work with
1:38:46 - TOPIC: Unity 5 Engine with Support for Plugin-Free Browser Games
- 1:39:22 - The main features & ease of use
1:40:15 - TOPIC: Mantle and TrueAudio Released for Thief
- 1:40:38 - Tom's Hardware benchmarks with Mantle
- 1:41:24 - Positional audio worth another try? It was bad before, but perhaps better now?
- 1:08:00 - Not 100% Secure
1:42:53 - TOPIC: Project Morpheus (Playstation VR)
- 1:43:06 - Specs & Features
- 1:44:30 - Oculus employees' opinions of Morpheus and rumoured collaboration between Sony and Oculus
- 1:45:43 - What kind of games will run in VR on PS4? Just basic stuff?
1:48:01 - TOPIC: Oculus Rift Development Kit 2 (DK2) Released
- 1:48:26 - More Specs
- 1:48:56 - Faster refresh rates & low persistence REALLY matter.
- 1:50:01 - Built in latency tester
- 1:50:51 - Challenges with tracking IR LEDs
- 1:51:25 - Consumers, please don't buy this... better stuff is coming.
1:54:09 - TOPIC: Wal-Mart Offers Game Trade-Ins