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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