Tag: nextgen

13 MAR

Next-Gen Toyota RAV4 to Make Debut Later This Month; Here’s What We Know

– Sales of Toyota’s RAV4 may be stronger than ever, but the current model is long in the tooth, so the RAV4 is headed for a makeover. Since the 2013 model year, when this generation of RAV4 made its debut, Toyota has seen top challengers such as the Honda CR-V and the Mazda CX-5 undergo major redesigns, […]

12 MAR

Russia’s next-gen hypersonic & nuclear weapons ‘not a bluff, but new reality’ – Defense Ministry

Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister has hinted at an early start to the mass production of the boost-glide Avangard hypersonic systems and has shared new details about Russia’s other recently-unveiled, seemingly futuristic weapons. “This is not a bluff, but a reality,” Yury Borisov told Russian Ministry of Defense news outlet, Krasnaya Zvezda. Read more During his […]

11 MAR

Neurogaming’s next-gen Polygon system is an evolution of VR arcades

I was recently invited to New York to check out the demo VR space for Neurogaming. The company behind World of Tanks (Wargaming) formed Neurogaming to work on VR arcades in partnership with a venture funding group called VRTech. From a hardware perspective, their first “CinemaVR” system isn’t too different from IMAX VR’s locations. You can st…Read More

04 MAR

5G’s secret weapon will be low latency, empowering next-gen VR and gaming

ANALYSIS: As the 2018 Mobile World Congress wound down this week, next-generation 5G wireless technology was clearly the show’s biggest story, promising dramatically faster data speeds. But 5G’s secret weapon will actually be ultra-low latency, a concept that’s easily understood but hard to market. Verizon, Vodafone, and Huawei have spent the past month demonstrating how […]

19 FEB

Watch a next-gen Tesla Roadster rocket down a test track

Tesla was recently spotted testing its next-generation Roadster on the test track at its factory in Fremont, Calif., and now we have footage of the supercar’s vaunted launch capabilities. Twitter user Shehryar Khan posted the following video last week complete with an adoring, all-caps tagline (beware the salty language at the end). ROADSTER I LOVE […]

29 JAN

Next-gen Porsche 911 to get 485-hp hybrid PHEV model, eventually

Automobile reports that Oliver Blume, the CEO of Porsche himself, half-confirmed a PHEV model of the firm’s most important car at the L.A. Auto Show. Blume said, “We are looking at a plug-in hybrid911. It will be launched as soon as there is a market for it, which analysts say will be around 2023.” The […]

21 JAN

Next-gen Lamborghini Aventador to get batteries and active aero?

Sportscar makers at the pointy end of class flout what appear to be inevitable business decisions the same way their offerings flout what appear to be inevitable physical limitations. Questions we’ve asked for years include: How long until Ferrari builds an SUV? (Next year.) How long until Chevrolet reveals a mid-engined Corvette? (Soon?) And how […]

18 JAN

Samsung starts producing GDDR6 RAM for next-gen graphics cards

You can start getting pumped about the next generation of graphics cards, as Samsung has announced that it’s building the first-ever 16-gigabit GDDR6 chips using its 10-nanometer class technology. The news isn’t a complete surprise, as Samsung previously said that GDDR6 was coming when it unveiled 8-gigabit DDR4 RAM chips last month and won a […]