Sony has reported its first new colors for PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller: a “cosmic red” model that features a two-tone red and black design, and an all-black “midnight black” version that infers the classic PS2, PS3, and PS4 controller designs.

As of not long ago, Sony has just offered the DualSense controller in a black-and-white color scheme to coordinate with the PS5 (which features a comparable contrasting theme), so the new color options are positively welcome ones.

The midnight black option is especially remarkable: the fundamentally white DualSense was a major departure for Sony’s designs, which have to a great trended toward black and gray consoles and controllers by default for the whole life span of the PlayStation brand. A major new black option (in fact still a two-tone design, with two different shades of black) is nearer to those different controllers, however.

At this moment, Sony has just declared new colors for the controller, albeit the PlayStation 5 comfort feature removable face plates — so it’s possible that the organization could introduce matching with plates for the PS5 soon. Venturesome companies like Dbrand have effectively begun to fill that gap, however, with their own third-party options.

The two new color schemes ought to be accessible to buy at some point one month from now (Sony says that dates will be subject to individual retailers). The Midnight Black color scheme will cost $69.99, equivalent to the standard DualSense controller, while the Cosmic Red will (mysteriously) cost $74.99, a $5 increment over the other two colors.

Obviously, all that accepts that you can discover a PS5 in any case — something that Sony concedes may be hard to do until 2022 at the earliest.

Amazon is refreshing a handful of products in its Echo line: the Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5, or more it’s adding a Kids Edition of the Echo Show 5. The huge new feature on the two models is the camera, yet the update is more impressive on the bigger Echo Show 8.

It presently has a same 13-megapixel sensor that you’ll discover on the Echo Show 10. Rather than moving the screen around to point at you as the 10 does, the Echo Show 8 gives a wider, 110-degree field of view. Inside that reach, it does the pan and zoom trick to keep subjects centered in the frame.

To power that trickand some other new software features, Amazon says there’s new “octa-core” processor inside the Echo Show 8. Something else, it’s a similar Echo Show 8 that we reviewed in 2019, with dual speakers and a choice of one or the other white or charcoal gray. It actually sells at a similar cost, $129.99.

The other software tricks include utilizing the camera to detect if a human has walked into the room and then plugging that information into routines (like turning on the lights). Amazon emphasizes that this is a pick in just feature and it even expects clients to physically punch in a code during arrangement to guarantee they truly mean to turn it on. It likewise does its human shape detection locally.

Amazon will likewise let all Echo 8 and 5 devices turn on Alexa’s security mode, so you can distantly see the cameras from your telephone. At long last, the Echo Show 8 is getting new AR impacts for Amazon’s own video visit administration, including “reactions” like filling the screen with hearts or setting custom virtual backgrounds.

With respect to the more modest (and more famous) Echo Show 5, the upgrades are less impressive. The camera is doubling in resolution, from one megapixel to two. It will not have the strength to do the follow mode on the camera. Nonetheless, the Echo Show 5 is getting a permanent price drop; it’s currently $84.99. It comes in similar charcoal and white tones however adds a new blue option.

If you want to spend $10 more, you can get a Kids Edition of the Echo Show 5 with a wild print on the rear fabric. That extra $10 likewise includes a year of Amazon Kids Plus services and a two-year warranty against whatever damage your youngster can inflict on the thing.

Every one of the three versions of the Echo Show ought to be accessible for order quickly, however shipping could require half a month — even Amazon isn’t fully immune to chip shortages, it appears. As for fans of the Echo Spot orb, it’s not seeing any updates today and is more then likely not going to make a comeback — Amazon reveals to us that most clients just settled on the Echo Show 5 all things considered.

HTC has disclosed the latest addition to its PC VR headset line-up as the Vive Pro 2, which shows up on fourth June with pre-orders open now.

As its name suggests, HTC’s Vive Pro 2 is the direct successor to the high-end PC VR headset it released in 2018. It’ll raise the stakes with a 5K resolution display (2448×2448 pixels per eye), a 120-degree field of view, and a 120Hz panel. Via contrast, the first Vive Pro highlighted a 2880×1600 goal, a 110-degree field of view, and a 90Hz refresh rate.

HTC claims the Vive Pro 2’s technological upgrades signify “minimal motion blur”, while screen door effect is said to be “virtually eliminated”.

The headset – which features adjustable between pupillary distance (IPD), head tie, and measuring dial – upholds the outwardly lossless Display Stream Compression standard, and incorporates a couple of Hi-Res Audio Certified earphones that convey 3D spatial sound, in spite of the fact that HTC notes outsider earphones are likewise upheld.

Also, in case you’re wondering about how the Vive Pro 2 may space into your current VR set-up, it’s viable with Vive Trackers of any age, the new Vive Facial Tracker, and will work with existing SteamVR adornments – “regardless of whether it’s Base Station 1.0 or Base Station 2.0, more seasoned Vive regulators, or even regulators and gloves like Valve’s Index ‘knuckle’ regulators”.

A headset-just version of the Vive Pro 2 will dispatch on fourth June and is accessible to pre-request now – it’s estimated at £719/€799/$799 USD, yet HTC is offering a £60 markdown for those that join to its newsletter before 31st May. The full-unit adaptation – which likewise incorporates the Base Station 2.0 and Vive regulators – dispatches on fourth August for £1299/€1399/$1399.