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00:00Yo what's up, MTBHD here. Welcome back to Dope Tech in TechTember, the busiest, most wonderful time of the year.
00:09But I've got three really cool things to show you.
00:11So first up is this laptop here. This is the Dell XPS 13+.
00:17It's probably the hottest laptop design I have ever seen.
00:21And then when you actually get to using the laptop, you pretty quickly realize it's a little bit more difficult to use,
00:27specifically because of the sick design.
00:30It's like probably the purest example of form over function I've ever seen.
00:34Let me explain. So just look at this thing.
00:36Look at this thing. Most laptops look really similar to each other,
00:40but when I picture it like a modern, even slightly futuristic laptop, this is what comes to mind.
00:45It's this all white, clean, thin, folding piece of metal with edge to edge, everything basically.
00:51The keyboard goes to edge to edge, but is also particularly flat without being terrible to type on,
00:56which looks really good.
00:57And it matches up with this 13-inch 4K OLED touchscreen, also going corner to corner.
01:03And this is not the only laptop to have basically full screen display corner to corner.
01:07But the fact that it does it all while keeping the webcam up at the top and not having a notch is welcomed.
01:13And then down below the keyboard, you have this trackpad, but it's an invisible trackpad.
01:19You might've been looking at this laptop wondering like, why does it look so clean?
01:22This is definitely why. It's still a normal-sized, normal-shaped trackpad under here,
01:27but it's an area underneath this single piece of glass that doesn't move at all.
01:33It just vibrates with the haptics to simulate the feel of a click, and it's quite good at it.
01:38And then all of that put together in this clean metal body with metallic chamfered edges,
01:43the half-inch total thickness, it's under three pounds,
01:46makes it a pretty sweet aesthetic for an everyday laptop.
01:49However, y'all know what form over function means.
01:52So as hot as this laptop is, there are some pretty clear trade-offs that make it obvious
01:57why others aren't running to copy everything that they did here.
02:01So like the trackpad, for example, is super good looking.
02:04But as you can imagine, when your finger leaves the sensitive surface area, the mouse just stops working.
02:10You just kind of have to get used to knowing where it ends.
02:13So there's a reason why other laptop manufacturers, even though they also use one-piece trackpads that don't move,
02:18they will clearly define the trackpad area visually.
02:21And then the keyboard, it's a quirky one.
02:24You know, you've got the power button cutting into the backspace button a little bit up on the right side here.
02:28There's the shorter up and down arrow keys.
02:30I guess for the most part, even though it's flat and the keys aren't particularly clicky,
02:34this is a reasonable keyboard until you get to the touch bar right above it.
02:39So we've seen touch bars before, and there's a reason why we've kind of just started moving back away from them.
02:45This one is definitely not any better than the rest.
02:48It's a soft escape key, and then F1 through F12,
02:51and then they can turn it into media controls and quick controls as you move around between apps.
02:55But this is an even worse version of a touch bar because it's not a screen.
02:58So you don't really have visual confirmation of your touch targets,
03:01and they're smaller than normal touch targets, and there's no haptic feedback.
03:05It's just not fun to use.
03:06And then also, you know, yes, this is a beautiful, thin, crafted piece of metal,
03:10which is awesome to see in an everyday laptop.
03:12But you might have noticed there's only one, two USB-C ports, and no headphone jack on this entire laptop,
03:19which is not nice to see on an everyday laptop.
03:22Actually, here's the perfect example of form over function with this laptop.
03:25It's super clean and nice looking, right?
03:27There's no, like, indent for your thumb where you'd normally be able to open the laptop
03:32because I guess they wanted it to look super nice and sharp at the bottom, which it does.
03:39But now, this is not as easy to, yeah, form over function.
03:44Either way, I still consider this dope tech just because it is still a pretty respectable laptop inside,
03:49decent specs and everything.
03:50There's also a high refresh rate display option.
03:53I'll link to a full Dave2D review where he goes over a lot more of this stuff in depth, benchmarks, etc.
03:58But for now, I guess I just leave this with a better understanding of why more laptops don't look just like this one.
04:05All right, so the next piece of dope tech is something we've had for a little while now.
04:08It's actually a piece of gear that we've been using behind the scenes on a couple of these more recent videos.
04:14And it's also from a sponsor of this video.
04:16It's from EcoFlow.
04:17So you might have been watching the IONIQ 5 review and been thinking,
04:20wow, this is the best IONIQ 5 review ever made.
04:23How did they shoot that?
04:24So long story, a lot of fun gear, a lot of practice goes into stuff like that.
04:27But one of the most underrated parts behind the whole thing was a mobile power station powering it all.
04:33So that was EcoFlow's Delta Pro, which is an absolute tank.
04:37This thing was powering the camera, the audio device, the light we used,
04:41just everything we used with way more than enough extra to charge up anyone's laptops or smartphones or any other gadgets.
04:47And yes, before we start typing, some of you are eagle-eyed enough to realize that the Rivian we're shooting with also has some power ports.
04:54But then how are we supposed to get this shot with the Rivian in the background hundreds of feet away?
04:58That would be the Delta Pro.
04:59Now, as you've also probably been able to guess by the fact that I'm outside again,
05:02yes, this whole video shoot is powered by a Delta Pro.
05:06But they also have a smaller, slightly more affordable, more portable version.
05:10This is called the Delta 2.
05:12It's still ridiculously capable.
05:15This here is a one kilowatt hour battery, but it's got an expansion port here because you can connect it to more
05:21and daisy-chain them together and have up to three kilowatt hours just of these.
05:25And just one of these can power up to 15 devices simultaneously.
05:29You can see these six AC outlets on the back.
05:31Just these by themselves can do 1800 watts of steady output.
05:35And then around the front, there's some USB-A and some USB-C ports that'll do 100 watts.
05:39And then there's a screen that breaks down how much power you're outputting and how much time it'll last.
05:43But even better than the screen, they also have a smartphone app that connects via Bluetooth
05:47that just breaks down exactly how much power each port is drawing, the temperatures, the time remaining,
05:52and even this real-time graph, which is sick.
05:54When we finally do run through this whole thing, it can fast charge up back from 0 to 80% in, like, 50 minutes.
06:00And I think you can go to 100% in under an hour and a half.
06:02But it's good for 3,000 charge cycles like that, which is like a decade if you used it a whole thing every single day.
06:08It's great. These are the same types of batteries that are in Tesla's vehicles.
06:13Very durable. There's also a five-year warranty that covers everything.
06:16It's one of those pieces of gear that you don't realize how important it is to you
06:19until it's pointed out to you like a favorite lens or something.
06:22So the bigger Delta Pro power station, this guy is 3.6 kilowatt hours
06:27and can sustain 3,600 watts of AC output, which is crazy.
06:31And that one can even be linked up to your home as a battery backup.
06:35And it can be charged up via solar panels or even at a level 2 electric car charging station with included accessories.
06:42It can also be charged up via multiple sources at once.
06:45It's incredible. This thing is a real beast.
06:47But here's the kicker, and this is a question I get, like, all the time about electric cars.
06:50So when you drive a gas car and you run out of gas, you can always have someone go find the nearest gas station
06:57but grab a bunch of gasoline in, like, a pitcher or a can, bring it to you, and fill it up.
07:03What happens if you run out of electricity in a battery-powered car?
07:07Well, now the answer is you get a battery, and someone can bring you an actual battery,
07:12one of these EcoFlow Pros even, and it'll just plug right in
07:15and actually charge up the car straight from the outlet on the side.
07:18And it is super impressive. It's not going to be the fastest charge in the world,
07:21but you can see it's drawing nearly 1,000 watts.
07:24You can add one or two miles real quick just to get to the nearest fast charger, and that is incredibly useful.
07:29It's the kind of thing where I feel like every roadside assistance vehicle should just have one of these now
07:33because of how popular electric cars are getting, and that would help a lot of people out.
07:37So yeah, anyway, if you want to get one of these, it's great for our portable studio use,
07:40but it's great for peace of mind, too.
07:42If you want to grab the 2 or the Pro, you can use the promo code I have down below,
07:46which is MKBHDEF8. That'll get you 8% off your order, so you're welcome.
07:53All right, so a few days ago, I got an email asking if I wanted to try haptic gloves in VR,
07:58and I got a lot of weird emails, so I was very close to just skipping over this one,
08:02but something made me say yes to this one, and I'm very glad I said yes.
08:06So this is a fascinating piece of tech, and the idea is pretty simple.
08:11It's not a finished product by any means, but the concept is, what if you could feel inside of VR?
08:18Like VR, the visuals are getting so much better.
08:20It's entertaining your sense of hearing now, too.
08:22It's getting more and more immersive, but here's one more of your senses to actually entertain,
08:28like feeling stuff inside of the virtual reality world.
08:31Now, the major VR headsets that are out right now don't really do this.
08:34So this is like a sort of a hack or a layer built on top of that.
08:38So for the Quest 2 that I've been using for a while, you have the gloves,
08:43and then the gloves attach to the actual controller itself.
08:47So you end up looking like you have a rig basically like this as you use it in the game,
08:53which is kind of a lot, but they've built some experiences inside of the VR world
08:58to actually take advantage of these gloves, and they're pretty impressive.
09:03Before we can start assembling the robot, we need to clean up the place.
09:06Place the drink cans inside the trash bin.
09:10You can like kind of hear the haptic engine or motor working,
09:15but I'm picking up a can, I can feel that.
09:18Throwing it out.
09:19You can see like one finger at a time move exactly the way you tell it to.
09:24Put my thumb in, close it, open it.
09:27It's pretty sick.
09:28Pick up the left wheel and snap it to the robot.
09:31Unfortunately, there's no weight of anything.
09:34Like when something is heavy, like this should be a really heavy object.
09:37I don't know how they would add weight to it, but that would be kind of cool.
09:44All right, this is the part where you get to feel the trigger of the drill.
09:47Pick up the drill and just...
09:49...and the wheels of the robot with the drill.
09:52This is a complete experience.
09:53I feel the drill vibrating when I squeeze the trigger,
09:56and it's only my pointer finger that feels resistance.
10:01That is good.
10:10So there are wires down each of the fingers as you can see,
10:13and they're connected to motors in the knuckles
10:15that can give you up to 20 newtons of resistance per finger.
10:18Then there's vibration motors in the thumb,
10:21and they're connected to the motor in the knuckles.
10:24And then there's vibration motors in the wrist.
10:28Then there's vibration motors in the thumb
10:30and the tips of all the fingers and in the palm.
10:33So the idea is anytime you grab something or touch something
10:36or hit or squeeze something or let go of something,
10:39all of that is slightly more feelable.
10:43You can feel all of that when wearing the gloves
10:45instead of holding a controller.
10:47You know, really the most interesting thing to me
10:50is that all of this is on the outside of the finger,
10:53so it can only do a certain type of force,
10:56like squeezing you can really feel,
10:58but you don't actually feel the object in your hands.
11:01It would be cool if this was developed more,
11:03and I think that's what's going to happen.
11:05I think you're going to start to see the other VR headset makers
11:08actually work on this problem
11:10because they also are thinking about immersion.
11:12And then I think the future of this is endless.
11:14Like imagine, I imagine a lot of sports games,
11:17like driving games, feeling the resistance of the wheel
11:19while you're in VR, or even something like,
11:22I don't know, you're holding a tennis racket or a ping pong.
11:25Imagine ping pong while feeling the spin
11:28you can put on the ball, it's crazy.
11:30That's going to be super advanced.
11:32Anyway, as of right now,
11:33the company that's making these sense gloves
11:35is selling them in super limited quantities
11:37to enterprise companies for 4,500 euros a pop.
11:41So companies like Volkswagen and the European Space Agency
11:45have sets of these for procedural training,
11:48which is still pretty cool.
11:49But again, I'm really glad I said yes to this experience
11:51because this is dope tech.
11:53This is the bleeding edge of stuff
11:55that makes sense mentally now,
11:58but is going to be really cool sometime in the future.
12:02And I can't wait for that.
12:04Either way, that's been it.
12:06Thanks for watching.
12:08Catch you guys in the next one.
12:09Peace.