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Lenovo is the latest company to show off an all-in-one with a 3D camera
In case you haven't noticed, Lenovo is showing off an insane amount of stuff here at CES 2015. Tablets, smartphones, a smartwatch, laptops, more laptops. Now, rounding out the list, we're seeing the company's latest desktops. Of the three, there's only one you probably want to know about, and that's the B50, a 23.8-inch all-in-one with Intel's RealSense motion-sensing 3D camera setup (as pictured in the above close-up). As it happens, you're going to be seeing RealSense on a lot of gadgets this week at CES -- everything from laptops to tablets to desktops like this. Depending on the form factor -- and also the specific company -- the use cases for that 3D camera are going to differ a little bit each time. After all, there's no accounting for what software they pre-load on the machine. In the case of the B50, though, Lenovo seems to be pushing the gaming angle -- in a demo, I played a game where I lifted soldiers to safety using an onscreen hand (operated by my real hand, of course).
Quicksilver alpha builds, B50 Bulldog
HawkWings brings us two quick notes about everyones favorite OS X do-everything app, Quicksilver. According to a thread in the QS forums, contrary to many a users' expectations, setting QS to check for pre-release versions does not get you the very latest bleeding edge super Xtreme sub-alpha builds of the application. Instead, if you feel you are Xtreme enough to handle pre-pre-release builds of Quicksilver, head on over to the GetQS.com developer page. Speaking of ultra-alpha versions, Quicksilver B50 Bulldog was recently released, and although it doesn't sport much in the way of new features, it does have a sexy new menu bar icon.
