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Hands-on with the Elite: Dangerous alpha
I don't have much history with Elite. I played the original, circa 1985 on my dad's green monochrome Apple II, but frankly I didn't understand a bit of it and subsequently went back to Sundog and subLOGIC's fledgling wireframe Flight Simulator as a result. By the time Elite II and Frontier: First Encounters shipped in the early to mid 1990s, I was already losing copious amounts of my adolescence to Wing Commander, Privateer, and X-Wing, all of them of course indebted to the space trading flight sim thing that David Braben and Ian Bell published a decade earlier. For all intents and purposes, then, I'm an Elite virgin despite a lifetime of playing nearly everything in the genre it inspired. And if the Elite: Dangerous alpha client is an accurate barometer, gosh have I missed out.
Frontier teases first Elite: Dangerous screenshots
Frontier has released the first batch of work-in-progress screenshots for Elite: Dangerous. Senior producer Michael Brookes posted them on Frontier's forums earlier today, though the shots initially found their way to Elite Kickstarter backers via an email blast. Elite: Dangerous raked in over £1.5 million during its fundraising drive that began in November, 2012 and ended in early January, 2013. The game is scheduled to release on PC and Mac platforms next year, and it is the latest iteration of the venerable space trading sim first published in 1984.
Elite Screens intros mobile electric floor-rising Kestral
The VMAX Plus3 may be just the thing for home theater builders looking to set it and forget it, but what about projectionists on the run? Elite Screens' $2,199 Kestrel should be just the thing, as it comes in a highly portable package that enables users to erect a screen from the floor up with the press of a remote. Available in both 84- / 100-inch versions in either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios, these screens boast a "mechanized cross-rising apparatus is driven by a tubular motor," and the built-in 5-12V projector trigger should come in handy as well. So much for taking the top-down approach, huh?
Elite Screens introduces VMAX Plus3 projection screen
If you've got wads of Benjamins just roasting a hole in your pocket and you're desperately in need of a new projection screen, Elite Screens may have just the thing. Announced this week, the outfit has made official its VMAX Plus3 (prior iteration pictured) electric projection screen, which is designed for "large presentation halls, auditoriums, churches and community theaters," but we're confident it would seem right at home in a serious home theater. The unit is available in 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios and is constructed from Elite's proprietary MaxWhite 1.1 gain synthetic weave material. You'll also find direct wired (Ethernet) / wireless options (IR and RF) for control, a side access panel in case the motor ever needs to be removed and a price tag starting at $1,778.
