DF Direct Weekly #43: The Best of CES 2022, The NFT Poison Chalice

Digital Foundry Direct Weekly - A podcast by Digital Foundry - Mondays

DF Direct Weekly is back for 2022, with John Linneman, Alex Battaglia and Rich Leadbetter emerging from the holiday break to regale you with almost eighty-seven minutes of the latest tech and gaming news. 00:00:00 Introductions 00:00:34 CES 2022: OLED & QDLED News 00:11:25 CES 2022: AMD & Nvidia Conferences 00:23:48 CES 2022: BMW iX colour changing car & Sony Vision 00:28:08 CES 2022: Intel Conference 00:32:11 Square Enix announces intent to go into NFT and blockchain 00:40:59 Xbox Dev Mode gets "shut down", though not really. 00:45:25 Alan Wake Remastered Adds Auto HDR Support on Xbox Series S|X 00:49:31 DF Content Discussion: 2022 plans and resolutions 01:00:27 DF Content Discussion: GOTYS 01:02:56 DF Supporter Q1: Why do you feel gaming has never taken off on Mac? 01:08:47 DF Supporter Q2: I'm curious if we'll ever see a DF Retro H20 part 3? 01:16:18 DF Supporter Q3: What are your thoughts on the current state of AAA gaming, and what are your thoughts on the future of AAA gaming? 01:19:57 DF Supporter Q4: Is it possible that PSVR2 could be the leading platform for the most cutting edge VR experiences for the next few years? 01:22:26 DF Supporter Q5: From listening to the DF crew talk about ray tracing I gather that it is somewhat of an endgame in terms of real time lighting techniques. I wonder, is there anything that raytracing fundamentally can't do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices