5 Gadgets to Start 2017 #Helpful Post

hey guys is Austin and today I'm here

with five cool tickets that won't break

the bank

I'm going to start with we have the

latest in cutting-edge mobile VR

technology Google daydream so this

really is an evolution of what you would

find with Google cardboard and one the

main reasons to make this different so

it has the controller which is one of

the big differences between this and

cardboard but we'll get to that in a

second you know gonna say this actually

looks pretty nice so it's all the sort

of soft touch fabric material one of the

things with VR headsets is that they can

get kind of uncomfortable after a while

and get hot and sweaty and especially if

it's heavy it's got a really kind of way

on you but this actually is pretty nice

so one of the downsides to using

daydream is that it is not as widely

compatible as cardboard which works on

pretty much everything so with a dream

you need to use a few specific phones

and the main ones were that are out

right now are the pixel phones so future

guys definitely the future um all right

so I can actually aim with the

controller that's cool all right so now

the Google photos this is a panorama I

took in San Diego and you know what that

is she looks pretty cool whoa

alright just do you toward 2016 you know

the reasons this is so good 360 video is

cool but when you have to take that and

kind of stretch it all the way around

you it becomes very difficult to

actually be able to get something it's a

high enough resolution you're talking

about something like probably 8k if not

12 K to really get the full resolution

all around you or something like this

I'm watching on what's essentially looks

like a giant big screen in front of me

oh that's cool so I'm here on the page

to download Need for Speed and as I look

around I'm actually sitting in a garage

so that's kind of cool so I can actually

reach down VR and pick up the daydream

controller it's not perfectly one-to-one

like five is but that's what she really

cool I mean once you're in the game it

looks nice I guess I just it's really

hard for me to take a racing game

seriously without good controls and this

is kind of goofy some other things with

the daydream controller it doesn't feel

like it's really that well-suited for an

experience like this it works and

honestly it works better than it really

should for a racing game but I think

this is gonna be this would be a lot

better suit if I actually had a proper

controller

I think daydream might

be my favorite mobile VR setup so for

$80 assuming you have a daydream

compatible phone like a pixel this is a

pretty cool gift to start out with it's

not as good as a full VR setup but this

is also a lot cheaper and a lot smaller

next we have the Kingston MobileLite

Wireless Pro and pick shoutout to

Kingston for sponsoring this video so

this little guy actually does a lot so

for starters we have 64 gigabytes of

storage built in so when you pair it via

Wi-Fi to your phone you can use it to

dump all kinds of data pictures videos

all that kind of stuff there's also an

SD card reader as well as a full USB

port

now that port does double duty first of

all you can plug something like a flash

drive in to expand the capacity or you

can pull your phone in because this

doubles as a backup battery so to get

this guy up and running all you do is

connect to the Wi-Fi network and then

download the MobileLite app yeah there

we go 58 point 2 gigabytes free as one

of my most treasured possessions in life

this photo of Ralphy has to be backed up

in as many places as possible and the

first place is my mobile light you can

also do full backups from your phone so

for example I could dump my entire

camera roll over here

contact calendar all that kind of stuff

well it's nice to have this stuff backed

up on the cloud you should always have

multiple copies of anything is really

important and something that this is

easy enough to carry around with you

everywhere now as far as gifts go I

honestly think this is probably one of

the best things on the list this is the

Fujifilm Instax Mini 90 so what you're

getting here is essentially a new-age

Polaroid so it's a film camera that will

immediately print your shots out yes

this looks so cool man like ah I'm gonna

say I really like the look of this thing

so Fuji does make a cheaper version of

the Instax but it looks a little more

like a toy it's all plastic

whereas this looks properly retro or I'm

back you're not gonna find a lot so you

have a couple of buttons to change your

mode turn on and off things like the

flash and you also have an actual

optical viewfinder even though this is a

film camera we do have a rechargeable

battery but once we get this in

we just need to load the film I mean we

all had digital cameras we're all used

to be able to take a million pictures or

pick the best one but there's something

special about you get one shot if you

waste it that's gone so I feel like it

almost kind of forces you to be a better

photographer even if you've never used a

film camera before this is super easy so

all you do is take this guy

lined up on the back of the camera there

we go

God there's something so satisfying

about a physical picture ooh but that

actually is pretty good that looks

pretty good

that looks like Ken right there this is

actually work I don't actually know if

this trick works I've always seen people

do it I don't believe it works this is

not the most practical camera in the

world but it is a lot of fun knowing

that you have that pressure to make sure

you get the shot right and be able to

actually get a physical version of that

shot almost immediately it's not some

amazing new concept but I've got to say

this is way more fun than I thought it

was going to be next we have the

chromecast ultra so if you guys been

watching the channel for a while or you

know follow technology at all you know

that the chromecast is kind of a big

deal and this is the latest version

which supports not only 4k but also HDR

so this is not any kind of massive

difference between previous chromecast's

what you're getting here really is just

a heart at first glance it's really

difficult to tell the difference between

the ultra and the normal chromecast and

in actual use it's also going to be

pretty difficult because it's basically

the same thing the main advantage here

really is the idea of getting a fairly

inexpensive 4k streaming box or well

puck I guess is a better term so what

you have a chromecast hooked up to your

TV it's a pretty seamless experience so

you connect it to your Wi-Fi and once

you do you can pretty much stream from

any device this chromecast compatible

and these days there are a lot so most

apps have chromecast support so things

like YouTube things like Netflix you can

stream right to your TV and honestly I

should for chromecast to most sort of

Smart TV interfaces if you're still

rocking a 1080p TV the normal chromecast

is fine however if you plan on upgrading

your video game for 2017 the chromecast

ultra is worth a look if you're looking

for something a little bit more on the

stocking stuffer side of things then we

have power tabs so these are kind of

interesting they are one-time use mobile

chargers for smartphones so not only do

you have one with a lightning cable but

you can also pick it up for micro USB

and at about $5 each this can actually

really come in handy so I think for the

most part you're going to find these

things and like vending machines and

that sort of stuff but if you're in a

pinch and you really need a quick charge

there's not a lot to this guy Wow

that is actually no disposable battery

might sound like a bad idea but this is

very basic so it's got sort of a

cardboard shell and the lightning cable

is very very simple however considering

that these are all recyclable it does

make sense so the charge we should just

be able to plug it into the Lightning

port and there we go charging so with

about a thousand milliamp hours it might

not give you a full charge in fact it

definitely won't but in a quick pinch

you need a little bit of extra juice

this could be a serious life saver as

always all the links you guys need will

be in the description of this video you

should also go check out a video from my

friends over at Kingston where they

check out some of the best photography

tips anyway guys thank you so much for

watching and I will catch you in the

next one