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Nakikipag-chat kami sa Bryan Overstreet, na kumakatawan sa Xeo at sa kanilang hindi kapani-paniwalang nakaka-engganyong audio peripheral sa CES ngayong taon.
"Hello everyone, I'm Alex, I'm here with Gamereactor, I'm at CES.
This is a place where we are seeing exciting tech, and something that I've just been playing with, fiddling around with, and have been very excited by is this new Xeo streaming thing that I've got under, sorry, sound thing that I've got under my arm."
"It is quite hefty, so you can probably see why my thoughts are a bit over the place.
Brian's here is going to talk me through it, and he's going to tell me why you should be excited as well.
Brian, talk me through it.
Alex, always a pleasure."
"So yeah, the Xeo 202, careful with our baby.
But just, you know, it's a gaming-centered audio system.
We're kind of based on acoustics, just our background company, so we've kind of just applied that to be the best surround sound gaming system."
"And this obviously comes with our main system, which is the Xeo 202, with these two main speakers.
And it also has some other capabilities, you can add like a module chair unit, that gives you that full surround sound.
It comes with two cool modular towers as well."
"It's got Bluetooth capabilities, it's really easy.
Got like our new remote control, so all you have to do is apply that, it's magnetic.
Just slap that on there.
Exactly, just slap that right on there."
"It's that easy.
So that automatically Bluetooth connects it, and then, you know, the sky's the limit.
Don't stay on the chair all day, drink some water.
I know, that's what I was thinking."
"It was almost like being in my bedroom again, you know, like playing with the speakers on too loud, thinking every time someone was tapping my shoulder, they were excited to see me playing the game and using the sound system.
But I was like, oh my God."
"What do you think about like sort of creating that level of sound immersion again?
Because I was talking with some of your colleagues, and it's something that I definitely think should be focused on more, I think, in games.
What drove that decision-making for this product?
I mean, for us, it's like one of the main components of the gaming experience."
"You know, visual qualities come a long way, so to pair that with something acoustically sound is just really our focus, and that's just where the Xeo 202 came in.
And this is also, this is just one sort of piece that you can get, as you said, in sort of like almost a modular design of, I was talking to your colleague before, there's like overheads, there's the surround sound."
"How do those play off of one another, and what's the sort of benefit, I guess, of getting the whole kit?
Yeah, I mean, so as a base model, these two speakers do a great job, and it's just really like, what gaming experience are you looking for?
And that kind of just adds, you know, the sky's the limit."
"If it's a head case for kind of a first-person shooter, it really comes in handy.
It like adds a lot.
And the tower speakers are really nice.
I mean, honestly, sometimes after a long day of gaming, I'm just looking to listen to some good music, and it's just nice that it's versatile in that sense, where I can turn those speakers around and just like turn it into my little concert."
"The audio quality that you're getting here, it's not just for gaming, because I think when a lot of people see something that's designed with gamers in mind, they think, well, it's not got that everyday use that I want.
But this is not the case here."
"This is something you can have no matter what you like listening to.
Yeah, exactly.
I mean, when you're in a room full of gamer engineers, gaming becomes our focus every time.
But it's nice to kind of reach a broader audience as well."
"And I mean, good sound doesn't stop with gaming, but it is like a really cool component.
So something we touched on before is this prototype disc thing that I'm trying to show off here, but it is getting heavy under my forearm now.
I'm getting a bit of a workout in as well."
"Need to get one when you're at CES.
No time for it.
But this is something that I was told is also available to stick on almost anything, is your guys' dream with this."
"You know, you can stick it on other audio modules that you guys are making, as well as like controllers and things like that.
Is the dream to sort of create this almost one for all system, I guess, with this kind of product?
Yeah."
"I mean, we want to be a company that's like open to collaboration just to enhance the overall experience.
So, I mean, as you can kind of see, we're surrounded by different pieces of the puzzle, and we're just open to finding like what that next avenue is.
And like Z02 is the base acoustic model."
"We want it to be the best experience possible, and hopefully we can be a part of that.
Apart from this baby under my arm, what have you guys got that's sort of really exciting?
I can see it. We can both see it behind me.
But for the people perhaps watching this who maybe can't see all the cool Zio stuff around them, what should they be excited about as well?
I mean, the Zio Big is coming to market this year."
"We're launching it in March.
It's the lightest VR headpiece that is on the market.
It's really cool.
We just kind of worked through our like visual pass-through that's looking great."
"The pod is stupid.
Like, yeah, the wife is like, we need to feed the baby, and she's got to pull me out of there.
Yeah, I'm in the pod, sweetheart.
So, yeah, I mean, this is the space that we want to be in."
"CES is like just such a great environment to share this with everyone.
So, we look forward to being here the next two or three days, and you'll see us next year with something new and cool.
I'll see you guys next year."
"But for where can people check out Zio for like more updates and things like that?
A release date, perhaps, for this?
Where can they go out and find this information?
Yeah, so these should be on the market middle of the year."
"Zio.com.
Actually, I'm not sure if that's the real domain, so let me check on that.
But we're online.
Yeah, please.
But we're not hard to find."
"I promise that.
Can we grab that?
Is this grabbable?
Can I pass this to you?
God, that's also heavy."
"Show it off.
What a world.
So, this is just maybe a post-credit sort of thing.
But, yeah, please add this in because these guys work very hard on this, and it is super cool to win an award at CES."
"Yeah, this is a huge honor.
So, you know, amongst the leaders of the industry, to have it up on the gallery wall is really special to us, and I'm glad that we could have this chat."
"Brian, I can now actually shake your hand, actually, as well.
Thank you very much."
