The 40 best gadgets of 2017

From smart-speakers and virtual bikes to robot vacuums and indestructible cables, here is the year’s most covetable technology

Project Alloy: Intel unveils new generation of wireless virtual reality goggles

Mixed-reality system will place user’s hands, arms and real-world objects into a virtual world without the need for a series of external sensors

Will 2016 be the year virtual reality gaming takes off?

The first wave of VR headsets flopped, but soon the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation VR will go on sale – and they’re going to be much, much better