The new Acer Aspire 3D 15 SpatialLabs Edition was reaching their arms out to me. I’ve rolled my eyes at 3D displays before, but this time, it looked so realistic that I poked the astronaut’s tummy like it was the Pillsbury Doughboy. I wasn’t wearing glasses, and the whole thing was equal parts weird and cool. That’s exactly the sort of thing you expect to see at CES 2024 on some far-out, high-end concept tech, but this 3D laptop is coming out next month for around the same price as a 15-inch M2 MacBook Air.

Behind the scenes there’s ample specification to ensure this is plausible: an Intel Core i7 (13620H) processor, alongside Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 with 32GB RAM, can deliver those three-dimensional visuals nicely. It’ll sweat rather a lot in so doing, though, as this laptop kicks out plenty of heat and a fair whack of fan noise too. Still, if you’re in a specific job where you need to be on the go and finishing up a design that a display such as this will really help with, this sensibly priced and eye-popping laptop has been one of the more standout I’ve seen.