As you are all staggeringly tired of hearing, it’s a new year. And with a new year comes new things. New classes, new projects, new resolutions, new games…and new techie gadgets to make them cooler.

In this Duality exclusive, take a gander at some upcoming toys that’ll make your year all the geekier.

3D Gaming

Admittedly, this might not show up in force during 2010. But it’s on the way. I had the opportunity to try this new tech out at PAX ’09. In at least one version of this technology, games set up to display in 3D send dual images to the screen. A pair of 3D glasses transform these into one – same sort of thing you’ve been seeing at the theater recently.

There are other forms of this tech being tooled up that won’t require glasses. Time will only tell if this will turn out to be the next step in graphical realism, or just end up being another gimmick. I’m predicting it won’t catch on at all unless the next round of consoles makes use of it. And even then only if there are some killer games to go along with it. And even then only if it’s not lame.

Project Natal

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Microsoft’s latest whizzbangery actually looks pretty cool. Natal is a motion sensitive controller system that uses a camera to read your entire body. That’s right. You are the controller.

If it works as advertised, it’ll be pretty cool. Natal will debut on the Xbox 360. Microsoft is being tightlipped about a possible PC version, but if it takes off on the Xbox chances are the PC won’t be far behind.

OLED monitors

That’s right. Organic screens. They live!

Or something. They might not be alive, but they are thinner and better looking than LCD screens. These are already being made, but they’re currently awful expensive. Expect prices to fall and OLED screens to replace your monitor in the near future.

In the long term future, there’s even a version of this tech that is paintable. Yes. Future generations may watch TV on their walls, 1984 style.

Apple iPhone

Yes, I know this has been out for a while. But I have a feeling that 2010 is the year of the iPhone (and it’s deaf cousin, the iPod Touch). Why?

Because game developers, major game developers, are descending on Apple’s mobile platform like hungry vultures. EA, id, and others are preparing games as we speak. Chances are, there’ll be at least a few winners.

I’ve just listed a few items coming up in the near future. Don’t shoot me if these don’t all show up on the scene this year – but if they do, send me cash for totally calling it.

Jerod Jarvis is an independent gaming journalist and founder of Duality Games. He maintains gaming columns for The Washington Times Communities and for The Outpost. When not blogging madly about games, he freelances for the Spokesman-Review in his hometown of Spokane, Washington and attends school at Whitworth University. Check out his presence on Facebook and Twitter to stay up on Duality Games updates and the inside scoop on the gaming news you care about.