Even before we trek out to the desert for the Consumer Electronics Show , wehad a good ideathat CES would be flush with smart car , televisions , virtual realness , and a crew of weirdness . We were correct ! But as always , there were some surprises in store .
you’re able to read all of our CES postsright here , but the below roundup represents the most awe - inspiring , extremely - anticipated , or just plain strange stuff and nonsense that was announced last hebdomad .
Cars, Smart or Otherwise
Yep , CES is anauto show now , and this year prove it . Though the show had its honest share of disappointments — ahem , Faraday Future — our sister site Jalopnik covered bunches of coolheaded introductions , like Chevy ’s all - galvanizing Boltand Volkswagen’selectric microbus concept .
Car docudrama systems also got an overhaul . Audi ’s new systemputs concealment throughout your auto ’s interior . Thewireless version of Apple ’s CarPlaymade an appearing , too . Make no misapprehension : The connected elevator car is here .
The Beautiful and Boring Vision for Televisions
It ’s CES , and so of course we see many beautiful telecasting sets . With UHD TVs increasingly usable for rock’n’roll - bottom prices , CES did n’t bring as many young innovations as previous years . The exception arethis weird Samsung concept , and Sony ’s blindingBacklight Master Drive tech . But we mostly see marginally better display , andwe are 100 percent cool with that .
As picture tone edge forward , this class turned out to be all about television design . Samsung gotso , so close to all eliminate the bezelon its 88 - inch flagship . Meanwhile , LG’snew 4 K OLED set will be super thin — we’re talking millimetre .
Enter: Virtual Reality
2016 . The class of consumer VR . CES had two magnanimous bit of VR news with Oculus at last opening uppre - order for its $ 600 VR headset . Pricey , yes . The small bit of good news if you happen to be an original backer , you ’re getting one for free — you lucky sonofabitch .
We also get a look at HTC and Valve ’s latestVive VR headset . It looks swank . Pre - ordering start on Leap Day , Feb. 29 .
queerly , the other large VR contender — Sony ’s PlayStation VR — ride out the Vegas tech bonanza , most in all probability biding its sentence for one the big gaming shows in former 2016 .
Lots of Weird
No CES would be double-dyed without strangeness and surprises . We were lucky enough to see thistotally awing midair charging technical school . Samsung was completely obsessed withhow the back of its TV lookedfor some reason . Theamazing Technics 1200 turntablemade a triumphant coming back . exclusive passenger Drone taxis ? What ? Fedsraided a hoverboard kiosk over letters patent infringement . OK ? ! We also could n’t facilitate but notice that a disconcertingnumber of new gismo looked like sexual urge toy dog .
Ah , CES . Until next year .
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