Tech Trends: Big debuts at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show

I don’t 100 percent know what a Drone Rodeo is, but it sounds cool, right? They do however, plan to begin building production cars.

“Most companies are going to start looking increasingly to India as the new place for double-digit growth year over year”, he added.

This year’s show boasts keynote speeches from Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) CEO Brian Krzanich, General Motors (NYSE:GM) CEO Mary Barra and IBM (NYSE:IBM) CEO Ginni Rometty, among others. Countless companies are debuting things like smartwatches and glasses, and Samsung will be there with a smart belt that tracks your movements (or lack thereof) and eating habits. Android Auto and Apple CarPlay have also been linked to the product.

Bending reality: Both virtual reality and augmented reality will get their turn in the spotlight this year.

Automakers will have a huge presence at CES 2016, as they tout electric cars, collision-avoidance and other safety systems, connected cars and autonomous vehicles.

Major companies in the space, including Sony, HTC and Samsung, will all be showing off their technology.

It might be true that virtual reality is the future, and wearing the headsets is certainly an immersive experience.

Samsung, one of the biggest phone manufacturers in the world today, was expected to drop the Samsung Galaxy S7, its next flagship smartphone during its exhibit at the electronics show.

The way that we access entertainment – movies, music, games and more – is changing, and the lines between tech companies and entertainment companies are getting blurrier.

An terrible new phrase has already emerged this year, and you can expect to hear even more about it as the year progresses; “hearables”.

It remained to be seen whether new contenders would step up to challenge “the big three” in VR, but CES goers would likely see uses of the technology extended beyond gaming, according to Blau.

This will be the year of new ideas, perhaps.

“LG Electronics will focus on growing emerging businesses including vehicle components and the Internet of Things with its technical capabilities and rolling out “ultra-premium” products”, said the CTO at the conference attended by about 1,000 journalists.

Though the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t actually kick off until tomorrow, January 6, a lot of manufacturers have taken the time to tell the press what they’ve got in store for the yearly event. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.