CES 2008: Roundup of reports from Las Vegas
Date: Wednesday, January 23 @ 17:11:25 UTC
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Well the Hustle and Bustle of Las Vegas and the CES show is over and the dust has settled. CES is the season opener for tradeshows and for us is probably one of the most difficult to cover. It took over an hour to get between one appointment and the next.
The main themes (GPS speaking) of the show were Voice Recognition, Connectivity for real time data, and GPS Data Logging and tracking particularly photo Geotagging applications.
As ever there is always a wealth of scantily clad ladies draping themselves over expensive paint jobs on cars. Endless miles of walking around the halls to find the next booth. Even finding some was a challenge.
There was also some fun stuff to be seen. There was an R2D2 robot with a Millenium Falcon remote that not only wizzed around the floor, but also was a projector for video... Neat!! Then there was the iBuddy, a little device that connects to the USB port and flutters its wings when it reads emoticons... Massive TVs, so big that I doubt most houses would be physically capable of supporting them. Format wars still rage with BluRay seeming to have the edge over HD-DVD (guess who invested in HD-DVD).
The highlight for me though was the 3D virtual reality system. This was something out of Tom Clancey's Net Force novels, but we all experiences a glimpse of the possible future. A 3D computer operating system...
We have a number of videos of the event. These are available in both Quicktime and Windows Media formats. Enjoy...
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