Gadgets and gizmos galore at the Las Vegas Convention Center and Venetian Expo on Friday.
The latest innovations were showcased as part of the annual CES Tech Show, which draws more than 3,200 exhibitors across eight venues on the Strip.
CES attendees will be able to wade through more than 2.1 million square feet of show floor space during the four-day event, and many booths were already packed with people by Friday.
Here are some of the exhibits that wowed the crowds before the show wrapped up on Sunday.
CEO beam for your next corporate meeting
Arht Media, a Canadian live hologram company, was promoting its latest technology Capsule. This product is a standing touch screen cabinet that displays life-size holograms. Convention attendees were able to chat with a hologram of an Arht representative during a booth demonstration.
Arht Media’s West Coast rep Conor O’Reilly said the Capsule went on sale last spring and has already been used by one high-profile speaker.
“We’re all going through a bit of Zoom fatigue,” says O’Reilly. “Beaming someone at full size allows you to capture full-body emotions and is a more engaging way to do it. It’s kind of a zoom to the next level. Now, every meeting you have.” Does that make sense? No, but if you want to deliver more important meetings, this is a very good tool.”
While Arht’s hologram technology is primarily used for live events and large conferences, its more permanent Capsule products are used to display prerecorded video or promote retail products in stores. , or for training purposes.
gallery of flops
As a way to show startups that even brands like Apple, Nike, and Sony can make mistakes, Prelaunch.com has created a gallery featuring some of the “biggest failures” in technology over the last 50 years. created. The gallery was meant to help promote the company’s “product verification platform,” which helps start-ups predict whether customers will buy a product.
Some of the displays included an Apple Pippin video game console, Nike magnetic sunglasses, and TwitterPeek, a mobile device dedicated to sending and receiving tweets.
“Founders are very biased and optimistic,” said Narek Vardanyan, president of Prelaunch.com. “That might be a good thing, but I think most founders are thinking about the next iPhone. , I wanted to test the product early on before investing my life.”
Brunswick makes waves
There was a CES attendee at the Brunswick Corp. booth wondering where the nearest body of water was. The company, which owns his boat brands Sea Ray, Bayliner and Mercury Marine, placed the premium Sea Ray SLX model in the center of its exhibit booth. The boat was equipped with a new onboard generator system using lithium-ion power management.
Booth visitors were also able to use an automated docking simulator to demonstrate how technicians can use sensors to “soft dock”. This is the first time Brunswick has shown a simulator at his CES, and it’s still in development.
A digital version of a classic game
The Pinball Hall of Fame on Las Vegas Boulevard has some competition. Toy Shock International plans to release a series of tabletop pinball games later this year, according to Toy Shock International director Jeffrey Flake.
The tabletop pinball machine is approximately 36 inches long and the player tracks the pinball on the screen. The game is played on the screen, but with traditional pinball buttons and levers.
Ensuring clean air in the home
Norway-based Airthings showcased a system of air quality monitors at CES.
The largest hub device is called View Plus and can monitor levels of carbon dioxide, humidity, radon, particulate matter, temperature and chemicals from everyday household items.
The company sells other air monitors that can detect airborne substances over a narrower range, all of which are commercially available. These types of devices are aimed at improving the health and safety of people’s homes, according to Millie Paakola, her marketing director for Airthings’ global consumer products. and can be accessed through her mobile app.
“Our customer surveys show that people are very health and safety conscious and want to make sure people who spend a lot of time at home are safe,” said Paakola.
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