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Is anyone going to CES<\/a> this year?
A long-simmering question in the tech world will finally get its answer as the influential gadget show returns to the Las Vegas Strip after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
\"We know it will be a smaller show this year, for obvious reasons,\" said Jean Foster, senior vice president at the Consumer Technology Association<\/a>, the event's organizer. Several huge tech companies have abandoned plans to attend in person. The latest sign of its dwindling size was Friday's announcement that CES will run one day shorter than originally planned.
The sprawling exhibition floors open Wednesday as the spread of COVID-19's omicron variant has heightened concerns about the safety of indoor events and disrupted international<\/a> travel. The CTA by late December was anticipating between 50,000 and 75,000 attendees for this week's conference, down from more than 170,000 who came for the last in-person gathering two years ago.
Some CES devotees were considering whether to go or stay home right up until last week.
\"An online CES is not a real CES,\" said Prince Constantijn of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in a December interview. \"You've got to see the products and meet the people.\" But a week later, the royal who regularly serves as a special envoy for Dutch technology startups had opted to stay home after all. His country is sending a barebones crew to CES 2022<\/a>. So are many big tech companies - if they send anyone at all.
The last physical CES in January 2020 pumped an estimated $300 million into the Las Vegas economy. Few attendees would have known then about the coronavirus outbreak emerging in central China and still months away from being declared a pandemic. The CTA took the conference online in 2021 as COVID-19 hospitalizations were spiking around the world and vaccines weren't yet widely available.
The trade group announced eight months ago it was ready to come back to Nevada in 2022 but would offer options for remote participants to see some of it virtually. Those who do travel to CES are required to show they are fully vaccinated and will be given a COVID-19 test kit with their conference badges. Masks are required inside.
\"CES is maybe the most significant event economically of the year in terms of conventions,\" said Alan Feldman, a former casino executive who is a fellow at the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Even a significantly reduced event will be \"something to look forward to\" for local hotels, restaurants, casinos, retailers and entertainment crews, Feldman said.
With a smaller audience and the same sprawling footprint occupied by some 2,000 exhibitors, and a desire to keep people distanced, the CTA's Foster said the \"main change for people\" will be more empty space and wider aisles.
Much about the omicron coronavirus variant remains unknown but scientists say it spreads even more easily than other coronavirus strains. Adding to the complications for CES this week were thousands of U.S. flights canceled because of winter storms in parts of the country and ongoing airline staffing shortages tied to COVID-19 infections. About 5% of scheduled flights into Las Vegas were grounded Monday, according to tracking service FlightAware.
Even without a pandemic to dampen the party, tech industry analyst Carolina Milanesi said \"big industry events like this are becoming less important than they used to be\" as digital technology has supplied other ways to network and keep up with trends.
CES used to stand for Consumer Electronics Show<\/a>, but Milanesi said the decades-old gathering has become less a place to find the next line of consumer gadgetry and more focused on longer-term technology cycles, like self-driving cars or the artificial intelligence applications being fused into smart homes and cities.
\"You no longer go to CES to see what's going to be in the Best Buy near you by summer,\" Milanesi said.
New expo categories centered around the digital assets called non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, as well as space technology and food, reflect the latest tech buzzwords on the minds of investors and marketers. Some companies also plan to hype their vision for the next generation of the internet - a collection of virtual worlds known as the metaverse - though explored from the confines of a physical convention floor.
Milanesi has regularly attended CES for a decade to keep an eye on tech companies and trends but public health concerns led her to mull over whether she'd go this time. She made a final decision in mid-December to attend, but plans to do things differently - visiting the exhibition halls but skipping big speaking events she can watch from her hotel room.
\"I haven't decided yet on the cocktail hours,\" she said. \"That's a big reason to go to CES and meet people face to face. With a glass in your hand, people get a little more comfortable discussing things.\"
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在COVID-19 CES产品展示阶段谨慎的回报
周三的展览层开放的传播COVID-19ο变体已经高度关注,室内的安全事件和扰乱了国际旅行。CTA在12月底预计在50000年和75000年之间对这周的会议上,与会者从超过170000人两年前过去面对面的聚会。
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有人要消费电子产品展今年吗?
酝酿已久的问题在科技界将最后得到的答案作为有影响力的小工具显示中断后返回到拉斯维加斯大道COVID-19造成大流行。
“我们知道这将是一个小型的展览,今年由于显而易见的原因,”冉阿让说福斯特,高级副总裁消费者技术协会活动的组织者。几家大的科技公司已经放弃了计划参加。减少大小的最新迹象是周五宣布CES将运行一天短于原计划。
周三的展览层开放的传播COVID-19ο变体已经高度关注,室内的安全事件和破坏国际旅行。CTA在12月底预计在50000年和75000年之间对这周的会议上,与会者从超过170000人两年前过去面对面的聚会。
一些CES信徒正在考虑是否去还是呆在家里直到上周。
“在线CES上不是一个真正的CES上,“荷兰王国的王子Constantijn说,在12月的一次采访中。“你必须看到产品和满足的人。”But a week later, the royal who regularly serves as a special envoy for Dutch technology startups had opted to stay home after all. His country is sending a barebones crew toCES 2022。所以很多大型科技公司——如果他们给任何人。
最后物理CES 2020年1月向拉斯维加斯注入约3亿美元的经济。一些与会者就会知道然后对冠状病毒爆发数月前的新兴中国中部和宣布大流行。CTA的会议在2021年COVID-19住院就已在世界各地和疫苗还不普及。
贸易集团八个月前宣布,准备回到2022年内华达州,但将提供选项为远程参与者看到一些几乎。那些前往CES上必须显示他们将充分接种疫苗和COVID-19检测组件与会议徽章。面具里面是必需的。
“CES也许是今年最重要的经济事件的惯例,“艾伦·费尔德曼说,赌场前高管是一个国际博彩研究所研究员内华达大学拉斯维加斯。甚至会显著降低事件“期待”为当地酒店、餐馆、赌场、零售商和娱乐人员,费尔德曼说。
与一个较小的观众同样庞大的足迹被一些2000家参展商,希望让人们疏远,CTA的福斯特说,“主要改变人”将更多的空间和更多的通道。
的ο冠状病毒变体仍然未知但是科学家说它传播更容易比其他冠状病毒株。增加本周CES的并发症是成千上万的美国航班取消,因为该国部分地区的冬季风暴和正在进行的航空公司人员短缺与COVID-19感染。大约有5%的预定飞往拉斯维加斯停飞周一,据FlightAware跟踪服务。
即使没有大流行抑制,科技行业分析师Carolina Milanesi说“大行业类似事件正变得比过去更重要是“数字技术提供了其他网络和跟上潮流的方法。
CES用来代表消费电子产品展,但Milanesi说几十年收集已变得不那么一个地方找到消费者的下一行小玩意和更关注长期技术周期,像自动驾驶汽车或人工智能应用程序被融合到城市和智能家居。
“你不再去CES上看会被夏天在你附近的百思买,”Milanesi说。
新博览会围绕数字资产类别加以标记,或非功能性测试,以及空间技术和食品,反映最新的科技术语的投资者和市场营销人员。一些公司还计划宣传他们的视力的下一代互联网虚拟世界的集合称为metaverse——尽管探索物理范围的约定地板上。
Milanesi定期参加CES十年来关注科技公司和趋势但公共健康问题使她考虑她是否会。她最终决定在12月中旬参加,但计划用不同的方式来做事情——参观展厅但跳过大说她从酒店房间可以观看事件。
“我还没有决定在鸡尾酒小时,”她说。“这是一个很大的理由去CES,面对面地交流。玻璃在手里,人们更舒适的讨论的事情。”
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