I'd love to own one and I expect 4K to become a norm eventually. It remains to be seen what kind of ending 4K has, but I don't get the sense that consumers satisfied with the cheap high-def sets they've purchased recently are clamoring for these latest TVs, good as they look. Even as 3-D becomes a standard feature in current TVs, consumers barely seem to care - not when they still must wear those annoying 3-D glasses. Three or four years ago, CES was all about 3-D televisions, but we know how that movie played out. The TVs boast four times the resolution of high definition and represent the industry's next great hope for jazzing up sagging profits. While it's easy to get seduced by buzz-worthy tech in a major trade show environment, it isn't long before reality hits and you understand that some of what you see will barely if ever make a dent in the market, while other innovations almost certainly will but take much longer to get there.Īs with last year's CES, the major push this time around surrounds the massive 4K televisions that you can't miss while patrolling the main halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center. "What we wanted to showcase was the future of flexible displays," says Tim Baxter, president of Samsung Electronics America. It's only a prototype at this point, and Samsung won't say when such a TV might be coming out, not to mention how much you'll have to mortgage to afford one. ![]() Press a button on the remote control, and a hidden motor bends the TV into one that is curvy. At least that's the case with the breathtaking and bendable 85-inch 4K TV that Samsung was showing off. Speaking of posture, you might find your TV bending one of these days. But it can also analyze your body position and posture. ![]() As with some other wearables, Lumo Lift can count your steps and the calories you've burned. You can wear them like jewelry on your lapel or clasp them unseen onto a bra or undershirt. ![]() The tiny $59 to $79 Lumo Lift trackers are coming out this spring. Indeed, wearable computers were everywhere. "Imagine putting a 360-camera with audio as well on the top of Mount Everest or a beach in Barcelona." Iribe says you'll be able to take a virtual reality vacation. "We believe it will blow open the virtual reality category," says co-founder and CEO Brendan Iribe. No official word on availability, but Oculus has opened up the device to developers and wants to price it for the consumer. But there are all sorts of possible applications in architecture, real estate, medicine and other forms of entertainment. They're still only a prototype and the initial appeal will be among video gamers. Start with the Oculus Rift virtual reality 3-D goggles. The latest tech fest featured demonstrations of "autonomous cars" that take over the driving, truly mind-blowing virtual reality, and other showy technologies that promise to change the way we move, work, workout and, naturally, watch television. But I can imagine doing so some day, coming out of International CES. ![]() LAS VEGAS - I'm not leaving Las Vegas in a car that drives itself. As for autonomous cars%2C there are still lots of technical and legal bumps in the road.Some of the new TVs could require you to pony up a small fortune.Wearable computers were everywhere%2C including pin-size activity monitors.
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