The sprawling exhibition floors open Wednesday as the spread of COVID's omicron variant has heightened concerns about the safety of indoor events and international travel. The CTA by late December was anticipating between 50, and 75, attendees for this week's conference, down from more than , who came for the last in-person gathering two years ago.
Some die-hard CES devotees were mulling over the choice to go or stay home right up until last week. His country is sending a barebones crew to CES So are many big tech companies — if they send anyone at all. Few attendees would have known then about the coronavirus outbreak emerging in central China and still months away from being declared a pandemic. The trade group announced eight months ago it was ready to come back to Nevada in but would offer options for remote participants to see some of it virtually.
Masks are required inside. Much about the omicron coronavirus variant remains unknown, including whether it causes more or less severe illness. Scientists say omicron spreads even more easily than other coronavirus strains, including delta.
CES used to stand for Consumer Electronics Show, 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. 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. 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.
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