We’ll begin to find out soon. As one of the world’s largest tech trends shows, CES — formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show — is best known for ostentatious displays of innovation and winding corridors of gadgets from around the world. And once you peel back the layers of spectacle, you get a glimpse of the ways our relationships with the tech in our lives could change.
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter. FTX’s spectacular collapse. Smartphones talking to satellites, and an AI that might be, but probably isn’t, sentient.
2022 was a deeply strange year for technology. So what about 2023?
What CES is not, though, is a perfect crystal ball for the near future. (If it were, you would have been able to stroll into a dealership and put down a deposit on a flying car already.)
“CES is a great way to understand the health of ecosystems and tease out underlying trends,” said Avi Greengart, lead analyst at research firm Techsponential. “You’re unlikely to see the next big thing” there.
To help you sift through the noise, here’s our short guide to what you have to celebrate — or stomach — in 2023.
Inching toward the metaverse
Between continued skepticism and trouble at Meta, it’s not hard to think the future is a bit bleak for the metaverse — but rumors of its demise might be premature.
In a recent survey of 9,000 consumers, the professional services firm Accenture found that 55 percent of respondents said they wanted to become “active users” of the metaverse. And of those meta-optimists, 90 percent wanted to make that leap within the next year, said Kevan Yalowitz, Accenture’s global software and platforms lead.
In the meantime, other companies are busy. HTC — which produced the Vive line of VR headsets — is openly teasing a portable product designed to compete with Meta’s popular Quest 2. Other competitors, including Sharp and Canon, are getting ready to show off prototypes and experiences that could give people more ways and reasons to dive into virtual spaces. And, after years of anticipation, this may be the year Apple finally releases a wearable screen.
None of that necessarily means you’ll find yourself moving through sprawling, immersive, interoperable worlds any sooner — just that people aren’t going to stop talking about it anytime soon.
Streaming service shake-ups
CES also is well known for the many gorgeous — and sometimes ludicrous — new televisions on display, but the movies you will watch on them have to come from somewhere. In 2023, the streaming services many of us rely on could start to look different.
After a year of streaming-media drama, including the implosion of CNN Plus and word of an impending HBO Max/Discovery Plus mash-up, Accenture’s Yalowitz said players are being forced to “rethink” their business models.
That could mean that your streaming subscription of choice adds a lower monthly fee propped up by ads or that more of your favorite shows could migrate as media companies continue to duke it out for content rights. And (according to Accenture research, anyway) what many people want is a one-stop shop for all their entertainment — which kind of sounds like the cable bundles many moved away from in the first place.
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