it's time to gear up for CES 2015 I'm
Bridget Carey this is your cnet update
the Consumer Electronics Show is almost
here it's the biggest technology event
of the year as companies around the
world gather in Las Vegas to show off
their latest gizmos cnet always brings
you live coverage streaming throughout
the week but this time we're spicing it
up a bit with a new second stage called
tech West where we spotlight emerging
products and interview innovators will
get up close with prototypes and new
categories like three printing robotics
smart home sensors and well some things
that don't even have a category yet
there's going to be a few big things
this year to watch out for there's lots
of buzz around the smart home ever since
apple debuted smart home interface
called home kit which lets iPhones and
iPads control home appliances will
finally see products that work with home
kit so you can command appliances by
talking to Siri virtual reality is
another big topic and that also includes
augmented reality which is when you have
a screen that sort of floats in front of
you thanks to a pair of goofy looking
glasses let's hope someone invented a
way to not make you cross-eyed or motion
sick cars are also getting a version of
this with a heads-up display you put
these transparent screens on your
dashboard to show directions or get
phone and music information sense driver
will be showing off one that costs $100
television tech always gets big play
last year there was much talk about 4k
Ultra HD televisions and some that bend
and some that curve there's a new term
to learn this year quantum dot it's
expected Samsung will have a quantum dot
TV and LG already teased its quantum TV
it allow for a more wider color palette
and improved saturation compared to
standard LCD TVs it sounds quite
impressive there are nanocrystals
involved but we'll have to inspect it
for ourselves to see how much brighter
it really is and to see how much it'll
cost as for other TV tech you'll still
hear about 4k ultra HDTV but you'll hear
more about 4k content after all what
good is an ultra HDTV if you can't get
video an ultra HD resolution
and even though the world isn't ready
for it yet LG will show off a 55 inch 8k
display which has more than 33 million
pixels yes CES is full of crazy another
big theme will be wearable tech as
everyone hopes to get an edge on the
Apple watch for health gadgets need to
do more than just track steps they need
to continuously track your heart rate
and maybe a few other things CNN update
will be taking a break for the holidays
but you can find us back covering the
2015 international CES from Las Vegas
and you can stay updated in the meantime
at CES cnet com from our studios in New
York I'm Bridget Carey