CES 2016 Day 1: The biggest news from Vegas’ biggest tech show – The Verge

Vergecast 184: CES 2016 Day 1

2016-01-06T08:00:02-05:00

Today on a special Vergecast, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn are joined by Dan Seifert, Lauren Goode, and Sean O'Kane in Las Vegas at CES 2016. The panel discussed the numerous keynotes including Intel, LG, Samsung and Sony, being very tired and 3D printed souls.

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CES 2016 schedule: where to watch the biggest keynote live streams

2016-01-05T10:31:00-05:00

As you're reading this, The Verge crew is preparing for the biggest day of CES, with dozens of major tech companies (think: Sony, Samsung, Intel, and more) taking to their respective stages to announce everything we'll be seeing on the show floor (and, indeed, more than a few concepts for the future).

Even if you can't be at CES - and statistically speaking, you're probably not here - you can still experience some of the biggest announcements in real time. Most of the major press conferences and keynotes will be streaming live, and you can find those streams below.

Of course, if you can't watch the live events for whatever reasons (technic …

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CES Day 1 is over and the trends are already clear

2016-01-05T03:35:41-05:00

The CES show floor doesn't open until Wednesday, but the conference kicked off tonight with CES Unveiled, a more intimate (aka small, dense, and noisy) event where an eclectic mixture of companies come to preview their new products. This is where you see some of the show's wackier announcements, like a self-watering pot for houseplants, an eerie robot projector, and a device that makes your chair vibrate while playing games. But it's also where you start to get the sense for what matters at CES. Here are three of the big categories that showed up:

Drones

Both Parrot and DJI were here to show off their new drones. Parrot unveiled an entirely …

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Hyundai’s augmented reality app helps idiot-proof car maintenance

2016-01-05T02:06:16-05:00

Cars are really complex these days. Even simple vehicle-related tasks can be can be difficult if you're not car-savvy and you need to follow the instructions in the ever-growing owner's manual.

To make life easier for its owners, Hyundai has built an augmented reality app called the Virtual Guide. It allows owners to use their phones to get more familiar with their cars and learn how to perform basic maintenance. I saw a demo of the app from Hyundai at CES and it works as advertised.

You can use the app to get an augmented reality view of the engine compartment or interior of the car, with floating digital dots illustrating different point …

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Faraday Future’s FFZERO1 concept car looks even weirder up close

2016-01-05T00:38:35-05:00

How do you get in?

It's a valid question. There is no obvious way in or out of the FFZERO1 - but then again, there is no obvious reality in this car.

Faraday Future is one of the most hyped companies at CES this year, and has been one of the most hyped companies in the entire auto industry over the last several months as media and analysts have tried to figure out exactly what it's doing, where its money is coming from, and who they are. Tonight, we have some of those answers - much of the money is coming from China's LeTV, a self-described "Netflix of China." But the FFZERO1, a 1,000-horsepower electric concept car that isn't real, doesn' …

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Watch Faraday Future say that its new car platform will be as disruptive as the iPhone

2016-01-05T00:36:36-05:00

Secretive car company Faraday Future had the buzziest keynote of CES 2016 so far - and while the company's actual announcements boiled down to announcing that it has 750 employees working on a new "Variable Platform Architecture" vehicle platform that will lead to various new cars, the hype level was off the charts. So far, in fact, that SVP Nick Sampson ended the presentation by explicitly saying that Faraday's goal is to revolutionize mobility the same way the iPhone revolutionized the phone industry.

"Apple didn't just redefine the phone, it transformed the way we communicate, organize, and enjoy our lives," he said. "That is what we at …

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This is Faraday Future’s ridiculous 1,000-horsepower electric concept car

2016-01-04T23:30:01-05:00

Faraday Future - the California-based electric car company that's been operating in stealth mode for the past year and a half - made its first big splash on the eve of CES this week with the unveiling of the FFZERO1, a high-performance concept car. The sinewy machine looks more appropriate for a race track than a city street thanks to a claimed 1,000 horsepower, a 0-60 time under three seconds, and a top speed over 200 miles per hour. Of course, those are all purely theoretical numbers since this is just a concept, though the company teases that it could see "limited production."

The design features a glass roof, which offers a clear view o …

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Blink is a cheap, battery-powered Nest Cam competitor

2016-01-04T23:00:19-05:00

Wireless doesn't always mean wire free. Many smart home products still require plenty of wires, mostly for power. So a battery-powered, budget-friendly smart home camera that promises up to a year of battery life stands out a little bit, even at a noisy, gadget-filled CES.

That's the idea behind Blink, a home monitoring camera from a company called Immedia. Blink started as a Kickstarter campaign back in 2014 and is now starting to ship. We got a closer look at Blink at tonight's CES Unveiled preview event.

The camera itself is small and super lightweight; it can easily fit into the palm of an average-sized hand. It comes with an adjustabl …

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Ziro lets you build robots, then control them with a glove

2016-01-04T22:06:42-05:00

Motion controls often leave a lot to be desired. They can be unreliable, tiring, and not nearly as intuitive as they sound. But even at their most awkward, they confer a kind of regal power. There's something mystical about waving a palm or clenching a fist and making objects dance at your command. Spin! you gesture imperiously at a small four-wheeled robot waiting patiently on the floor. It obeys.

This is the Ziro (rhymes with "pyro"), an upcoming motion control system from ZeroUI. Ziro is one part kids' robotics kit and one part Power Glove. Its base components are a set of motors that can power any small modular robot design, plus a brig …

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D-Link’s insane spider router had terrifying spider children

2016-01-04T22:01:46-05:00

D-Link made a splash at last year's Consumer Electronics Show with what can only be described as "the most insane wireless router in the history of mankind." The massive blood-red device, which resembled some type of mechanical arachnid flipped on its back, marked the apex of absurd networking technology design. D-Link's AC3200 Ultra Wi-Fi Router is back at this year's show, and it's brought its spider children along.

Picture it: an enormous queen spider station in the corner of your apartment that communicates wirelessly with its smaller and less powerful offspring. Every inch of your home is now blanketed with a pristine Wi-Fi connection, …

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