CES 2016 Day 6: Wrapping up the show – The Verge

Just before it ends, CES turns into a discount bazaar

2016-01-09T19:43:27-05:00

When I described the Consumer Electronics Show as a sort of future mall, I didn't mean that it was a place where people went to shop, at least not literally. But that's exactly what's been happening in the final few hours before the closing of the annual tech exhibition. Small exhibitors have started putting up hand-drawn "For sale" signs at their booths, hoping to sell off their demo products rather than having to ship them back. It's a widespread practice, I have come to learn, which isn't even new to the show - though it's certainly news to me. Check out a few more of the hot CES deals in the pics below.

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BMW made a motorcycle helmet that builds in the best parts of Google Glass

2016-01-09T18:45:02-05:00

Nearly four years ago, Google published a video previewing what it might be like to use an augmented reality headset. It showed all kinds of useful information hanging out in the corner of your vision, and then that same information lowering into your view as you needed to know critical details, like how to get from one place to another. That fascinating concept never made it to life - all we got was Google Glass.

But now BMW is taking some of that video's best ideas and turning them into a much more useful product. It's making a motorcycle helmet with a Glass-like heads-up-display, allowing information like speed limits, directions, and in …

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Nikon’s new action camera could change the market in a big way

2016-01-09T18:28:31-05:00

This year's Consumer Electronics Show wasn't a big one for cameras; it rarely is. But a little reading between the lines and a glance at one of Nikon's announcements make one thing obvious: the action camera market is about to totally change.

I'm using the term "action camera" pretty broadly here in order to include spherical cameras, or ones that can shoot 360-degree video. Just a handful of these are on the market, and their closest analogue is the type of camera made popular by GoPro.

This year's show proved that those two types of cameras are heading very much in the same direction. Let's start with Nikon, which announced the KeyMissio …

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The Verge Trailer Awards at CES 2016: the best of behind-the-scenes

2016-01-09T17:52:38-05:00

If you've spent the week breathlessly following all of our CES coverage, you're probably familiar with The Verge Awards. It's the space we use to recognize the coolest, funniest, most impressive things we saw in Las Vegas this week, and it's full of products and experiences we're going to remember long after we leave the desert. If I had to pick one thing that left a mark on me, though, I wouldn't pick an electric car or a set of wireless earbuds: I'd pick the trailer.

I typically work remotely from Canada, so the chance to spend a full week with all of the co-workers I only ever see in Slack and on Twitter was one of the most promising asp …

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Livestream’s CEO on his company’s first ever consumer camera, the Movi

2016-01-09T17:15:02-05:00

Livestream is a company that's best known for its namesake technology, so it was a little surprising when CES was kicked off with the announcement of the Movi. While Livestream has been making professional recording equipment for a few years, this was the first time the company had ever attempted consumer hardware.

For $399, the Movi gives people who are on a budget the chance to replicate a multi-camera setup with something they could fit in their pocket. The camera films a scene in 4K, and users can create multiple virtual cameras on the iOS app and then switch between them in real time. The Movi can make the footage of everything from co …

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2016-01-09T17:00:02-05:00

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2016, Las Vegas

Sam Byford

Digital photography, GIF, a lot of objects with screens at CES

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The Verge Awards at CES 2016: driving toward the future

2016-01-09T16:53:24-05:00

It was a quiet year for CES - the show wasn't filled with any blockbuster product announcements, or marked by any explosive new trends. Technology has arrived at an awkward middle period: things like smartphones and tablets and laptops are mature, while new things like VR and self-driving cars are in their earliest stages.

Maybe that's why we spent so much of the show talking about turntables and headphones and Super 8 cameras: we're bringing back tech that doesn't demand we fall even deeper into our phones, or invest in potential futures that just seem a bit incomplete right now.

But: there's still a lot to love about CES. The industry is …

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If CES is about the future, then the smartwatch got left behind

2016-01-09T16:30:02-05:00

CES is the time of year when the world's biggest and most ambitious companies in technology, automotive, and entertainment gather to talk about the future. Absent from that conversation this past week was the smartwatch. Whether because companies can't figure out how to make innovative leaps or consumers just don't seem that interested, the smartwatch seems to have transitioned from the next big mobile battleground to a big fat question mark.

Of all the companies that once made ambitious plays for the wrist, the only one still actively rethinking the category doesn't even want to call its device a smartwatch. Fitbit, which this week release …

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This scooter proves that electric rideables can be more than a novelty

2016-01-09T16:15:02-05:00

If you want to have some fun riding something powered by electric motors, CES is the show for you. Companies show up from around the world with hoverboards, electric skateboards, scooters, and street-legal vehicles of all shapes and colors. This has been the case for a few years now, but something was different at this CES. What were once just fun (and often dangerous) toys for overgrown kids have suddenly started to look a lot more ready for everyday use.

This was no more the case than with the EcoReco M5 Air, a collapsable electric scooter with up to 15 miles of range and a top speed of 20 miles per hour. It wasn't the most attractive rid …

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Where was Google’s smart home at CES?

2016-01-09T16:00:02-05:00

This time last year, products designed for Apple's smart home platform made their debut at CES. It was a small but pleasant showing: a series of power outlets, light bulb adapters, and door locks. Nothing fancy, but enough to show that the system was here and happening.

I expected the same thing to be happening this year for Google, which announced a new smart home platform - going under the names Brillo and Weave - last spring. But if you look around, there's hardly a mention of it anywhere.

Weave was quietly inside a lot of products

It's true that Google's smart home system is present in some subtle ways. At CES, Brillo and Weave are bein …

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CES 2016 Day 6: Wrapping up the show – The Verge

Just before it ends, CES turns into a discount bazaar

See all of our CES 2016 news right …

BMW made a motorcycle helmet that builds in the best parts of Google Glass

Nikon’s new action camera could change the market in a big way

The Verge Trailer Awards at CES 2016: the best of behind-the-scenes

Livestream’s CEO on his company’s first ever consumer camera, the Movi

One Hundred and One Rectangles

See all of our CES 2016 news right here!

The Verge Awards at CES 2016: driving toward the future

If CES is about the future, then the smartwatch got left behind

This scooter proves that electric rideables can be more than a novelty

Where was Google’s smart home at CES?