2014 US CES preview

Lead: American Science and Technology blog The Verge Friday article said that at this year's CES (International Consumer Electronics Fair), 4K display, wearable computing equipment and smart cars and other new technologies may become mainstream. The Verge forecasts new technologies and new products that may appear at CES this year. The following is the full text of the article: TV and 4K technology 4K Technology is the center of CES last year, but 2014 years of this technology will receive more attention. Companies such as Sony and Samsung will showcase the largest and most curved high-definition televisions at this year's show. Put the visual effects aside, the current major manufacturers need to expand the price and content of competition. 4K TVs are getting cheaper, but they are still luxuries. This will not change significantly in 2014, but the price of 4K TVs will gradually drop in the year and become a commodity that ordinary people can buy. However, this does not solve the problem of 4K video content. There is still no good way to watch 4K movies and TV dramas on these new TVs. Sony is promoting UHD video publishing services, but the solution is only for Sony TVs. The industry needs to find a better way. Before that, perhaps the best way is for Netflix to take the lead. This is planned: Netflix has confirmed that it will launch a 4K streaming video service for some Ultra HD smart TVs in 2014, without the need to purchase additional hardware. This is likely to be announced at CES this year, and the set-top box maker Roku also deserves attention. The first smart TV to use the webOS system is likely to be exhibited at CES this year. After acquiring webOS, LG is ready to launch its first high-definition TV with the system. Although the picture has been exposed, there are still many problems surrounding the television. Can this software from palm recover from the television interface? The answer will probably be announced in the next week. 2014 CES will have another difference: Panasonic's plasma high-definition TV will no longer be 7.24,0.00,0.00%. This means that, for the first time in years, other options need to be considered if the user wants to find a reasonably priced TV product. On Panasonic's future plans, the company is having trouble with its OLED joint venture, but two companies have said they will continue to look at this excellent but costly technology. LG may also be focused on this area and will show 5 OLED TVs on the show. In the eyes of automobile manufacturers, CES is no longer a small test of technology products. Like Samsung and Sony and other traditional consumer electronics giants, they will fully participate in CES. This year, carmakers are clearly focused on autopilot, as Audi and Lexus demonstrated at CES in 2013. Next week, a number of automakers are expected to announce new advances in autopilot technology. In fact, self-driving technology will always be a big focus for CES for years to come, until automaticDriving a car is truly commercial. Almost all automobile manufacturers have confirmed that automatic driving technology is the key to the next phase of the development of the automotive industry, these companies are also in full swing in this area of research and development, so that automatic driving technology in practical applications safe and practical. But in the short term, users can't buy self-driving cars. The latest technology in the automotive industry focuses on the concept of "interconnected cars", and almost all automakers are studying how to integrate smartphones and high-speed wireless data networks into the car's central console. Apple (540.98,-12.15,-2.20%) last year announced a combination of iOS and cars that spurred growth in the area. In this exhibition, some relevant new technologies and standards may appear. Another development in the automotive industry will be clean energy and alternative fuels. This is not just an electric car: Toyota will introduce new advances in hydrogen fuel cells, which it plans to promote globally in 2015. Ford will showcase the Max Solar Energi concept car, an enhanced version of the Max Energi Hybrid, which uses solar panels on top of the car to recharge. The idea of an intelligent home environment for home automation has been in place for more than 10 years. The recent introduction of products by some manufacturers makes this vision a reality. At CES this year, we'll see more networked appliances. These appliances can interact with users in more ways, and users can even control these appliances when they leave home. LG and Samsung are the two key manufacturers in the field. The two companies have tested some of the products that will be on display. LG plans to showcase washing machines, vacuum cleaners and refrigerators that use the social messaging service line control, while Samsung plans to allow developers to develop smart-TV applications that control lighting, air-conditioning, refrigerators and other appliances. Following the pace of the nest intelligent thermostat and smoke detectors, more appliances are expected to try to help users reduce their energy consumption. LG's latest refrigerator is one example: When idle mode is activated, the fridge automatically enters the energy-saving state. If a user forgets to activate this mode before leaving the city, you can also send message activation via line. Not all interconnected appliances are expensive products like washing machines and ovens. Many of the products to be exhibited, including the interconnection of pressure cookers and personal weather stations, make the home environment smarter. But while these appliances will be smarter, they cannot be expected to make life easier. Major manufacturers have yet to find an effective way to communicate with each other at home, and many interconnected devices just sound smart. Can smart appliances make our lives truly automated this year? Unlikely, but the new product at CES will bring us closer to that goal. Wearable computing equipment any product around us can not escape the coveted consumer electronics manufacturers. Products such as Google glasses, pebble smart watches and Nike FuelBand hand rings have led the 2013-year trend, and more and more companies are introducing wearable computing devices. Some of themwill be a watch or bracelet, for example LG is likely to launch a product that helps users track movement and displays mobile notification information. Apple will not participate in CES to showcase the much-anticipated iwatch smart watch. The product will remain confidential. Some companies are preparing to introduce more ostentatious wearable computing devices, namely, head-and-wear products. Google Glasses experience is that only when the product looks like ordinary glasses, can achieve success. At CES in 2014, many products that looked like ordinary glasses were expected to bring stunning features. So far, most of these eyewear features are limited, such as providing information to users when skiing. However, some future developments may make the head-wearing computing equipment mainstream. Wearable computing devices still face unique challenges: We cannot put these devices in bags or pockets, which are devices that need to be displayed. And Las Vegas is a good place to release these products. Gaming device game makers usually release new products at the E3 exhibition in June, rather than at Consumer electronics exhibitions like CES. But at CES last year, some of the game's products also brought surprises. In addition to the Oculus Rift virtual reality head monitor, we also saw the Nvidia Shield game handle, as well as the powerful Lei Snake edge Tablet PC. Gabe Newville (Gabe Newell), a well-known game maker Valve, talked about the future of steam box. Now, as the world knows, game makers can also attend CES. So it's not surprising if more game makers follow this trend. Virtual reality devices and steam rogue are expected to be the focus of this year at CES. There are rumours that Sony will launch virtual reality devices, while Oculus and valve need to rely on other vendors to develop their hardware. As a result, we expect to have a variety of virtual reality peripherals at CES this year, as well as Linux based gaming PCs for the living room. Do not overlook some small products. On the Kickstarter website, game items are becoming more and more popular, Ouya and some other game products have been funded through Kickstarter. At this year's show, even the idea of a new game is not surprising. Tablets and PCPC have not yet died out, but need to undergo "cosmetic surgery". At CES in 2014, PC makers will continue to experiment with new designs, experimenting with new ideas and sizes until they find a consumer-accepted design. Chromebook will become a spoiler for CES, and Chromebook has become the usual choice for consumers of low-end PC markets. Some Cross-border products require not only innovation in hardware, but also innovation in software, such as the installation of Windows and Android dual systems on the same device. At the same time, competition for screen resolution will continue. 2013 Nearly all PC factoriesThe screen resolution has become the focus of the PC industry, and High-definition resolution will shift from luxury to mainstream, the company said. Tablet computers are also learning about PC experience while PCs are drawing on tablets. It is rumored that Samsung will launch a 12-inch tablet computer, targeting Office applications, in this area than the ipad and Nexus 7. A 8-inch Windows tablet will also become more common, and screen resolution competition means that 4K-resolution tablets will no longer be a dream. At CES, we will see that tablets will be the center of all devices, whether intelligent lighting (2.12,0.00,0.00%), refrigerators, automobiles or other household items, like smartphones. Tablets are evolving from entertainment tools to utility tools and are developing at an alarming rate. Mobile CES has never been an occasion for big news in the mobile phone industry, when the last major news release was in 2009 when Palm announced the launch of webOS. At CES, however, there are still some developments in this area that deserve attention. Sony has filled the gap in the past few years, although some handset makers have turned to other exhibitions or have organised media campaigns independently to launch new products. Sony released the Xperia Z flagship mobile phone at CES in 2013, which was then sold through T. We do not believe that Sony will launch a flagship handset this year (Z1 is a follow-on product for Z, only a few months), but we would be surprised if Sony did not release information about the phone. Samsung may also announce some phone-related news, but we don't think it will be the latest rumored Galaxy Gear upgrade. Samsung may post some low-end smartphones at CES, while keeping the flagship phone messages on its own activities. The most noteworthy mobile phone industry message at the show may come from T. The company will hold a conference in the second half of this year's CES. T CEO John Leger (John Legere) has hinted that the company will launch phase IV "Uncarrier" at CES and "this will change the mobile communications industry". We do not know what the Uncarrier 4.0 event will bring, but there are rumours that it includes a new family package and that T will pay default payments to users when the contract user shifts from other operators to T. T's news at CES has been interesting over the past few years, so this year's launch is also worth looking forward to. This is what we expect at CES for 2014 years. Apple and Microsoft will not participate in CES, but that does not mean they will not affect CES. The decline in manufacturing costs and the popularity of Kickstarter will bring more peripherals, wearable computing equipment, and smarter electronic products that will be exhibited at CES. 2014Year will be another year for startups to grab a mirror, just as the surprise of last year's Oculus and Pebble. (D-Gold)