What trends to expect at CES 2022: We talk to CTA president Gary Shapiro

(Pocket-lint) - CES is astir the corner. And, arsenic things stand, the 2022 variation of the monolithic consumer electronics commercialized show is to beryllium an in-person lawsuit erstwhile more.

It takes spot successful Las Vegas from 5 to 8 January with property conferences and keynotes starting the time before, and portion determination are evident caveats owed to the pandemic, it's comparatively concern arsenic normal.

But, what does that mean? What are the trends to expect astatine this year's show? And, what volition the temper beryllium similar for the thousands of attendees this year?

We spoke to the president of CES organiser, the Consumer Technology Association, Gary Shapiro to find out. As our impermanent connected occurrence 132 of the Pocket-lint Podcast, helium waxed lyrical astir the forthcoming amusement and gave america an penetration arsenic to the biggest innovations that should appear.

"I expect it to beryllium a fantastic and joyful lawsuit arsenic we instrumentality to Las Vegas and get everyone unneurotic who has not gotten unneurotic successful the past 2 years," helium said. "We person groups from each implicit the world, we person large brands, and we person caller categories, including nutrient tech, abstraction tech and NFTs."

However, 1 the biggest trends astatine this year's volition absorption connected cars and electrical transportation: "It's our largest automotive class ever astatine CES. We're seeing aforesaid driving vehicles, we're seeing the accelerated displacement to electric, and we're seeing archetypal clip car manufacturers from astir the world, including 1 from Vietnam.

"Companies are showcasing caller types of cars, their futuristic cars, there's each sorts of things."

It fits with the overarching taxable of this year's show: innovation. That and a greener future.

"Part of innovation is making definite you not lone person innovation, but that it is green. We spot a batch of that astatine CES, the absorption connected greenish innovation and what companies are doing. I mean, 1 of the large treatment items astatine CES is gonna beryllium the displacement to the electrical car to get distant from these these cars that are based connected fossil substance usage," explained Shapiro.

And what of the remainder of the amusement present and successful the future, what other should we expect to spot either arsenic a visitant oregon an online observer?

"What's breathtaking for a batch of radical astir CES is find of caller uses of technology, which are retired determination and tin marque a cardinal difference," helium added.

"I don't deliberation successful my lifetime, we'll get to the Star Trek mentation of teleportation and things lthat idiosyncratic similar maine who flies a batch would similar to have. But, I bash deliberation what we're seeing, whether it's nutrient technology, oregon transportation, oregon education, oregon cleanable water, cleanable health, little uses of energy, I bash deliberation we spot truthful galore solutions there. That's wherefore we we person the show."

You tin perceive to the full interrogation with CTA president Gary Shapiro connected the Pocket-lint Podcast occurrence 132 disposable now.

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 7 December 2021.