Seven Trends You Should Know About CES2016

The CES exhibition was once considered as an annual development trend of the consumer electronics and smart industry. The main exhibition content includes consumer electronics products, communication products and accessories, automotive electronics products, related electronic components and electronic materials, energy saving and environmental protection Other new technologies and new energy products and photographic equipment. In the following, "Thousands of Networks" will take a look with you. What will be expected of us at this CES2015 show?


HDR TV Display Technology Becomes Focus

In recent years, home appliances have gradually replaced traditional computers and mobile phones, becoming one of the absolute main characters of CES. During CES2015, Samsung, Sony, LG, Sharp, Panasonic and other companies launched televisions based on 4K, OLED, quantum dots and other new display technologies. Among them, Samsung's new SUHDTV has become the focus with its 4K curved screen design, while Sony has made the 4K TV a slimmer 4.9mm, and Sharp is also exploring the application of 8K TV. Although the industry is predicting that this year's CES exhibition, OLED and 4K technology will become more close to the people from the past, but the real outstanding in CES2016 may be the most HDR TV technology.


HDR TV technology is an all-encompassing broad term, there may be many standards and forms (such as DolbyVision DolbyVision), but also need TV hardware (if equipped with a high-brightness panel) to support, plus for its improved video resources content, tripartite Combine to achieve better image quality expression. Of course, essentially, regardless of the HDR technology, basically a wider color gamut and better contrast are achieved by increasing the brightness and expanding the three primary colors.

At present, in addition to TV manufacturers starting to deploy HDR TV product lines, HDR's video resources are already on the way, and some streaming media services have begun to provide HDR content. CES2016 is undoubtedly the best platform for TV manufacturers to display new image technologies.


More complete smart home solutions

With the deepening of the concept of the Internet of Everything, smart homes have become popular in the industry for a while. In particular, under the premise of facing challenges in the traditional home industry, home appliance companies are viewing smart homes as the best choice to change the status quo. Today, from smart door locks, smart curtains, to smart switches, smart light bulbs, smart cameras, and smart alarms, smart homes are slowly penetrating every corner of ordinary families and every aspect of their lives.

Compared with the gradual saturating demand for smart phones, smart homes are in their infancy, and there is still huge potential to be discovered. This also prompted smart homes to become one of the core showcases of CES2016. Around this piece of cake, various giants at home and abroad competed for layout. Apple launched the HomeKit smart home platform, Google launched the Brillo IOT operating system, and Samsung's own SmartThings smart home platform... According to a report released by research firm Researchand Markets, the next five The smart home equipment and services market will grow at an annual rate of 8% to 10%.


It should be noted that smart single product can no longer meet people's living needs, and consumers need a more intelligent, personalized and interactive overall solution. Therefore, during CES 2016, whether the companies will come up with relatively mature smart home solutions is the focus of our attention.

Another point of view is "robots." As an integral part of the family's intelligence, every year at CES we basically see a wide variety of home robots. With the increasingly intelligent robots, not only sweeping robots, but also more intelligent robots become the center of smart homes, and realize advanced operations such as man-machine dialogue and security protection.


Smartphone, still not the protagonist of CES

In fact, the annual CES will not be the main battlefield of smart phones, but mobile phone manufacturers will not miss the big stage of CES. Each year, Samsung, Sony, LG and others will choose to release a small amount of new products or display some cutting-edge mobile phone designs and technologies during the CES. As for the real flagship products will be left to the MWC Pakistan Exhibition held at the end of February.

Compared with the coldness of international brands, domestic mobile phone manufacturers will obviously be more eye-catching. According to sources, Lenovo released K4Note with a 5.5-inch screen; Huawei Glory will launch an improved version of the 7X; LeTV may launch the flagship mobile phone MaxPro first.

In addition, at CES2016, we should not overlook a very important area: chips. Last year, Qualcomm 810 and Nvidia's TegraX1 made their debut at CES, and this year we will also learn more about the Snapdragon 820 or the TegraX1 sequel. Intel's Atom processor may also be among them. After Samsung took the lead to upgrade the process to 14nm, how the processor architecture is customized, how power and performance are balanced will be our focus.


Wearable devices, how to become a focus with fashion

From 2014 onwards, smart watches, smart bracelets and other products are basically the focus of CES industry every year. The CES organizing committee also made it clear that wearable devices are the next generation of great technology consumption cutting-edge technologies. It is reported that the area of ​​the wearable devices this year has increased more than twice as much as last year. The combination of wearable devices and fashion will be one of the biggest points of view this time.

The official appearance of Apple Watch has promoted the growth of the wearable device industry, and the AndroidWear platform has attracted mainstream manufacturers to launch smart watches equipped with the AndroidWear system. The products form their own ideas in the design, but the number of applications and systems in the short term The fluency and short duration of life are still problems that need to be solved urgently.


Driverless and smart travel

As technology deals with more and more driving elements and vehicle innovations, it gradually changes the way drivers and vehicles interact. Car networking is seen as another tipping point at CES after smart hardware. It is reported that this year's booth on automotive products has occupied 25% of the CES venues. Therefore, during CES2016, we will be able to see more advanced automotive energy source technologies and autopilot technologies, including two major automotive platforms, Apple CarPlay and Google AndroidAuto.

At the same time, BMW, Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Audi and other well-known car companies will participate in the exhibition to jointly showcase the projects of unmanned driving, electric vehicles, energy-saving technologies, and on-board interconnection. According to foreign media news, BMW or during the launch of the show a new generation of i8 concept car, will also introduce their latest AirTouch gesture control entertainment system; Toyota will display cloud map system; Volkswagen also announced recently it will release a brand new pure Electric MPV models. At the same time, FaradayFuture, another electric car company in the United States, may launch the first electric concept car to challenge the Greater Gothsila, claiming a mileage of 483 kilometers.


Or foreseeable virtual reality (VR) consumer products

With the advent of the Internet age and the rapid development of 3D technology, human communication has undergone entirely new changes and has entered new areas. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have gradually entered people’s lives. It is called VR first year.

CES organizers stated that compared to 2015, 2016's CES increased by 77% in terms of games and virtual reality. More than 40 exhibitors will bring virtual reality systems and related content, as well as the latest gaming hardware, software and accessories currently designed for mobile devices, PCs and game consoles to showcase next-generation virtual reality immersive multimedia. The Oculus Rift, HTCVive, and Sony PSVR products, including the three major international VR products, may use the CES stage to showcase the latest VR products in advance.

Therefore, during CES2016, we will see more virtual reality applications, game demos, and the latest developments of related products. The experience of these products will also determine the direction of future consumer products. At the same time, virtual reality will promote the development of PC to some extent. The PC optimized for virtual reality may be a new direction, and the new camera used to create virtual reality 3D content is also worth looking for.


Defining the UAV's service value and application areas

Compared with the hot demand of virtual reality, the number of drone manufacturers and service providers participating in CES2016 will also hit a record high this year. There will be 27 exhibitors exhibiting the latest drone technologies, including the leading Chinese drone companies. Xinjiang and so on. This year's CES showcased more than 2,300 square meters of space dedicated to drones, which is more than double the number of last year.

Kerry Shapiro, president of the Consumer Technology Association, said that drones are already the fastest growing branch of the technology sector. "This is a real life-changing technology that can change the way we do things." I believe that at this exhibition, a series of questions on how to deal with the shortest drivable life of drones and whether drones can be applied in more areas such as traditional express delivery, medical rescue, etc. will be very good. answer.


It is noteworthy that at present, more and more chip makers also attach great importance to the development of UAVs and successively roll out related chips. It is understood that Qualcomm has announced the Qualcomm Xiaolong Aircraft Platform for consumer drones and robotics applications. The platform is based on the Xiaolong 801 chip, supports 4K resolution cameras, and has stronger image and video processing capabilities; and Nvidia also Not to be outdone, the chip modules for consumer-grade drones were introduced: TegraX1 and Jetson TX1. I believe they will also make their appearance at CES2016.