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The new year has barely started, but as soon as next week we'll enter the first phase of 2016 in gaming as CES will open. While the show is primarily focused on electronics, gadgets and TVs, gaming has gained more and more momentum in recent years. And the show has a relatively rich history of gaming as well, with Xbox for example debuting there in 2001, and Microsoft promoting DirectX in previous years (MS left the show in 2012). So I thought it could be good to take a look at what the show this year has in store for gaming, directly and indirectly.
Three press conferences are of major interest. Listed in chronological order. Apart from the listed places to watch live, many of the press conferences will be available via YouTube, Ustream etc.
When: Monday, January 4 at 6:00 PM PST
Presenter: Jen-Hsun Huang
Where to watch: http://www.nvidia.com/object/ces2016.html
NVIDIA will unveil "what's next in autonomous driving", but is also bound to show new products for gaming, something about next-gen Tegra is likely.
Press release from Dec. 31, 2015:
When: Tuesday, January 5 at 5:00 PM PST
Presenter: Unconfirmed, likely Kaz Hirai
Where to watch: https://blog.sony.com/ces/
Expect new TVs and phones foremost, for that will likely be focused. However, news on PlayStation VR are likely too, it's featured in the background here after all: http://www.sony.com/electronics/sony-ces-announcements
When: Tuesday, January 5 at 6:30 PM PST
Presenter: Brian Krzanich
Where to watch: http://newsroom.intel.com/docs/DOC-6976#videos
Apart from the press conferences above, there will be many conference tracks/sessions focused on gaming. These usually require actual presence at the show, most sessions are not live streamed. Sessions can be searched here: http://www.cesweb.org/Register-Plan/Full-Schedule/
There's of course the usual CES Unveiled also, which starts 4:00 PM PST on Monday, January 4: http://www.cesweb.org/Events-Programs/CES-Unveiled/CES-Unveiled-Las-Vegas.aspx
An Exhibits Plus Pass - NonMember costs $300.
49 different exhibitors can currently be found under the Gaming & Virtual Reality category. Featured exhibitors are Fuel3D with its high-speed, high resolution, handheld 3D scanner Scanify, as well as Orbbec with its 3D camera computer Persee.
Amazon, AMD, ARM, Oculus VR, Samsung and YouTube are other companies that in one way or another are involved in gaming.
A list of exhibitors is available here: http://ces16.mapyourshow.com/
You may have noticed a certain mockup (was just for fun, don't take it seriously) in the teaser image. That's of NX, which according to rumors from sources of ill repute (note, locked thread) is going to be shown to third party developers, behind locked doors at CES.
Many have called this rumor BS, and it may very well be so. But Nintendo isn't unknown for showing systems at CES in the past. They demoed the Wii U gamepad at CES 2012, though of course Wii U had already been shown at E3 2011, and NX hasn't been shown at all. Regardless, I decided to include this rumor due to the fact that Nintendo (of America) with almost guaranteed certainty will be represented at CES and so will many of the third party developers. NX will be discussed, but not necessarily demoed. Who knows what might be baking, someone perhaps can rob a leak or two.
If you have any rumors to share, let me know.
