It’s always fun to read about the latest gadgetry introduced at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Compiling a list on the most intriguing tech is difficult. The show offers everything from the coolest tech infused cars to the latest smartphone accessories. I’ve read a lot of cool stuff about the show but the best list I’ve come across was compiled by the Wirecutter.com. It is one of my favorite websites and I tripped across this particular link when reading John Gruber’s blog, Daring Fireball. The Wirecutter choose to focus on realistic tech offerings instead of conceptual tech that may never make it to your living room. As one site commenter note, “the lack of hype” is refreshing.
After plenty of research, input from experts and old-fashioned shoe leather reporting, our team identified about a dozen items that they think could be reflective of tech in 2014. This isn’t a list of the flashiest or most obscure products of 2014, but rather things that could actually hold up to critical scrutiny, and possibly even challenge the leaders in their respective categories. Things that actually make sense in our daily lives that we’re excited to see pan out over the next 12 months.
Gruber and I both like the Occulus Rift and Engadget awarded the virtual reality headset Best of CES. Gruber has some smart analysis about the show, too. The most interesting commentary centers around how Apple and Google are catered to by a lot of companies at CES, but Microsoft and it’s hardware offerings are virtually ignored by the conference. This is a huge reversal of fortune for a company that once dominated the entire computing world. It is my opinion that the game has changed completely and Microsoft is being relegated back to just being a software company.