CES 2022 attendance was 40K people, organizers say

Fewer than a 4th of CES’ accustomed turnout attended this year’s show, the Consumer Technology Association reported Friday.

The relation said 40,000 people, including 1,800 planetary media members, attended the user electronics commercialized amusement that usually attracts much than 170,000 radical each January.

The accelerated dispersed of the omicron variant of COVID-19 was believed liable for the lower-than-usual attendance.

“Innovation came to beingness this week astatine CES 2022 with technologies that volition reshape industries and supply solutions to pressing worldwide issues from healthcare to agriculture, sustainability and beyond,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the relation that is proprietor and shaper of CES. “The CES amusement level buzzed with the joyousness of quality enactment and a five-sense innovation acquisition with products that volition redefine our aboriginal and alteration our satellite for the better.”

The show, shortened from its accustomed 4 days to three, is scheduled to adjacent Friday astatine 6 p.m.

More than 2,300 companies from astir the world, including much than 800 startups, launched products featuring innovation crossed artificial intelligence, automotive technology, integer health, astute location and different categories. Despite hard question restrictions, the relation said astir 30 percent of those attending came from overseas countries.

Health protocols were enactment successful spot for in-person attendance, including impervious of vaccination, required masking indoors, self-testing for COVID-19 and societal distancing measures.

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