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it's time to gear up for CES 2015 I'm Bridget Carey this is your cnet update the Consumer Electronics Show is almost here it's the biggest technology event of the year as companies around the world gather in Las Vegas to show off their latest gizmos cnet always brings you live coverage streaming throughout the week but this time we're spicing it up a bit with a new second stage called tech West where we spotlight emerging products and interview innovators will get up close with prototypes and new categories like three printing robotics smart home sensors and well some things that don't even have a category yet there's going to be a few big things this year to watch out for there's lots of buzz around the smart home ever since apple debuted smart home interface called home kit which lets iPhones and iPads control home appliances will finally see products that work with home kit so you can command appliances by talking to Siri virtual reality is another big topic and that also includes augmented reality which is when you have a screen that sort of floats in front of you thanks to a pair of goofy looking glasses let's hope someone invented a way to not make you cross-eyed or motion sick cars are also getting a version of this with a heads-up display you put these transparent screens on your dashboard to show directions or get phone and music information sense driver will be showing off one that costs $100 television tech always gets big play last year there was much talk about 4k Ultra HD televisions and some that bend and some that curve there's a new term to learn this year quantum dot it's expected Samsung will have a quantum dot TV and LG already teased its quantum TV it allow for a more wider color palette and improved saturation compared to standard LCD TVs it sounds quite impressive there are nanocrystals involved but we'll have to inspect it for ourselves to see how much brighter it really is and to see how much it'll cost as for other TV tech you'll still hear about 4k ultra HDTV but you'll hear more about 4k content after all what good is an ultra HDTV if you can't get video an ultra HD resolution and even though the world isn't ready for it yet LG will show off a 55 inch 8k display which has more than 33 million pixels yes CES is full of crazy another big theme will be wearable tech as everyone hopes to get an edge on the Apple watch for health gadgets need to do more than just track steps they need to continuously track your heart rate and maybe a few other things CNN update will be taking a break for the holidays but you can find us back covering the 2015 international CES from Las Vegas and you can stay updated in the meantime at CES cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey