15,000 people signed up for CES 2022 in last 10 days despite Omicron looming

Nearly 15,000 people have registered to attend the global tech show CES in person over the past 10 days, the organizer said on Friday, indicating momentum for in-person events despite global fears about the Omicron version of the coronavirus In. In all, “thousands” of people have registered for the show so far, the organizer said without citing a specific figure. The Omicron variant was first detected in southern Africa and Hong Kong last month, sparking increasingly global concerns—the spread of the new version of the virus and downplaying the chances that recent travel will continue to rise.

More than 1,900 companies have committed to attend the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January, nearly half the level before the pandemic. major companies such as Sony and industry executives General Motors The CEO, Mary Barra, plans to travel to Las Vegas, although some include NVIDIA Mass virtual presence has been planned for some time. “We’re not unrealistic: The show is going to be shorter this year,” said Gene Foster, senior vice president of marketing and communications for Consumer Technology Association, the group organizing the CES show. “It allows us to widen the aisles and accommodate social distancing.”