Las Vegas, US - 4 January 2017
1. Wide of the unveiling of Toyota's Concept-i by 'Yui' - artificial intelligence system
2. Various of Toyota's Concept-i
3. SOUNDBITE: Tim Stevens, Editor and Chief, Roadshow
"Definitely autonomy is a big story as it always is, but we're moving beyond demonstrations of cars just moving themselves, because that's kind of old hat at this point. So now we're seeing what's going to happen inside the car. We're seeing more demonstrations from BMW and Toyota rethinking what the interior's going to look like because now if you're not driving your car you can ultimately have more fun in your car, you can be more productive."
4. Various of Toyota's Concept-i
5. Unveiling of BMW's concept car then stage presentation by Klaus Froehlich, BMW AG, Development
(UPSOUND) English: "This is a glimpse into the mid future. It is not for tomorrow, but beyond 2020 this will happen."
6. Various of BMW i Inside Future concept car
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Holger Hampf, Head of User Experience Design, BMW Group:
"We still see that the people inside the car - specifically the one who could also potentially steer it - is in control. So, with this model you still see a steering wheel, you still see your driver's environment, however the driver can decide at which point of time he is giving the control to the car."
8. Various of BMW i Inside Future concept car
Las Vegas, US - 3 January 2017
9. Hyun Suk Kim, President of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics, introducing the new QLED Q8 (left) and Q9 (right)
10. Various of QLED TVs
11. SOUNDBITE: (English), Brandt Varner, Samsung Senior Director of Product Marketing:
"With picture, this is the the best picture quality that Samsung has ever put into a television. We are going to give it a much wider contrast. Much deeper blacks. Much brighter brights with optimal peak brightness, achieving up to 2000 nits (brightness measurement). So between that optimal brightness, and the deeper blacks, that's what's going to give you the better contrast. The better picture performance across the televisions."
12. Mid of Q9 screen
Las Vegas, US - 4 January 2017
13. Wide of Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai introducing the new Bravia television on stage at CES
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO, Sony:
"This is a world first. Sound that comes directly from the screen. This revolutionary acoustic surface technology actually vibrates the display to produce the awe inspiring sound. It is enabled by the thin, simple structure of the OLED display. This means there are no separate speakers on the side, or the bottom of the TV and the result is an ingenious, speakerless and also standless design."
15. Zoom in on Sony Bravia OLED TV
Las Vegas, US - 3 January 2017
16. Various of LG W7 4K OLED Television, launched at CES in Las Vegas
17. Tim Alessi, LG director of new product development, in front of the LG W7
18. Alessi holding finger under screen, detaching it from the wall
19. Pull out from edge of TV
20. Various of AV box
21. SOUNDBITE: (English), Tim Alessi, LG director of new product development:
"The panel itself is only 2.85 millimetres thick. So that is only about a tenth of an inch. There is a small mounting plate that mounts to the wall. But even that only adds another millimetre to it. So less than two tenths of an inch in thickness."
Las Vegas, US - 4 January 2017
22. Various of LG Hub Robots, including Mini version
23. SOUNDBITE: (English), Nicole Scott, editor of Mobilegeeks technology news website:
"We've been waiting for the ability to interact with our homes since the 1950s, I mean ever since I was a kid I wanted to talk to my house and wish for things. There seems to be two kinds, an elegant one, or the room mate variety as I like to call it, something a little cuter, something that a little more personal. I mean Alexa definitely has a little bit of a sassy personality, but what LG has done with this home robot is they've made it cute with the eyes, something a little more child friendly as well because they can tell you stories on top of all the really great IOT and home interaction that Alexa brings to you."
24. Tilt up of larger robot that will soon be used to help passengers at Seoul's Incheon airport
25. Pan from robot mower to other robots, including vacuum cleaner
26. Various of robots
LEAD IN
Autonomous cars, voice controlled devices and promises of a fully connected world have dominated the major unveilings at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
There are also robot room mates and high spec TVs that are thinner than ever before.
STORY-LINE
Toyota's claiming this concept car puts the focus on the user.
According to the company the Concept-i has been created around the philosophy of 'kinetic warmth' - the theory that mobility technology should be fun as well as warm and welcoming.
Key to this type of technology is advanced artificial intelligence that can anticipate people's needs. The idea is that the AI system - nicknamed 'Yui' - allows the vehicle to build a more human relationship with the driver.
Toyota claim their design means the driver can also concentrate on the road more.
Concept-i, therefore, does not have a central console but instead has coloured lights in the footwells to tell you when the vehicle is being driven manually or automatically. Projectors in the rear deck are designed to alert the driver to blind spots.
BMW is promising fully autonomous driving by 2021.
Its concept car of the future is on show at CES, promising full connectivity and voice control.
Making its debut for BMW in Vegas is the BMW HoloActive Touch system - the German automaker's vision of the car interior of the future.
The BMW HoloActive Touch system is a driver vehicle interface that is controlled by a flick of the finger.
The interface acts like a virtual touch screen with a free-floating display that is operated using finger gestures.
The system is part of the BMW i Inside Future study which aims to give drivers a glimpse into the world of connected and autonomous cars of the future.
Klaus Froehlich, BMW AG, Development is promising BMW will deliver fully autonomous driving by 2021.
Televisions are another new battleground for manufacturers with CES presentations promising premium picture quality.
Samsung has released its new flagship 'Q' LED TV. The 'Q' stands for Quantum dot, a technology Samsung says gives the best picture quality the company has ever put into a television.
The Q9 and Q8 televisions shown at CES all have 4K resolution - and are now the top of the range Samsung televisions on the market.
"With picture, this is the the best picture quality that Samsung has ever put into a television," says Brandt Varner, Samsung Senior Director of Product Marketing.
"We are going to give it a much wider contrast. Much deeper blacks. Much brighter brights with optimal peak brightness."
The Q9 television shown at CES is flat, the Q8 is curved.
Sony has unveiled a revolutionary television, the company's flagship of 2017. The sound from the Bravia 4K OLED TV comes straight from the screen.
OLED stands for organic light-emitting diode.
"This revolutionary acoustic surface technology actually vibrates the display to produce the awe inspiring sound. It is enabled by the thin, simple structure of the OLED display. This means there are no separate speakers on the side, or the bottom of the TV and the result is an ingenious, speakerless and also standless design," says Sony Presdient and CEO, Kazuo Hirai.
LG's new premium television also has an OLED screen.
However, all the usual electronics, such as speakers and graphics cards have been stripped away from the screen and are stored in a long box that sits under the TV.
This makes the screen only 2.85 millimetres thick.
The television is mounted on the wall with the help of a metal plate that attaches the TV with the help of magnets.
The South Korean company also used CES to unveil its latest robot helpers to keep your home or office in order.
The LG Hub Robot learns a person's lifestyle to better serve them by connecting to the internet and learning voice commands.
The Hub Robot and Mini version can take charge of your connected washing machine, oven, vacuum and other devices - it can even recommend music.
Nicole Scott, editor of Mobilegeeks technology news website says: "We've been waiting for the ability to interact with our homes since the 1950s, I mean ever since I was a kid I wanted to talk to my house and wish for things. There seems to be two kinds, an elegant one, or the room mate variety as I like to call it, something a little cuter, something that a little more personal."
A larger version, known as Airport Guide Robot, will go into service at South Korea's Incheon airport later this year.
LG has also teamed up with Amazon to use integrated AI (artificial intelligence) voice technologies in other appliances, like its fridges, but not its robot assistants.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) runs 5-8 January 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 3,800 exhibitors are expected to show their products to over 150,000 visitors.
