This one will be fun, as it straddles both my days to day life and my passion for theatre.
I have not attended CES before, but I have attended Comdex when it existed. Back in the 90s both existed. I remember that my I walked off the sole of my shoe – well I guess the walks at Comdex was the final straw – and that it made the news of one of the Semiconductor specialty publications as a side note.
So how does a tech trade show straddle theatre?
Well! Let me tell you 🙂 I have been a fan of immersive theatre long enough. And realities are layering, as written in “Will 2024 Be The Year Of Layered Realities?” So I am interested beyond my day job in semiconductors in the end applications of VR/XR etc.
Travel in and out
I heard horror stories about getting to and from, as well as getting around in Vegas. So I got myself on a relatively early flight leaving 8:20 from SJC. A brief dispute with the Uber App which claims to know better than I when I need to be at the airport. Well, it does not know that I have CLEAR and TSA Pre.
It takes less than 5 minutes to get through security. Only annoyance here is that the TSA Pre lines at SJC do not have bins by default so putting my jacket (it’s 5 C for crying out loud) on the plain band feels off.
Classic first world problem.
Time for breakfast. Treating myself to Trader Vic’s and a Hawaiian Panini. Why not.
Boarding is seamless and fast. The $20 for Early Bird CheckIn got me a position on the A-Group on Southwest and it was well worth it not having to compete for overhead space.
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