Gallery: Postcards From Vegas: The Beautiful, Terrible Sights of CES

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    T-Rex hits the treadmill at the Under Armour booth.
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    A robot assists a human at a CES press event at the Mirage Hotel and Casino.
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    The best way to show off your company's new TV at CES? String dozens of them together into a room-filling spectacle like this one.
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    A mermaid holds a PowerRay underwater drone.
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    Samsung's Gear VR demo included some virtual reality mixed with some all-too-reality.
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    An attendee takes a load off next to the Polaroid booth.
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    Step into the circle, leap in the air, and a ring of Nikon DSLR cameras snap you mid-jump. Step out, and you get an animation of you frozen in space, spinning for all eternity.
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    CES Attendees at Gibson's tent pause for a photo op upon the GOT-inspired throne of Les Pauls.
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    These are animatronic chimps. Pretty sure.
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    The company demonstrating the latest in massage chair tech is always a big hit at CES.
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    Texting from the future.
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    Onlookers contemplate an entire wall filled with LG's latest 4K televisions.
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    CES attendees experience the VR present.
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    CES is a four-day show. By the end of it, any seat is a good seat.
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