Video: The highlights of NextFest
Caroline McCarthy Former Staff writer, CNET News
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos.
Last weekend's in New York City was touted as a look into the future, with exhibits that included spaceships (a trip on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will cost you only 2,000,000 frequent flyer miles!), robotic receptionists and bartenders, virtual-reality video games, and "Minority Report"-style hand-controlled projection screens.
But don't take my word for it. Check out CNET's video coverage, courtesy of senior editor Rich DeMuro, and see if you think you'll be seeing this stuff somewhere down the road. Watch it now on CNET TV!