The start of the first press event for CES 2023.
The start of the first press event for CES 2023.
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The goofy and weird products of CES 2023

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 6 min

I picked the best products of CES 2023, and now it’s time to figure out the goofy and weird products.

The line between best/cool/innovative and goofy/weird/stupid can be a fine one. After all, we truly don’t need that much more gadgetry than a computer, a smartphone, the internet and basic household appliances. But tech companies have convinced us that spending on cool tech is a great use of disposable income. They’re also in the process of telling us the metaverse is the next big thing.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.