that's right. james clayton has been taking a look at how the show has changed and how it is for the exhibitors. last year, all of this — the robots, the gadgets, the gizmos — weren't here. the show was entirely digital and it was missing something — being able to touch products, hear what things sound and look like in real life, all gone. this year, the organisers were determined that the show must go on. however, ces has coincided with record covid cases here in the us, so would anyone turn up? we've been here at ces for about two hours, it's the opening day and you'd expect it to be absolutely rammed. and, to be fair, some people have turned up, but the numbers are way down. right here, you'd expect there to be exhibitors, but many simply haven't turned up. google, amazon, microsoft and many more have withdrawn, citing safety worries. that's what mark gooday wanted to do. founder of british headphone company meters, he would've preferred to have pulled out, but says he'd already paid $50,000 and with no prospect