"I think you are going to be overwhelmed by smart homes and voice—the voice speakers yelling at you in the convention center and up and down the (Las Vegas) Strip will be overwhelming," Baker said of CES.
"Communication standards are being worked out, but the other thing is whose allegiance you will commit your home to—will it be Samsung, LG, Amazon, Google?"
CES hosts the debut of a $130,000 electric car from Fisker—a relaunched startup led by former BMW designed Henrik Fisker whose previous venture went bankrupt—and one of several challengers to rapidly expanding Tesla.