On Thursday, the city of Las Vegas will throw open its doors and welcome in the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, more commonly referred to as CES. If you've never experienced CES for yourself, just think about what you've seen of E3 or PAX, multiply it by 1,000, and spread it out over several miles of conference center space. Seriously, it is to trade shows what Jupiter is to planets. While it isn't normally a gaming-centric show, this year we'll see more of our favorite pastime than in recent memory. Nintendo has already announced that, after a 16 year absence, they will make their triumphant return to the show floor. However one of the more consistent showings has come from Microsoft. MS's annual keynote speech, normally held the night before the floor is opened up, has consistently allowed that company to show off whichever new technology they're looking to introduce in the coming year. As you can see in the above image, this year MS may well be rolling out a new game, one entitled Avatar Kinect.

The picture was taken by the website Glimpse Dog, as they're preparing to hit the CES floor. Nothing more is known about what exactly Avatar Kinect is/will be. There is speculation that it won't consist of a full game, but rather will be an update to the Xbox Live itself (a la Facebook or Twitter) that allows you to interact with other users' avatars, provided you're both using Kinect.

With the MS keynote set to take place tomorrow night at 6:30PST, we'll soon find out what exactly this mysterious image means. Stay tuned!

[Via Joystiq]