PR NEWSWIRE - Apr 28 - Silicon Valley-based AR Devices unveils the next generation of wearable technology for skiers and snowboarders. The small and lightweight GogglePal magnetically attaches to the lower corner of a user's goggle lens allowing them to track speed, vertical, calories burned, time, location and direction, all in real-time.
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AR Will Take Off In 5 years
CBR - Apr 29 - Though today it is virtually unused. Despite a lack of market traction App revenues from AR technology in the enterprise will see a tenfold increase by 2019 according to one prediction. Current revenues of $247m 2014 will increase to $2.4bn in the next 4-5 years.
by Alexander Sword
See full article at Computer Business Review
Microsoft Shows HoloLens’ AR Is No Gimmick
WIRED - Apr 29 - When HoloLens debuted in January, the use cases Microsoft proffered were largely domestic, but the device’s true promise lies in schools, offices, labs, and all of the other professional settings that need better toys to help improve lives.You can start with the partners Microsoft already has lined up; for every consumer-focused Disney there’s a NASA, Autodesk, Sketchfab, and more.
As Sensors Shrink, 'Wearables' Disappear
GMA NETWORK - Apr 29 - The pace of innovation and the tumbling cost, and size, of components will make wearables smaller - so small, some in the industry say, that no one will see them. Within five years, wearables like the Watch could be overtaken by hearables that, in turn, could be superseded by disappearables - technology tucked inside your clothing, or even inside your body.
Smart Glasses: Has Google Got It Wrong?
NETIMPERATIVE - Apr 29 - Smart glasses are not dead: this was a sentiment echoed at the recent Internet World ecommerce fair in Munich. The subject was one of the most popular over the two-day conference.Vanessa Meister, trend researcher and expert in smart glasses at the innovation agency Futurecandy, demonstrated seven different models at the show: Google Glass, Vuzix M 100, Epson Moverio BT-200, Oculus Rift DK 2, Samsung Gear VR, Carl Zeiss One VR and Meta 1 Space Glass.
by Nicole Rüdlin
See full article at Netimperative
The Inner Circle Launches Apple Watch App
PRESS RELEASE - Apr 29 - The Inner Circle, the UK high end dating site for successful and aspirational singles, is now available on Apple Watch.
See full article at The Inner Circle
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Intel Shuffles Wearables Chief Mike Bell Off The Table
READWRITE - Apr 29 - The $12B corporation consolidated several of its departments—like Intel Labs, Perceptual Computing, and the new devices group—into a single, larger team called the New Technology group, run under Senior Vice President Joshua Walden. No details have emerged about whether Bell will continue working with the new devices group somehow, or get shuttled to another department.
Tim Cook Talks Numbers In Apple's Earnings Call
WAREABLE - Apr 28 - There are already over 3,500 Apple Watch apps to download on Apple's App Store within weeks of the smartwatch going up for pre-order. He declined to talk Apple Watch sales figures.
LVMH To Begin Selling TAG Heuer Smartwatch By November
BLOOMBERG - Apr 28 - TAG Heuer will start selling a smartwatch for about $1,400 in October or November as the brand becomes Apple Inc.’s biggest Swiss competitor for connected timepieces. TAG Heuer formed alliances with Google Inc. and Intel Corp. to develop the watch, the company said last month.
by Matthew Martin
See full article at Bloomberg
Toshiba Launches Developer Kits For Building Wearables
PCWORLD - Apr 28 - The company’s new development environment includes an HDK embedded with the TZ1001MBG application processor, an SDK that runs on it, as well as a software development tool. The TZ1001MBG includes a sensor, a processor, flash memory, and a Bluetooth Low Energy controller in one package.
Apple Watch Not Sensing Some Users With Wrist Tattoos
MASHABLE - Apr 28 - A couple of users with dark wrist tattoos have posted videos showing the Apple Watch not sensing contact with their wrist as it does on non-tattooed wrists. Although Apple's support page for the Apple Watch sensor makes no mention of potential tattoo issues, the company does explain how its sensing technology works, offering a possible clue as to what might be behind the problems tattooed users are experiencing.
Tencent Introduces OS For Wearables
TECH CRUNCH - Apr 28 - The Tencent OS and TOS+ is available to be licensed without cost, this new software is focused on wearables and other Internet-connected devices. The platform offers a more social option that can be used to make money using third-party services while taking advantage of integrated social services from Tencent.
Fitness Tracker Helps Improve Posture
GADGETEER - Apr 27 - The Lumo Lift Posture and Activity Coach is worn on the shoulder and monitors posture and gives feedback to help improve your posture. When you sit, stand, walk, or run with a slouch, the Lumo Lift reminds you to straighten with a vibration.
by Janet Cloninger
See full article at The Gadgeteer
Samsung's Next Generation ‘Gear’ Smartwatch
ANDROID HEADLINES - Apr 27 - Samsung has earned a bunch of patents from the US Patents and Trademark Office over the past year that they believe would help them counter the Apple Watch. One of those patents seem to reveal that the ring around the frame of the watch could possibly be rotated for scrolling and also incorporate other functions.
Wearable Thermoelectric Generator Tech
TWEAKTOWN - Apr 27 - KAIST researchers in South Korea have developed a glass fabric TE generator that is able to produce electricity based on heat created by the human body. KAIST's design utilizes a self-sustaining structure that is able to accurately trap inorganic TE materials in between upper and lower substrates. This new type of R&D will give wearables a longer battery life, while opening the door to long-term wearables for consumers.
Qualcomm's First Branding Campaign
ADWEEK - Apr 27 - With the 30-year-old company's first major corporate image advertising campaign from DDB in San Francisco, Qualcomm wants to raise its profile. While previous work has focused on individual products, this brand messaging looks to humanize technology.
College To Experiment With Apple Watch As Learning Tool
CHRONICLE - Apr 27 - On Monday researchers at Pennsylvania State University’s main campus announced that they would be among the first to test the device’s usefulness in the classroom. The experiment will begin this summer, with eight Apple Watches the university purchased for the project. Penn State plans to expand the research to more students in the fall.
by Jeffrey R. Young
See full article at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Wi-Fi To Monitor Your Body
GIZMODO - Apr 27 - A group of researchers led by Fadel Adib presented a system that makes health monitoring completely passive. Vital-Radio uses a low-power wireless signal to accurately track the heart rate and breathing patterns of up to three people within roughly 26 feet of the source. Their wireless system was 99.3% accurate for breathing and 98.5 accurate for heart rate.
Match Introduces App For The Apple Watch
PR NEWSWIRE - Apr 24 - Features within the new Apple Watch app include:
- In Discover - users can review and rate their matches from their writs.
- Send messages - users can tap the microphone to use voice-to-text dictation to compose emails.
Apple Watch The Most Popular Smartwatch Ever?
THE MOTLEY FOOL - Apr 25 - According to Taiwan-based analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the Apple Watch has already racked up an astounding 2.3M sales during its presale window. Kuo estimates that Apple's third-party manufacturing partners have the capacity to produce at least 2.3M Watches from March to May. Comparing that current production capacity versus the established fact that Apple sold out its total number of presales units in just 6 hours, this implies Apple sold through that entire 2.3M in production.
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