As wearable computers like smartwatches, fitness trackers and bracelets like the Nymi get ever closer to us physically, they're starting to break down the barrier between biological beings and the networked digital world.
Not exact matches
It's perhaps not the ideal gadget to be thinking of up in snowy Canada right now, but it's actually the perfect kind of
wearable computer since it avoids all the foibles I mentioned recently when I dumped on the category
as a whole.
A new version of the
wearable computer — which generated polarizing reactions and heavy backlash when it initially launched
as a consumer product in 2012 — is being rolled out to businesses, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The savings, he claims, are found in the efficiencies that
wearable computers bring to industries such
as airline, field services, manufacturing, and health care.
Instead of a sleek pair of shades and low - impact tethering to a small battery pack, the demonstration required a helmet - sized device called «WD3,» or «
wearable device three,» leashed to a desktop
computer that the reviewer described
as displaying «jittery and blurry» imagery.
In 2017, I think we'll see a breakthrough in human -
computer interaction and new form factors that have the potential to reshape not only
wearables, but the entire mobile computing industry
as we know it.
Designed by Chong - Chan Kim and his colleagues at Seoul National University in South Korea, the
wearable computer interface could be fitted
as a second skin or built into clothing.
All smart electronics in products such
as wrist -
wearable computers are on a rigid board under the face of the watch.
The CTIC open research spaces
as CTICSmartLAB, where young people can experience and interact with technologies such
as augmented reality, virtual reality, 3D printing, RFID technology, technology of
wearable computing,
computer vision, etc..
Basically it's a
wearable eye lens set which acts
as a virtual reality
computer / screen that ads info / fun to nearly all of the daily routine actions.
Maybe less than a decade from now, we'll be playing Grand Theft Auto V
as a visual overlay on our
wearable computers, committing realistic - looking virtual crimes while we shop at the grocery store.
Reviewing patent applications will provide technology fans with an idea of some of the industry trends that are in the making such
as e-wallet authentication systems, wireless charging technologies,
wearable devices like next - generation contact lenses that incorporate
computers and a micro camera or even future smartphone cameras that will deliver 3D images and so much more.
Make phone calls, play video games
as well
as send e-mails are just a few of the tasks being discussed with this
wearable computer.
«It is categorized
as a «
computer accessory,» while the name suggests either a
wearable or even camera device.
As the name suggests, the initial version of the gadget will be aimed at developers seeking to create augmented reality experiences suitable for the wearable that the Rolling Stone reports is actually called the Lightwear, whereas a tethered computer attached to the wearer that does most of the processing work will be marketed as the Lightpac
As the name suggests, the initial version of the gadget will be aimed at developers seeking to create augmented reality experiences suitable for the
wearable that the Rolling Stone reports is actually called the Lightwear, whereas a tethered
computer attached to the wearer that does most of the processing work will be marketed
as the Lightpac
as the Lightpack.
«Apple's choice of a plastic AMOLED
as the display medium for its Watch reflects not only its strategy of emphasizing quality, but also suggests increasing confidence in flexible displays
as an enabling technology for
wearable computers,» Annis added.
Google Glass, despite all its flaws, had the basic concept down
as to what a
wearable computer should look like.