With a variety of gadgets becoming a part of our personality, we’re either becoming too wise or just a bit too dumb! We’ve compiled a list of top 5 wearable products and their use cases. Lap it up!
1. Google Glass (Smart Eyewear)
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Top 5 Wearables- Google Glass
It deploys Augmented Reality to bridge the gap between real world and virtual world. It overlays information from the web on real-life objects, making experiences enriching.
Google Glass use cases: Face recognition, taking pictures and videos on the go, navigating routes, city tours, recording classes.
2. Apple Watch (Smart Watch)
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Top 5 wearables- Apple Watch
Introduced by Apple Inc, the Apple Smart Watch is one of most successful wearable products in its category. Having sold 2.8 million pieces till June this year, it retails in three variants- Apple Watch basic, Apple Watch Sport and 18k gold Apple Watch Edition. The most popular one close to $400 is the entry-level or basic addition.
Apple watch use cases- Making and receiving calls, viewing email messages, taptic notifications, health-oriented capabilities and integration with iOS and other Apple products
3. Fitbit Health Tracker (Smart Wrist Band)
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Top 5 Wearables- Fitbit
Having sold 21 million bands till date and being the first wearable startup to reach the stage of IPO with $4.1 billion valuation, the company is sure on its way to taking the center stage in wearable industry.
Fitbit use cases- Fitbit dashboard allows you to track steps, calories burnt, distance covered, pace, sleep (hours awake and hours of deep sleep!, even restlessness!)
Some more juice on Fitbit business case, access here.
4. Thync (Smart head-gear)
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Top 5 Wearables- Thync
Thync deploys neuro signaling to shift mood. Here’s what Engaget editor James Trew says “by delivering neurosignaling waveforms to the brain along known neural pathways, you have an ability to tune the balance of brain activity between relaxation and arousal or attention circuits.”
Thync use cases- Offer an additional dose of alertness for the presentation, ounce of energy for the meeting and the very requisite de-stressing therapy you need after a long traffic jam post work!
More on Thync here
5. Hexoskin Smartshirt (Smart clothing)
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Top 5 Wearables- Hexoskin
The Hexoskin is a health related smartshirt which only got launched in 2015, it is made of a special Italian fabric and is machine washable. battery with 14 hours of life, Bluetooth capability and compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Android. Ranging anywhere from $169 to $579, it comes as complete adult men, womens’, and junior set.
Hexoskin use cases- It has a compatible app that keeps a track of all the workout activity and stores all the information about it. It measures breathing rate, heart rate, sleep and can tell how intense your workouts are, storing this information for anytime access!
Wearables in times to come will become as ubiquitous as smartphones are today and maybe even get invisible! Stick around…
In the meanwhile get your hands on our most popular guide on Wearables, here.
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