What are the new ways and trends to be worn in the 2015?

According to foreign media reports, wearable equipment in the end of CES 2015 at the International Consumer Electronics Show is a show of the limelight, but also for people to show a 2015-year wearable technology development direction. Although the major scientific and technological media are competing for the best wearable equipment, the best fitness tracking equipment and other awards, but with the focus on the product itself MWC World Mobile Communications Conference, CES is more concerned about the development trend of a product category.

So, from this year's CES, can you see what trends in wearable devices (including fitness tracking devices, smart watches and head-wearing devices)?

(i) Fitness tracking equipment

Although fitness-tracking equipment vendors, including Fitbit and Jawbone, did not participate at this CES, this does not affect the fitness tracking device to shine at the show, Smart device maker Misfit, for example, exhibited the first Shine series of solar wearable equipment developed with Swarovski, which impressed people with its powerful features and the perfect blend of Swarovski crystals, It is also a lesson for everyone: The original fitness tracking device can also be this way.

Traditional forms of fitness tracking equipment are dying

Traditional fitness-tracking devices are worn on the user's wrist in the form of hand rings or wrist bands, but consumer preferences have now changed, and wearable manufacturers are aware of this, so we've seen more forms of fitness tracking equipment at this CES.

For example, polar A300 activity monitoring bracelet is more like a basic sports watch, Lenovo's vibe band Hand ring and stainless steel material Jia Ming Vivosmart 2 is also like a slim luxury smart watch, and the above misfit Shine Series has been basically a fitness tracking function of the jewelry.

At the same time, Intel also exhibited a Curie processor for wearable devices at this CES, the processor integrates Low-power Bluetooth, accelerometers, gyroscopes and large enough memory, so the 2015-year fitness tracking device will be more diverse, and we expect to see a more versatile fitness tracking device.

Will be added to the bioelectrical impedance detection function

Jawbone released the UP3 smart bracelet at the end of last year, and the Korean wearable manufacturer inbody on display at CES inbody Band series bracelet, which can measure the wearer's bioelectrical resistance, in addition to its minimalist design style. Thus obtaining more professional physical signs such as the wearer's fat rate is clearly useful for fitness users who are more sensitive to their weight.

Track People's Mental health

Mental health is also an important physical sign data, the Zensorium maximally sleep Monitor, unveiled at this CES, calculates the user's mental state by measuring the wearer's heart rate and blood pressure, and provides recommendations for improvement to help the user unwind completely.

Mybrain's Melomind brain-wave headset on display at CES uses another method to help users relax, and the main part of the device, which is full of future technology, is made up of four prominent contact electrodes that can measure and analyze the brain waves of the user, Then cooperate with music and meditation to help users achieve emotional relaxation.

From the above two products are not difficult to see, the brain related data measurement will be the future fitness tracking equipment, one of the main development direction.

(b) Smart watch

Withings has a more cost-effective Activitépop smart watch on display at this CES, and Alcatel also exhibits inexpensive OneTouch smart watches. So what are the trends of smart watches in the 2015?

Women's designer brands dabble in smart watches

Michael Bastian is the first woman designer to launch a smart watch product, which has launched the Chronowing Smart watch, which uses a round dial similar to the Moto 360, on a large stainless steel dial with a diameter of 44 mm Allows users to set their preferred interface mode, and will provide users with three different strap choices, greatly increasing the product's fashion properties.

In addition, Guess, a fashion watch maker, released the Guess Connect smart watch at the current CES, a product designed by Guess and Martian, which combines traditional watches with smart watch features that resemble traditional watches, and the on-screen pointer can indicate time, The core is made of a regular watch battery. Guess Connect can support Martian voice control and notification systems.

Can wear variable remote control

You can use a tablet to watch a TV show, or you can use a smartphone to adjust the temperature in your home, so why not allow wearable equipment to be incorporated into your daily life?

Misfit a smart light bulb called bolt at this CES, this is a support Wi-Fi connection of the color smart light bulb, its warm white brightness can meet the basic living needs of the family, users can customize the color adjustment, in any room to create a suitable lighting effect. At the same time, the most interesting thing is that users can control the bolt by Misfit's fitness tracker.

At the same time, we see two automakers are starting to move closer to smart watches. BMW's Android Wear app allows users to park remotely, while Audi, together with LG, has launched a deep custom version of the G Watch R smart Watch to control the onboard system.

From this we can see that the world we live in is gradually recognizing the use of tracking devices and smart watches, so we have reason to believe that more interesting and useful smart watch applications will be seen in the future.

Functional integration will become a trend

It is well known that the boundaries between smart watches, sports watches, fitness-tracking devices and mobile phones are becoming increasingly blurred. Taking the VivoActive and Epix introduced by Jia Ming as examples, the former is actually a fitness tracking device, but also integrates the function of the golf watch, so it can also be said that it is a smart watch, the latter is a hand-held navigator, but also a combination of sports watch part of the function of the smart watch.

Thus, it may be difficult to classify a wearable device in the future, because they may already have so many functions that we don't know what kind of equipment we wear on our wrists.

(iii) head-wear equipment

Virtual reality equipment is also the effective strength that can not be neglected at this CES. As the consumer version of the Oculus Rift virtual reality helmet getting closer, the snake also launched an Open-source virtual reality platform to mobilize more developers to participate in the development of virtual reality technology.

Any pair of glasses can become "smart"

Sony recently released a SmartEyeglass attach-linked intelligent display module, which can be used with stylish glasses, goggles, sunglasses and other types of glasses, to achieve similar functions of Google glasses. Attach display module is completely removable, users want to use only to "hang" on their own glasses can be (weight only 40 grams). The module includes a control board with a built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi sensor, an ARM processor, a miniature OLED screen size of 0.23-inch resolution 640*400, and 400 Ma batteries that have other components.

Although Sony's device does not seem to be the pursuit of consumers, but it can instantly turn a pair of ordinary glasses into a "tall" smart glasses, and this way is also more easily accepted by people around, will not appear to wear Google glasses that people despise the dilemma.

Smart glasses with refreshing mind

The eye is not only the window of the human soul, but also a symbol of the people's mental state. Jins meme smart glasses on the ingenious use of this, it can be used in the frame and nasal support of the three eye-electric map (EOG) sensor to track the wearer's eye movement and blink times, and then to determine its fatigue level. At the same time, the six axis accelerators on the glasses can detect physical activity. The detected data is then pushed to a matching phone application, informing the wearer of the degree of fatigue, giving reminders when the user needs a little rest, and providing feedback on their day-to-day activities.

If the future EOG technology can be recognized by users, then the possibility of carrying this technology is not only the glasses, we can also embed it in the bathroom mirror to check their health status every day.

Act as a skin detection device

Girls who like to dress up may spend a lot of money on skincare every year, but if you have a thorough understanding of your skin condition, you may be able to avoid unnecessary skin care or skin care measures. Oku skin Tester is such a device, it can connect with mobile phone applications, and then use optical sensors to monitor skin layer. When using, just the equipment in the face of a sweep, you can get cleanliness, gloss, compactness, oil, moisture and other information, and the user input before the life habits of information, to the skin to play a comprehensive score.

At the same time, Oku can set a goal for the user's skin condition like a fitness personal trainer, and give the corresponding diet, rest and skin care recommendations to further improve the user's skin condition.

These bold attempts at the moment may seem a little bold, most of them may not be able to escape the fate of failure, but even so, the major technology manufacturers are still very optimistic about the future of wearable equipment, but also are actively carrying out a variety of attempts, we hope that the emerging areas of the early emergence of a heavyweight product , and I hope that wearable devices can really help people get more health information and make our lives easier and more enjoyable.

Translator: Jade

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)