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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  3728 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Watches, Wearables & You (and me)

I suspect that the Watch is a result of Apple's attempt to dominate every market. They're no longer on top with smartphones (Android's winning, barely), but they've still got the tablet market cornered pretty well, and this is a bid at the "smartwatch" market, which unfortunately doesn't really exist.

    Pando has been pointing out for several months now that the total market penetration of the wearables market is less than 3%

Yeah, I don't know exactly what that means either, but my interpretation is either a) only 3% of people have ever bought wearable tech, or even worse, b) only 3% of people report that they would be willing to buy wearable tech. Either way, I hope they didn't spend too much money developing this thing, because I don't think they'll see returns on their investment.

Personally, I don't even wear a watch... I have an iPhone (jailbroken iPhone 4... why upgrade?!) in my pocket, and investing the 2 seconds it takes to retrieve the thing doesn't seem like too big a deal. The only piece of wearable tech that I might jump on is a Google Glass-like contact lens. And that isn't gonna be here for another couple decades. I could be wrong, but I think smartphones have effectively filled the niche of connectivity for the immediate future.

I've gathered that I'm roughly a decade younger than you, 'bloo, so it could be that the youngsters will see the appeal, but I'm inclined to agree with mknod.





kleinbl00  ·  3728 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That video made my night.

Re: contact lenses - I've done some weird shit for money. One weird thing I did was design command and control centers. I can point to the MIL STD for information display. I used to be a member of SID. I've designed 911 control centers. Another weird thing I did was design implantable devices. Shock/pace leads for atrial defibrillators. Synthetic skin. Ultrasonic catheters (granted, those aren't supposed to stay in).

There's very little information in the world that I want to see all the time. There are very few activities for which I need a head-up display. And considering how contrary the body can be about close proximity to synthetic materials, I'd need a pretty compelling reason to invite electronics that close to my vision. I know fyoochur and shit, but...

...well, sometimes I am a Luddite.

am_Unition  ·  3728 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Re: contact lenses... ...There's very little information in the world that I want to see all the time

Just got PRK, myself, so I don't exactly miss contacts, but I'd gladly put one (or two) back into my eyes for a few hours every day if it meant I could interface with the 'net seamlessly. And yeah, screw having an interface constantly in my field of view, I guess I'm hoping for something that I activate with a series of eye movements? Like... up-down-right-left-right-down-up, or whatever.

    One weird thing I did was...

Do you ever even sleep? Sometimes I think that you are actually a team of people that share access to one username.

Thanks for that reddit comment link. Funny you mention LASIK... I'd still recommend PRK, it's changed my life. No lasting corneal flaps! Just 4 days of excruciating pain. Worth it!