What to Expect Next in Wearable Electronics?

For some time wearable electronics is driving the technological innovations in everyday life by offering array of great products that hugs our body parts providing number great array of future ready functionalities. Here we discuss the trends that determine our expectation of next range of products in wearable electronics.

Wearable electronics has just started to unroll its brilliance with an array of futuristic gadgets. Last year the launch of Google Glass as world's first optically mounted wearable computer has truly been a big step forward, but considering wide range of futuristic projects in the category you can as well consider it as just the beginning. From smartwatches to fitness bands to necklaces with health monitors, every day the wearable devices and huge expectation of them are driving innovations to offer more and that is the reality every tech company is trying to cope up with. There is multitude of innovation driven truly futuristic projects for wearable devices are under way. Let us see a few gadgets and technologies as the expected next in wearable electronics.

1. Augmented reality goggles

Goggles that can let you play games are not new, but augmented reality devices are a lot different from those gaming goggles of yesteryears. Oculus Rift is the latest product in this category that provides 3D gaming experience through the head mounted display. The legacy of Google Glass and Oculus Rift and few optically mounted wearable computers will inspire more products and innovations.

2. Smartwatch independent of connected devices

The first generation of smartwatch was mainly about providing notifications on the wrist screen rather than offering full-fledged specs and feature set of a wearable computer. But the increasing speed of evolution in smartwatch models is indicative of one thing that the tiny dial in the wrist will not only function independently of other device but in the time to come can replace smartphones offering all necessary functions in that small dial. Watches are traditionally considered as tech device and when it comes to wearable electronics they offer the most popular category.

3. Touch controlled activity tracker

Activity tracker wrist bands are in the news and gaining popularity for sometime but they are going to offer more versatility, smarter input and coverage of multiple utilities. From activity tracking in exercise or running or cycling to streamlining location specific information, activity tracker is promising to incorporate more feature set. Some latest activity tracker bands offer even a lucid display with smartphone like touch control.

4. More fitness and health products in wearable electronics

Fitness and health products are increasingly going to rule the space of wearable electronics. The latest range of health monitoring and fitness products perform a really stunning range of functions, from informing you on calorie intake through the smart fork device at dining table to the wearable device that time to time informs you of your heart rate, blood pressure, etc. In the time to come these devices are going to encompass more features and offer more precision of reading various values concerning health and fitness.

5. More location specific GPS devices

Almost every daily use tech gadgets now tend to be GPS enabled to offer better and precise location specific information and in the time to come superior GPS feature set will be a criteria in gadgets pertaining to wearable electronics category. Smartwatch models are already having good GPS capability but this would only continue to be more precise and rich with location specific data besides being available to majority of wearable gadgets.