손목에 차고 다니는것이 편할지 클립이나핀처럼 꽂아 놓고 쓰는게 편할지 아니면 안경처럼 쓰고 다니는 것이 편할지...
그리고 그 편리함이 어떻게 작동이 되는지....
정말 독수리 오형제에서 보았던 손으로 영상 전화를 하는 세상이 실현이 되었고
이제는 그 이상의 것들이 나올 차례인가 보다.
우리는 여기서 뭣을 해야 할까?
기계를 만들것인가? 아니면 기계와 시스템이 연결되는 네트웍을 만들것인가?
아니면 디스플레이에 필요한 소프트 웨어를(컨텐츠)를 만들것인가....
그것을 빠르게 적용하는 사람이 성공하겠지...
예를 들어 손목시계에 들어가면 좋을 컨텐츠가 뭐가 있을까?
영화 in-time에서 처럼 손목과 손목을 교차시키면 돈이 오가게 할까? 아니면 그사람이 좋아하는 이상형이??
상상력과 비지니스가 만나는 시점이 바로 trigger time이 아닐까?
Could Google's inescapable Glass specs really be the next iPhone?
Summary:Whether you like it or not, there will likely be tens of millions of Google's Glass on the streets within the next few years and one analyst believes its impact will be as great as Apple's iconic smartphone.
If analysts are on the money, it will be near impossible for people to avoid the Glass gaze in future — and Google's networked specs could be the next iPhone.
There could be millions of networked spectacles worn on the streets and in workplaces in coming years if numbers from analyst house Forrester's recent Glass survey are realised.
Canvassing the opinions of 4,600 adults in the US, the analyst firm found that12 percent of Americans (21 million people)would be willing to wear augmented reality glasses if they come from a trusted brand.
"We have no doubt that in time, Glass will be the next iPhone — the next great platform for engaging consumers and workers,"writesForrester analyst Sarah Rotman Epps.
Exactly when, she doesn't say, but BI Intelligencerecently predictedGlass sales will climb from 831,000 in 2014 to 21 million devices in 2018, with prices to fall to $600 by 2016. That could mean as many as 40 million Glass devices in the wild within the next five years.
So far, Glass has been limited to Explorer developers and is being rolled out to about 8,000 winners of the #ifihadglass competition, so most respondents to Forrester's survey are likely have never worn the product or seen the reaction from others who perhaps don't want their image and location uploaded to Google's servers.
Still, the survey is a sign there could be enough early adopters who are willing to normalise the socially-challenging device, which Google is aiming to sell to the public at largeby the end of the year.
Eppsis betting Glasshas a much bigger impact than less invasive wearables like smartwatches, pointing to its potential in media, banks and retail as a platform to engage with both customers and workers. On the other hand, the analyst also notes that consumers could reject it for the same Bluetooth headsets are not particularly popular.
Respondents to Forrester's survey were also less keen on wearing networked glasses than a wrist device like a smartwatch or something clipped to clothing (29 percent), likeMemoto's always-on life-logging camera.
Image credit: Forrester. Source: North American Technographics® Consumer Technology Survey, 2013.
According to Epps, half the early adopters are expected to be Gen Y or Z, while others will be doctors, construction workers and farmers, who see a benefit in having a handsfree device. A company calledDito recently claimed to be working a series of enterprise Glassware apps, including a 3D site simulator for a construction company.
Adding to Glass' potential is the Glass Collective, a group that includes VC firms Andreeson Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers and Google Ventures, which arelooking to seed hardware and appsfor the enterprise and consumers.
It's not a question of "if" Glass takes off, but "when", Epps reckons.
Pebble Raises $15 Million as Wave of Smart Watches Arrives
But before those started making waves, there was the Pebble, a Kickstarter project begun last April in order to build a durable sports watch that could also receive text messages and calls and play music. Before anyone had seen a finished product, it dazzled tens of thousands of people online, who then contributed $10 million to see the device manufactured.
And on Thursday, Pebble announced it had raised $15 million from Charles River Ventures to propel the company out of its idea phase and into full-on start-up mode.
Eric Migicovsky, the Canadian engineer who started the Pebble project, said that it had already shipped 70,000 watches to its Kickstarter backers; it owes them another 15,000, which it is rushing out. The company is also planning to sell watches through its site. He said that if Pebble wants to continue to work on future designs, it will need additional financial support and advisement.
“When we started shipping Pebble at the end of January, we realized that if we were looking at a larger opportunity than we originally anticipated, we might need more support, a larger network and some capital to pull it off,” he said. Pebble spent most of its original $10 million on manufacturing.
Mr. Migicovsky said his primary plans are to support the growing community of developers who have already built 600 apps for the Pebble smartwatch. He said that there is a message board on Reddit, a news aggregator, dedicated to Pebble add-ons and products, including a shower holster that lets owners mount their watches while they bathe. In addition, he said, he wants to hire more software developers and people who can start prototyping what the second-generation Pebble smartwatches might look like. Both of these things will help safeguard Pebble from the onslaught of competition likely to come from industry heavyweights like Google, Apple, Samsung and Microsoft.
“Obviously others have recognized the opportunity,” he said. “But we’re going to focus on what we’re good at, which is building a sports watch with a long battery life that looks good.”
Pebble is not the only Kickstarter project that sought outside funds after an initial whirlwind of crowdfunded support. Ouya, an Android-based gaming console, also recently announced that it had raised $15 million in venture financing
