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Getting Business Ready for
Wearables
Romin Irani
Agenda
• A brief history of wearables
• Current market segments
• Adopting wearables - Factors to consider
• Creating the right experience
A Brief History of Wearables
FitbitC-Series Digital
Pacemaker
Digital
Hearing Aids
Bluetooth
HeadsetNike + iPod
Pebble
2007 20131975 1987 2000 2003 2006
Calculator
Wristwatch
2012
Glass
2014
Year of the
Wearable
Technology Cycles
Source : Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report 5/19/2013
By the Numbers
Fitness Trackers
Smart Glasses
Smart Watches
Smart Clothing
Wearable Cameras
Healthcare devices
Attributes of a Wearable Device
Source : Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report 5/19/2013
Healthcare & the Big Data inside us
• Current fitness bands started the trend – Quantified Self
• Tip of the iceberg
• Big bets being placed on wearables in healthcare – Google, Apple,
almost everyone
Enterprise Use cases
• Empower your mobile workface with timely information
• Situations that demand hands-free operation
• Notifying of potentially dangerous situations
• Easy ways to relaying back information
• Several Examples
• Service Automation
• Communication & Collaboration
• Emergency
• Employee & Location Tracking
Introducing a Wearable solution ?
Need to address these points !!
Data
Who owns it?
What data to capture?
What data to push?
Who has access to it?
Where is it stored?
Interoperability / Data Import/Export
Any standards?
Swap devices?
Inconsistent Data Formats
Wearable
Which one ?
Battery Life
Aesthetics
Non-intrusive
Cost
Wearable Vendor / Product
APIs
Partner Apps
Developer Ecosystem
Regulatory Issues
Pure Software Play
Apps
• Take a leaf out of what Salesforce has done.
• Set of Open – Source Starter Apps
• Various Devices + Different Sources of Data
https://developer.salesforce.com/wear
Big Data
• Making sense out of the data
• Providing actionable insights / alerts
• Integration Play
• Huge scope for machine learning algorithms
• Open Data Standards
Are
consumers
ready
for
Wearables?
Jokes, Horror Stories but data shows otherwise
Experience is key !
Designing the Right experience
• Non-intrusive
• Privacy and Security of Data
• Easy to Read + Understandable
• Right Information + Right Time + Right Context
#androidwear
#androidwear
#androidwear
What the Tech can do for you
What You can do with the Tech
What the Tech can do for you
References
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/wearable-health-sensors/
• http://wearableworldnews.com/2014/07/02/wielding-wearables-
workplace-four-business-use-cases/
• Mary Meeker Internet Trends Report 2013-2014
