The Present of Wearables
There are many innovative ideas about how to use wearables to improve customers’ lives, and the Usable Apps team endeavors to try them all for more insight on user experience research. So if anyone could wear out the Fitbit Surge, it’s Ultan O’Broin, Director of the OAUX team, who writes about his experience with this “super watch” in this blog post. Jake Kuramoto of Usable Apps spent four weeks with a Basis Peak, and all he got was a crummy mark on his wrist -- well, OK, he learned some other stuff, too, which you can read here. He also spent three weeks with the Nike Fuelband SE and posted what he calls “a loosely organized manifest of observations (not quite a review)” here.
And finally, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: Apple released its Watch, and we’re definitely ready for it! Click here for a sneak peek at our first Apple Watch movements.
The Future of Wearables
Wearables, especially smartwatches, offer unparalleled glanceability, even greater point-of-use access, low overhead, and the power for the user to decide which alerts need immediate attention. Gurbinder Bali from the JD Edwards team offers up a whitepaper on wearables here. Many of these products are just hitting the market, and you can check out what else Oracle is doing with wearables in this article in Oracle’s Profit magazine.