The document discusses the changing ICT paradigm with the rise of smartphones and how this led to the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable devices. It outlines how wearables have evolved from simple devices to track health metrics to more advanced smartwatches, glasses, and fashion-integrated tech. The document also speculates on the future of wearables, predicting further convergence with other technologies, more natural and customizable form factors, and augmentation of human abilities.

1. IOT AND WEARABLES
SK Telecom
David Y. KIM
AppKorea Mobile Conference 2014

2. AGENDA
I. THE CHANGE OF ICT PARADIGM
II. THE WORLD OF SMART THINGS
III. THE PRESENT OF WEARABLES
IV. THE FUTURE OF WEARABLES

3. I. THE CHANGE OF ICT PARADIGM

4. BEFORE THE SMART PHONE
Voice Call Messaging Mobile App
2007

5. DISRUPTIVE CHANGE
혁신적인 변화는 산업이 민주화될 때
나타난다. 즉, 특정 기업, 국가, 단체가
독점하고 있던 산업이 일반인에게
넘어갈 때 혁신적인 변화가 일어난다.
- Chris Anderson, ‘MAKERS’

6. WITH THE SMART PHONE
2008
SDK & App Store Gold Rush App as a Service

7. NEXT OF THE SMART PHONE
2012
2014
Open Hardware Gold Rush Hardware as a Service

8. BOOM-BUST-BOOM
Gartner’s Hype Cycle
Hardware as a Service
App as a Service

9. II. THE WORLD OF SMART THINGS

10. EXAMPLES OF IOT DEVICES …

11. INTERNET OF THINGS ?

12. SMART PHONE
Most Powerful & Personalized
Mobile Device
Knows the user’s CONTEXT,
Let things know that
Extended by Apps
Connect/Change with APP
Source: AnandTech

13. THE BLIND MEN AND THE ELEPHANT
Smart
Things
Wearable Device
Internet
of Things
Appcessory

14. SMART THINGS
Things;
• with Intelligence
• with Connectivity
• with Sensor
• with App
Combination of Hardware and Software Source: Flickr of ‘Dave Gray’

15. WORLD OF THE SMART THINGS
Future Product = Hardware controlled by Software with Network
Future World = Digital World + Physical World
Digital World
Sensor
Physical World
Cloud
BigData
Analysis
Actuator AR

16. II. THE PRESENT OF WEARABLES

17. RESEARCH FOR WEARABLES
Wearable Device is;
• to attract other’s attention
• to make me a trendsetter
• a fashion accessory
There is a Gap between
What we get and What we expect
“Wearable
Devices”
“ Fashion”
“ Accessory”
“ Toy”
“ My Trend”
Source: SKT 소비자 리서치. ‘13.11

18. SMART WATCH & SMART BAND
• More Sensors
• Always on – Display & Battery Life
Microsoft Band
Fitbit Charge/ChargeHR/Surge
Samsung Gear S
LG G Watch R
Kairos T-band Source: Indigogo
Apple Watch
ASUS ZenWatch

19. SMART GLASSES
• Consumer usability
• Lots of technical breakthrough
Google Glass
Recon Jet
Epson Moverio BT-200
Oculus Rift DK2

20. WITH FASHION
‘입을 수 있다’ vs. ‘입어서 예쁘다’
“Design is the fundamental soul of
a human-made creation.”
- Steve Jobs
Fitbit & Tory Burch
‘MICA’, Opening Ceremony & Intel

21. BY HUMAN
Privacy vs. Assistance
Controllability vs. Gene
From Digital World,
To Physical World

22. FOR CONTEXT
Five forces;
• Mobile
• Social Media
• Data
• Sensors
• Location

23. QUANTIFIED SELF
2nd generations
Embrace, MIT
혈압실시간측정기, UNIST
Google’s BioSensor & Contact Lens
3LLabs’ FootLogger
LikeAGlove’s Smart Garments
Zikto’s Arki
Fashion Wellness Healthcare

24. CONSIDERATIONS OF WEARABLES
Fashion & Identification;
• Not Electronic Devices
• Customizable
• Modularized / Made to Order
• Focus on the Context

25. III. THE FUTURE OF WEARABLES

26. INTEL MAKE IT WEARABLE
Nixie
OpenBionics
ProGlove
BabyBe
FirstVision
Arc Pendant
SnowCookie Wristify

27. DIVERGENCE OF SMART PHONE

28. NATURAL THINGS
E-Textile: Smart Shirt

29. AUGMENTED HUMAN

30. PREDICT THE FUTURE ?

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