The next tech revolution is among us! Just as smartphones, wearable devices have started to change the way we interact with the world itself. * What are wearables? * Do you really know the key milestones of their history? * What’s happening in the mobile devices market right now? * What do you need to know if you want to go wearable? Our mobile expert Nikolas Manuelides will guide you through this content, focusing specially on Android Wear, its characteristics and capabilities.

1. Webinar
Wearables, the next revolution

2. Fernando Gonzalez
Host
Nikolas Manuelides
Android & iOS developer

3. What are Wearable devices?
Electronic technologies or computers that are
incorporated into items of clothing and
accessories which can comfortably be worn
on the body.
They can perform many of the same computing tasks as mobile phones and laptop computers, and even add
more functionalities.

4. History
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2013

5. What’s happening in the market
2014
the year of the wearables
March 18, 2014 Google announced its Wearables specific
designed Operative System based on Android

6. What’s happening in the market
Moto 360
first smartwatch with a rounded
display
LG G Watch R
fully rounded display

7. What’s happening in the market
Samsung Gear S
curved Super AMOLED display
iWatch
pressure-sensitive touchscreen

8. So, why are Wearables important?
2000 tech experts were surveyed byForrester ,
32% think wearables are priority
Retail revenue is predicted to jump to $19 billion
in 2018, according to a study from Juniper
Research
“The global market for wearable medical is expected to reach a value of USD 5.8 billion in 2019”
Transparency Market Research

9. Business
Wearables in the workplace are time savers
Productivity and profit gains
Salesforce Wear
App development platform .
Contains documentation that can be
used to develop apps for 11 wearable
device types

10. Challenges
Wearables on the market run on different platforms
Battery life
Getting used to new APIs
Think outside the box
Key aspect: UX

11. Business apps
ShiftExpert from
ClickSoftware
works to let employees clock in and out of shifts and
add that data to time sheets
Proximity Insight
connects with in-store iBeacons to make the retail
experience more efficient and personal

12. Business apps
APX Labs Skylight
enables workers to view augmented reality overlay
information
Brivo Labs' NthID
identity access management application

13. Q&A
Nikolas Manuelides
nmanuelides@belatrixsf.com

14. Thank you!
@BelatrixSF
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