Wearing the Future: How to Design for Wearable Technology

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eBay's Krystal Higgins and John Tapley share the four principles of designing wearable moments. The goal should be to improve the user experience and seamlessly integrate wearable technology into people's lives.

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WEARING THE FUTUREKRYSTAL HIGGINS@kryshiggins& JOHN TAPLEY

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/white_paper_c11-520862.html

177M in 2018

http://www.crowdfundproductions.com/wearable_technoloies_crowdfunding/

$40M+ raised

We’ll get out of our phones!We’ll learn more!We’ll be more connected!

So much feels!

But don’t despair!

We just need better wearable moments

Roles for wearables

Gather Assist Style

A good wearable moment is:

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A good wearable moment is:

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A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS PERSONAL

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS PERSONAL

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS PERSONAL

(not a great moment)

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS PERSONAL

Know your customers

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS PERSONAL

Leverage sensors

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS PERSONAL

Adapt!

• Know your customers• Leverage sensors• Then adapt!

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS PERSONAL

A good wearable moment is:

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A good wearable moment is:

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VS.

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Auto-increment Manual increment

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be brief &

Be easy

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be brief &

Be easy

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be brief, because time is limited

3s or less for glanceability

Be faster than getting & unlocking your phone.

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be brief, because output varies

v v v

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be brief, to scale across devices

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be brief &

Be easy

Overview A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be easy by limiting interaction to 3 levels of depth or less

Content

Action

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be easy with obvious actions

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Less obvious is OK for the fun stuff

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be easy…but offer recovery

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS STREAMLINED

Be brief &

Be easy

A good wearable moment is:

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A good wearable moment is:

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A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS CONSIDERATE

Support different device types

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS CONSIDERATE

Be discreet

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS CONSIDERATE

Be selective

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS CONSIDERATE

Give control

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS CONSIDERATE

Check in

• Support different devices• Be discreet• Give control• Check in

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS CONSIDERATE

A good wearable moment is:

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A good wearable moment is:

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Wearable to phone

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Wearable ecosystem

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Wearable to wearable

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Transitions are key

Explicit Implicit

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Explicit transitions

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Digital SLR Camera with 2 Extra Lenses

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Explicit transitions

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Implicit transitions

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Handle missed connections

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

Anticipate delays

• Use the wearable ecosystem• Build transitions• Handle missed connections• Anticipate delays

A GOOD WEARABLE MOMENT IS COLLABORATIVE

A good wearable moment is:

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A good wearable moment is:

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What’s your wearable moment?

Thanks!