Wearable Development Ecosystem
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Wearable Technology Background• Developing wearable apps since early 2013• Built one of the world’s first Glass Apps, Elle for
Google Glass launched at Google I/O 2013• Developed several apps across Glass, Tizen, Pebble
and other platforms• Developing EvriWear, a content distribution
platform for wearables www.evriwear.net• Run Wearable Tech NYC Meetup
Software product innovation and development
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Background
www.meetup.com/WearableTechNYC
www.perpetualny.com
Wearable Development Ecosystem
Software development opportunities in wearables today
Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
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Attributes of Wearable Computers
Attributes of Wearable Computers
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Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
Differentiating Technologies
• Sensors– Inertial– Motion– Heart rate– EEG
• Advanced optics• Gesture tracking• Image recognition• Speech recognition• Natural language processing• Power consumption• Bluetooth and other near-field communications
Technology Ecosystem
Underlying technologies that let them do what they do
Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
Wearable Product Ecosystem
Public Safety
Healthcare Sports/Fitness
Information/Entertaimment“Infotainment”
Other
Watches
Bracelets
Eyewear X
Clothing X
Accessories (ring, necklace..)
X
Headgear/Other X X
Product Ecosystem
ConsumerIndustry
Product Evolution
Sports/Fitness InfotaimnentPublic Safety Healthcare Other
Nike Fuelband
Fitbit
Jawbone
Kopin Golden-IMuse
Meta Space Glasses
Oculus Rift
Pebble Family
Gear2+ Family
NOW
Body Guardian
5+ YRS 3+ YRS
Taser Axon Flex
4+ YRS NOW-ISHCLOSED NOW OPENSEMI OPEN OPEN OPEN
MEDIUMVERY SMALL SMALL HUGEMARKET
DEV ENV
DATE
VERTICAL
TBD
9Solutions Gtag
INDUSTRY CONSUMER
Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
Wearable Development Ecosystem
Hardware Software API/SDK Data Visualization
Large cellularphone manufacturers
Manufacturers of non-connected wearables
Brand new entrants (crowdfunded)
Android
Tizen
Respective device firmware
Misc. device capability drivers (accelerometer,sensor etc)
JSON/REST
Java/.NET
HTML/JS/CSS
Unity
No standard
Application specific
No standard
-On device
-Synced to mobile app
-Available online
Technology Ecosystem
Development OpportunitiesCONSUMER: HEALTH/FITNESS
SDK
API REST
NIKE FUELBAND
REST
Reference Implementation
REST
[Build Your Own]SDK/Ref Imp
interface available
Leading Infotainment Technologies
Mirror APISDK GDK
2012 2013 2014
SDK for Wearables
Preview Android L
WATCH EYEWEAR
Mirror API/GDKSDK
Webkit HTML/CSS/JS
Samsung Gear Live
LG GWatch Moto 360 Pebble Pebble Steel
HTML/CSS/JS
CONSUMER/INFOTAINMENTDevelopment Opportunities
Samsung Gear2
Glass Oculus Rift
Vuzix
Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
Leading Software Platforms(Consumer/Infotainment)
Tizen : A Closer Look
• Background: Tizen is a linux based OS backed by Samsung and Intel
• Only Tizen device in market is Samsung Gear 2• Tizen SDK for Wearables launched April 2014• Languages: HTML/CSS/JS/Webkit• Caveat: Not all Webkit features work yet eg audio• SDK Available at:
http://developer.samsung.com/wearables/main/– Comes with own IDE
SDK for Wearables
Tizen: Notable 3rd Party Apps• App Platform brand New• Samsung Gear 2 App Challenge just completed on July 17th
Game: Watch Out
Wellness: Foqus
Finance Tracking App: Wallaby
Android Wear: A Closer Look
• Background: Google’s android based OS specially for Wearables• Timeline
– March 18, 2014: Announced – March 18, 2014: Developer Preview Launched– Fall 2014: Part of Android L
• Innovative UX/Design approach
• Out-of-the-box features centered around Google Now
• Devices available:– LG G Watch– Samsung Gear Live– Moto 360 (Coming soon: Fall 2014)
• SDK: http://developer.android.com/wear
Android Wear: Notable 3rd Party Apps
Android Wear Volume
Find my Phone
Calculator
Calendar
Mini Maps
Swipe
Echo Wear
www.androidpolice.com
Wear Aware
Pixtocam
LOCATION
GAMES
PHONE FINDER
UTILITY
MUSIC
REMOTE CONTROL
100+ appsSearch Play store for “Android Wear”
Pebble: A Closer Look
• Background/Timeline– Funded on May 8 2012 as a Kickstarter Campaign– Native API: Late 2012– Public launch in July 2013 (sold out in 5 days)– API V2: Late 2013– Jan 2014: Pebble Steel Launches– July 2014: 1000 apps in app store, over 400K units sold– Dev options today: Javascript, Cloud pebble, Native C SDK
• Native app programming language: C• Devices supported
– Pebble – Pebble Steel
• APIs : https://developer.getpebble.com/
Never miss a thing
Pebble: Notable 3rd Party Apps
Pebble GPS
Movable
Philips HuePandora
EvernoteMercedes
Benz
YelpGo Pro
ESPNFoursquare
..over 1000 total
Google Glass Closer Look
• Background: Google’s foray into wearable eyewear taking the market mainstream
• Android OS on device• Timeline
– June 2012: Announced– March 2013: Explorer Program announced– April 2013: Mirror API Launched– Nov 2013: Android Native SDK launched– May 2014: Open for sale to the public
• Devices available now:– Google Glass Gen 2– Google Glass Gen 3 (with choice of frames)
• SDK/API https://developers.google.com/glass
Google Glass Timeline
From: Jack Smith
To: Jill Maroney
Great meeting at …
Product Ecosystem: Consumer
Glass Middleware(Glassware)
Format and prepare Google Glass cards
(HTML/CSS)
Data Source
Mirror API
RESTAPI
SYNCSERVICE
Google Glass Device
Internet Hosted Google InfraInternet Hosted
Google Glass: Mirror API Dev model
Product Ecosystem: Consumer
Static HTML Cards
Live Cards Immersions
Google Glass: Native GDK Dev model
Google Glass: Notable 3rd Party Apps
First-ever magazine app for Glass Glass Launched at Google I/O 2013Developed by Perpetual
Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
Backend Development Implications
• Speed (latency)• Ready access (edge caching)• Small payloads• Bursty information (two way)• Diverse data structures• Time state persistence• Increased data volume• Data analytics• Scalability
Outline
• Attributes • Differentiating Technologies• Product Ecosystem• Software Ecosystem• Software Platforms• Backend Implications• Developer Insights• Demo
Developer Insights
• Now is a perfect time to enter the market• Be mindful of the unique UX (See guidelines from
Glass, Tizen etc)• Leverage new features on new devices eg heart beat
monitors, higher def displays, touch interfaces• OpenGL on new eyewear can unlock outstanding AR
experiences• When designing for watches, start with the lowest
common denominator (eg square face)• Low barrier to entry: participate in app contests,
experiment!
Demo
Mirror API/GDKSDK
PebbleSamsung Gear/Gear2 Samsung Gear Live Google Glass
www.evriwear.net
What’s next?
• Significant smartwatch market adoption• Killer App (Beyond health/Fitness)• Superior AR experiences with eyewear• More integrated support on OS• More integrated support on app/backend layers• More last mile experiences on wearables eg POS
payments, home automation, workplace use• iWatch?