Wearable technology is becoming increasingly prevalent, and many of us are finding ourselves equipped with a variety of smart devices at all times. According to Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song, from smart glasses and wristbands to smart rings, we are moving towards a wearable maximalism, a time when it’s common to be adorned with multiple high-tech gadgets.
In Victoria’s Optimizador newsletter that arrives every Friday at 10AM ET where she dissects and discusses the latest phones, smartwatches, apps, and other gizmos that swear they’re going to change your life. The future might not look too different from a recent snapshot of Song, wrapped from wrist to fingertip in various wearable devices, although she admitted going overboard for the sake of illustrating her point.
Esta tendencia de la tecnología portátil significa que nuestras vidas están cada vez más conectadas, pero también presenta su propio conjunto de desafíos únicos. Por ejemplo, Victoria señaló un problema cuando estaba probando la unidad de revisión Meta Ray-Ban Display. Las gafas deben controlarse mediante una banda neural separada que se lleva en la muñeca dominante, lo que supone un problema para quienes ya utilizan ese espacio de la muñeca para otros wearables.
When Victoria encountered this issue, her dominant wrist was already pre-occupied with two smartwatches, giving her a firsthand experience of the potential complications of wearable maximalism. While this experience might sound extreme, it could be indicative of a reality that many of us may face in the future. Hence, it’s reasonable that as the tech world pushes forward with more wearable gadgets, they also need to consider the practicality of their usage. This won’t be such a stretch of the imagination, when you see that Victoria predicts that in as little as three years, most of us will be sporting a similar look, albeit scaled-down.
Por lo tanto, aunque estos avances prometen una serie de ventajas -facilidad de acceso, comunicación eficiente y gran cantidad de datos-, la pregunta sigue siendo la misma: ¿Cómo podemos integrar sin problemas en nuestra vida cotidiana toda una serie de dispositivos interconectados, en particular la tecnología portátil?
This rise of wearable maximalism presents both an exciting opportunity for innovation and a design challenge for new products. There’s no denying that the world of wearables is expanding, and it’s doing so at an unprecedented pace. As consumers, we can expect to see not only a rise in the number of available gadgets but also a need for their design and functionality to evolve. Just as smartphones seamlessly integrated themselves into our lives, wearable tech’s journey is only just beginning.
Más información en The Verge.
