What kind of wearable device do you want? Assuming it will work and feel like you imagine it would
It’s getting cold and so I’m fumbling with my phone and other devices. I like the idea of a large screen on my forearm, but I’m not sure how it would work. I see some company tried in 2014 and probably didn’t get anywhere (see Arubixs Portal), and there was that infamous Kickstarter too
I’m with you.
In fact, I made my own. It’s fugly and dorky as hell, but it’s everything I want and nothing I don’t.
I used a VuFine LCD eyepiece and hooked a raspi Zero W to it. Input via Bluetooth keyboard. Not a lot of screen real estate, so I went full CLI and wrote my own TUI with widget support so I can have an “active” app, plus a bunch of passive data widgets.
I already hate that I have to have my phone with me at all times (cause of work and family that wants me to be available). Definitely don’t want to wear another thing tracking me, distracting me and spamming notifications.
If I had to switch my phone to a wearable the best would probably be an earpiece that reads text for me, if needed.
Glasses and wristbands are a privacy nightmare and I can’t wait for people to get AR ads with their shiny new glasses.
The hope here was that the device would work the way we want them to
So locally processed data, no tracking (unless you want to track your location intentionally) etc.
Guess under those circumstances a health tracker might be a useful thing. I’m not a huge fan of quantifying that kinda stuff, but getting a heads up for problems would be nice. Don’t give me any shit like a sleep score or whatever, just beep me if my heart is beating irregularly or something else is wrong.
But as the other guy said, I’m too much of a pessimist to believe in a gadget like that ever existing ;) There’s always gonna be data mining and companies bombarding you with bullshit and ads.
My 235 is almost 10 years old, I get a week on a charge still of notifications (events, texts, alarms, reminders) sleep tracking, HR. An hour workout with GPS takes it down about 20% now. Recharges in about 45 minutes from 50%.
Almost every watch I’ve seen since has worse battery life, with the same or less functions other than a color touchscreen. I’m happy to skip that to get all the rest of the battery life. Also Garmin is a pretty strong corporate player in protecting user privacy and data.
A big positive for driving over transit is being able to bring extra stuff that you might need
A bag of holding would fix that. 100% prepared, all the time
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Bit of a curve ball, but I'm a huge fan of a simple casio.
When you're in a city or a deprived poorer area, it's far safer to look at your watch than take out your phone.
It's also more professional in a work context, especially in customer facing roles. If you look at your phone to check the time, people are more likely to think you're checking your notifications and not fully engaged in what you're doing.
Basic g-shock or the classic F91W.
The former, I'm a fan of the DW5600BB. Blacked out, minimalist, works with almost everything (even a suit), indestructible. A choice even watch snobs can respect. 50-100 dollars/euros on amazon.
The F91W comes in a few fun colours. I personally like black and gold. It's retro, so it's invariably seen as cool. It's also dirt cheap. 10-20 dollars/euros.
They've been making them for decades. A classic. Different colours if that's your style.
Not the same commenting user. But I have the same feelings about watches.
I would say the Casio F-91w is the classic and timeless but depending on your needs something like the Casio World Time might be more your speed. IIRC they both have backlights alarms stop watches and tell the time. With the world time tracking all the major time zones and two timezones manually set.
My favorite idea for augmented reality is the ability to overlay historical photos of architecture. To see the world as it was 10, 20, or 100 years ago.
If only they could figure out the privacy aspect of having something recording video on your face.
I want the gravity gloves from Half Life Alyx.
Back when I played the game I was putting in a couple hours a day for a little bit. One morning I woke up to my cell phone alarm going off and I reached over to shut it off but it was out of reach. In my not very awake state, and having been spending so much time in VR with the gravity gloves on, I pointed two of my fingers at my phone to “tether” it and started flicking my wrist to “pull” it to me, just like in the game. It wasn’t until it obviously didn’t come flying through the air to me and I started getting frustrated that I woke up enough to realize that sleepy me is incredibly stupid and you can’t make things fly through the air to you in the real world.
Kamen Rider suit, complete with being able to shout, “Henshin!” and transform.
No I will not elaborate.
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