Category: Gadgets

Wearable devices are still in short supply, but the demand for them is huge

Wearable technology may be in a state of infancy, but the market is maturing at a rapid pace. The demand for wearable devices is on the rise and many people are expressing their eagerness to purchasing upcoming products from companies like Google. This demand has been highlighted by the recent launch of Amazon’s Wearable Technology Store in the United Kingdom. The store has shown that many people have an interest in wearable devices, even though a relatively small number of these devices are currently available to them.

People are eager to get their hands on new wearable devices

Even in a state of infancy, wearable devices are somewhat advanced. Google Glass, for instance, uses augmented reality technology to enhance the physical world with digital displays. The device can be controlled with a person’s voice, simple head gestures, or with a control panel. Google has yet to announce an official release date for Glass, but the company did recently announced that it would make Glass available in the United Kingdom.

Amazon may become a very influential figure in the new technology market

Amazon’s Wearable Technology Store currently has more than 100 wearable devices listed from various companies. The store exists one of the very few platforms that cater to the interests of those that have a fascination in wearable technology. Amazon may prove to be a very powerful figure in this emerging market, especially as more wearable devices see release in the coming years and the demand for these devices begins to explode.

Wearable devices are yet another stepping stone toward more integrated technology

Technology has come to play a major role in society as a whole. The advent of smartphones began people’s rapidly  growing reliance on mobile technology and this reliance has evolved into an aggressive interest in new technology that can become more integrated in daily life. Wearable devices seem to satisfy this interest by allowing people to become more integrated with technology. This technology also helps make the features of smartphones and tablets offer a little more convenient.

TruLife Optics from London, claims to have perfected a new technology for wearable HUDs.

The efforts of a London, England based company called TruLife Optics could bring a massive revolution to head mounted wearable technology that uses augmented reality in order to provide its display.

This is because the company has designed and created what it calls the ideal optical component for HUDs.

In TruLife’s opinion, the technology that it has developed provides a new and improved form of optical component for wearable tech that uses augmented reality and other types of heads up displays. The creation is both lightweight and small in size. Its use is relatively easy and it can display graphics in full color high resolution before the eyes of the wearer, without causing distortion or obstruction to his or her natural vision. It is also capable of creating three dimensional images.

The key to this technology’s improvement of augmented reality is in the use of holograms.

This particular optic employs two different holographic elements, instead of relying on a transparent screen or a jewel lens. It is also capable of bending light by 90 degrees in order to be able to transfer the image onto a main element that is completely transparent and that has been called a “waveguide”.

Therefore, when nothing is being displayed, the complete piece is entirely transparent. It remains that way even when images are being displayed, except in the areas in which the images, themselves, are visible.

There is one holographic display for each eye, which makes it possible for the images to be displayed three dimensionally. They are each about the size of a postage stamp. The full element is nearly 4 inches long, just over an inch wide, and only 0.03 inches in depth.

The technology was developed by TruLife through a partnership that it has maintained with the National Physical Laboratory located in Teddington. This technology is now available for purchase, at a price of £300 per optic. What this means is that companies that are designing their own HUD and augmented reality wearable technology will be able to integrate these optics into their own devices.