why carry your tech when you can wear it
that’s the premise behind wearables the
latest crop of devices you can wrap on
your wrist wear around your neck slip
onto a finger or place on your head
whether it’s for fitness fashion
connectivity or entertainment hey
everyone welcome to gear up the
WatchMojo series that looks at the
latest in tech I’m Marc Saltzman and in
this video we’re gonna go from geek to
chic as we look at ten awesome examples
of wearable tech today not listed in any
particular order number one Samsung’s
gear icon X here buds workout started
I’m to one bTW comment in the to re gear
icon axe is a pair of wireless earbuds
that can hold up to a thousand songs
thanks to its four gigs of internal
storage therefore not taking up any
valuable space on your smartphone but
yes if you prefer you can use these as
bluetooth buds to wirelessly play tunes
from your phone plus an integrated
microphone means you can take a call to
this tiny product though is more than
just a cord free mp3 player it’s also a
fitness tracker can give you audible
updates on info like speed distance
duration calories burned and heart rate
after your workout sync your gear icon X
with your Samsung smart phone for a
deeper dive on your stats number two the
TomTom spark 3 SmartWatch building upon
its popular predecessor the TomTom spark
3 cardio plus music bundled GPS Fitness
watch leverages tom-toms heritage and
GPS location and mapping to be a trusted
companion while jogging running cycling
swimming and more that is along with its
integrated heart rate monitor and
multiple sports modes a feature called
route exploration lets runners plan and
upload up to 15 routes to their watch
and then follow along on the screen via
GPS which is a great way to explore new
cities without fear of getting lost with
its onboard music storage the TomTom
spark free holds up to 500 songs as well
and includes wireless Bluetooth
headphones to hear them number 3 Fitbit
charge to the latest from the most
popular activity trackers available
Fitbit charge 2 helps you stay informed
and motivated while on the go this
wearable lets you set a daily goal like
a certain
of steps taken distance traveled or
calories burned and the lightweight and
water-resistant wristband keeps track of
your daily progress along with fitness
info displayed on the device’s small
screen including heartrate it wirelessly
syncs with your phone or tablet to see
how well you’re doing with colorful
charts graphs and historical data plus
it automatically recognizes the kind of
exercise you’re doing and gives you
reminders when to move if you’re not
there’s also a sleep mode that tells you
if you woke up when and for how long and
a vibrating alarm to get you out of bed
silently number four Apple watch series
– Apple second Apple watch features
everything found in the original you can
get directions take calls read and reply
to texts see calendar entries and emails
wirelessly play music and use your voice
to ask Siri questions but Apple watch
series two features water resistance up
to 50 metres integrated GPS you can run
without your iphone twice the brightness
of the first Apple watch a dual-core
processor for faster speeds and the
latest watch OS 3 operating system of
course one of the killer apps for Apple
watches Apple pain so you can tap or
wave your wrist over one of those
contactless
terminals at retail to buy something
securely number five hexose skin in a
nutshell hexose skin is smart clothing
created by a Montreal based company of
the same name these smart shirts are
loaded with sensors that give you
insights into your exercise goals like
steps cadence and calories burned along
with heart rate breathing and even sleep
quality information is then wirelessly
sent in real time to a companion app for
ios and android hexose skin is perfect
for fitness types who want to capture
and send all of that data that they want
during training without having to wear
something on their wrist from smart
clothes too smart jewelry number six is
ring Glee’s bluetooth rings we launched
our first product a smart ring and
received tons of great feedback from
both the
and tech world’s slip on one of these
five very different wrinkly models onto
your finger such as one of the black
onyx or quartz models and it can help
track your activity including steps
taken distance traveled and calories
burned set managed goals and view
progress via the free wrinkly app and
get smart alerts which means you can
receive customized phone alerts on your
water-resistant ring or a Ringley
bracelet if you prefer with subtle
vibration patterns and light my favorite
feature is the option to sync your
favorite apps so you can select
notifications from your favorite apps
and now supporting more than 100 all
tied to productivity wellness and
messaging number seven for those worried
about concussions while playing hockey
or football shock box helmet sensors
there’s a few different ones to choose
from but they’re ideal for athletes
coaches or parents of young athletes who
are concerned about head trauma during
contact sports
the hockey shock box helmet sensor is
designed to be attached to the top of a
hockey helmet and provides immediate
wireless transmission to your smartphone
of a hit count and when a player has
experienced a head impact that could
result in a concussion it takes any
guesswork away and alerts you to stop
playing and seek medical advice
similarly the football shock box sensor
is designed to be attached to the inside
of a football helmet number eight for
virtual reality buffs HTC vive there’s a
few VR players out there but HTC vive
has room scale support which means
you’re encouraged to walk around with
this wearable on and your motion is
tracked along with your head movement
for a truly immersive experience the
head mounted display features twin
high-resolution screens and a built in
camera for when you need to see around
you maybe to grab a seat once in a while
or grab a drink use the two wireless
controllers and you can also interact
with the content that you’re looking at
whether you’re shooting zombies or
something a little less violent like
painting a 3d space number nine is the
newest portable VR wearable Google
daydream the big brother to Google
cardboard daydream was designed to work
with newer Google new get phones which
you can snap into the headset and then
you can load one of the many games and
other VR experiences designed for it use
the small wireless control pad that
ships with Google daydream to move
around these digital worlds and
interface with the content the cloth
blind daydream is small light and works
well and can be an ideal travel
companion
so your VR can be with you at all times
and number 10 microsoft’s hololens while
not commercially available as a video
game reviewer and game critics judge at
the annual III expo I can tell you
hololens is an awesome augmented reality
headset with a lot of promise whether
it’s this model that eventually is sold
to consumers or a future iteration
that’s smaller and lighter after you
dawn the hololens headset and secure it
launch some content and it will be
superimposed onto the real world around
you you can even reach out and touch to
interact what you see through the visor
that isn’t really there in the room with
you hey thanks for watching gear up
I’m Marc Saltzman let us know in the
comments section which tech products you
want us to review next and if you’re
interested in any of these you can find
links in the product descriptions below
for more tech tastic lists be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com we’ll see you
next time
that’s the premise behind wearables the
latest crop of devices you can wrap on
your wrist wear around your neck slip
onto a finger or place on your head
whether it’s for fitness fashion
connectivity or entertainment hey
everyone welcome to gear up the
WatchMojo series that looks at the
latest in tech I’m Marc Saltzman and in
this video we’re gonna go from geek to
chic as we look at ten awesome examples
of wearable tech today not listed in any
particular order number one Samsung’s
gear icon X here buds workout started
I’m to one bTW comment in the to re gear
icon axe is a pair of wireless earbuds
that can hold up to a thousand songs
thanks to its four gigs of internal
storage therefore not taking up any
valuable space on your smartphone but
yes if you prefer you can use these as
bluetooth buds to wirelessly play tunes
from your phone plus an integrated
microphone means you can take a call to
this tiny product though is more than
just a cord free mp3 player it’s also a
fitness tracker can give you audible
updates on info like speed distance
duration calories burned and heart rate
after your workout sync your gear icon X
with your Samsung smart phone for a
deeper dive on your stats number two the
TomTom spark 3 SmartWatch building upon
its popular predecessor the TomTom spark
3 cardio plus music bundled GPS Fitness
watch leverages tom-toms heritage and
GPS location and mapping to be a trusted
companion while jogging running cycling
swimming and more that is along with its
integrated heart rate monitor and
multiple sports modes a feature called
route exploration lets runners plan and
upload up to 15 routes to their watch
and then follow along on the screen via
GPS which is a great way to explore new
cities without fear of getting lost with
its onboard music storage the TomTom
spark free holds up to 500 songs as well
and includes wireless Bluetooth
headphones to hear them number 3 Fitbit
charge to the latest from the most
popular activity trackers available
Fitbit charge 2 helps you stay informed
and motivated while on the go this
wearable lets you set a daily goal like
a certain
of steps taken distance traveled or
calories burned and the lightweight and
water-resistant wristband keeps track of
your daily progress along with fitness
info displayed on the device’s small
screen including heartrate it wirelessly
syncs with your phone or tablet to see
how well you’re doing with colorful
charts graphs and historical data plus
it automatically recognizes the kind of
exercise you’re doing and gives you
reminders when to move if you’re not
there’s also a sleep mode that tells you
if you woke up when and for how long and
a vibrating alarm to get you out of bed
silently number four Apple watch series
– Apple second Apple watch features
everything found in the original you can
get directions take calls read and reply
to texts see calendar entries and emails
wirelessly play music and use your voice
to ask Siri questions but Apple watch
series two features water resistance up
to 50 metres integrated GPS you can run
without your iphone twice the brightness
of the first Apple watch a dual-core
processor for faster speeds and the
latest watch OS 3 operating system of
course one of the killer apps for Apple
watches Apple pain so you can tap or
wave your wrist over one of those
contactless
terminals at retail to buy something
securely number five hexose skin in a
nutshell hexose skin is smart clothing
created by a Montreal based company of
the same name these smart shirts are
loaded with sensors that give you
insights into your exercise goals like
steps cadence and calories burned along
with heart rate breathing and even sleep
quality information is then wirelessly
sent in real time to a companion app for
ios and android hexose skin is perfect
for fitness types who want to capture
and send all of that data that they want
during training without having to wear
something on their wrist from smart
clothes too smart jewelry number six is
ring Glee’s bluetooth rings we launched
our first product a smart ring and
received tons of great feedback from
both the
and tech world’s slip on one of these
five very different wrinkly models onto
your finger such as one of the black
onyx or quartz models and it can help
track your activity including steps
taken distance traveled and calories
burned set managed goals and view
progress via the free wrinkly app and
get smart alerts which means you can
receive customized phone alerts on your
water-resistant ring or a Ringley
bracelet if you prefer with subtle
vibration patterns and light my favorite
feature is the option to sync your
favorite apps so you can select
notifications from your favorite apps
and now supporting more than 100 all
tied to productivity wellness and
messaging number seven for those worried
about concussions while playing hockey
or football shock box helmet sensors
there’s a few different ones to choose
from but they’re ideal for athletes
coaches or parents of young athletes who
are concerned about head trauma during
contact sports
the hockey shock box helmet sensor is
designed to be attached to the top of a
hockey helmet and provides immediate
wireless transmission to your smartphone
of a hit count and when a player has
experienced a head impact that could
result in a concussion it takes any
guesswork away and alerts you to stop
playing and seek medical advice
similarly the football shock box sensor
is designed to be attached to the inside
of a football helmet number eight for
virtual reality buffs HTC vive there’s a
few VR players out there but HTC vive
has room scale support which means
you’re encouraged to walk around with
this wearable on and your motion is
tracked along with your head movement
for a truly immersive experience the
head mounted display features twin
high-resolution screens and a built in
camera for when you need to see around
you maybe to grab a seat once in a while
or grab a drink use the two wireless
controllers and you can also interact
with the content that you’re looking at
whether you’re shooting zombies or
something a little less violent like
painting a 3d space number nine is the
newest portable VR wearable Google
daydream the big brother to Google
cardboard daydream was designed to work
with newer Google new get phones which
you can snap into the headset and then
you can load one of the many games and
other VR experiences designed for it use
the small wireless control pad that
ships with Google daydream to move
around these digital worlds and
interface with the content the cloth
blind daydream is small light and works
well and can be an ideal travel
companion
so your VR can be with you at all times
and number 10 microsoft’s hololens while
not commercially available as a video
game reviewer and game critics judge at
the annual III expo I can tell you
hololens is an awesome augmented reality
headset with a lot of promise whether
it’s this model that eventually is sold
to consumers or a future iteration
that’s smaller and lighter after you
dawn the hololens headset and secure it
launch some content and it will be
superimposed onto the real world around
you you can even reach out and touch to
interact what you see through the visor
that isn’t really there in the room with
you hey thanks for watching gear up
I’m Marc Saltzman let us know in the
comments section which tech products you
want us to review next and if you’re
interested in any of these you can find
links in the product descriptions below
for more tech tastic lists be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com we’ll see you
next time
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