Wearable Development Ecosystem

Amish Gandhi amish@perpetualny.com

www.perpetualny.com

Wearable Development Ecosystem

Keynote Talk

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

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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?

Amish Gandhi amish@perpetualny.com

www.perpetualny.com

Wearable Development Ecosystem

Keynote Talk