The popularity of fitness and activity trackers has sparked thinking about the potential applications and possibilities for these wearables beyond physical health, like the Sentio Solutions' Feel.
A Feel prototype will be introduced at CES 2016, with a form that is somparable to many wearable trackers already on the market. However, what sets Feel apart is its ability to measure the wearer's emotions throughout the day and make suggestions to enhance or alleviate certain moods. To do this, Feel taps into biometric signals like the pulse, skin temperature and galvanic skin responses.
If a user feels satisfaction after completing a workout, Feel records this data in order to provide solutions for negative feelings in the future. In addition to providing a comprehensive "emotional wellness plan" that includes meditation and breathing, the companion app also reminds users to "be active" or "laugh more" on occasion.
Emotion-Tracking Wearables
Sentio Solutions' Feel Band is Being Unveiled at CES 2016
Trend Themes
1. Emotion-tracking Wearables - The rise of smart wearables that can track and analyze our emotions will pave the way for personal emotional health programs.
2. Biometric Signal Analysis - Biometrics signals such as pulse and skin temperature analysis are set to revolutionize the way we track and monitor emotional wellness.
3. Personalized Emotional Support - The development of emotion-tracking wearables will create opportunities to offer personalized emotional support and solutions based on biometric data.
Industry Implications
1. Wellness - The wellness industry will need to pay attention to emotion-tracking wearables as they can evolve the industry into a more personalized emotional health and wellness programs.
2. Technology - Technology industry can introduce wearable technology that serve not only physical health but emotional health as well.
3. Fitness - The Fitness industry can benefit from emotion-tracking wearables as they can offer fitness plans that focus not only on physical health but on emotional health as well.