Category
Tech
Delegated Interfaces
Trend cluster
Category
Wearable
Control
Wearable tech expands to include gesture control capabilities.
4.9
Trend score
Trend
What is the Wearable Control trend?
Wearable Control: The potential of wearable tech has broadened with the development of gesture control, providing an efficient, streamlined approach to staying connected, both on a personal and professional level. Gesture control incorporates human body language, changing the way users interact with their devices. This ease of interaction reflects a consumer desire for integrated connectivity, even when tactile control is not possible or safe.
Trend themes
Themes within the Wearable Control trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Gesture Control
The development of wearable tech with gesture control expands potential for efficient, streamlined user interaction, presenting opportunities for integration across consumer products and services.
02
Smart Jewelry
The emergence of hi-tech jewelry with gesture control and home automation capabilities expands wearable tech options, specifically for fashion-focused consumers, creating opportunities for partnerships with fashion and luxury brands.
03
Smart Accessories
The development of smart accessories for existing analog products, such as watch accessories that deliver mobile and social notifications and activity tracking, presents opportunities to bridge the gap between old and new technology, offering a cost-effective solution.
Industry implications
What the Wearable Control trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Wearable Technology
These innovations all fall within the wearable technology industry and signal a trend towards technological integration into daily life, offering opportunities to identify new consumer needs and insights and creating opportunities for partnerships between innovative technology providers and investors.
For
Consumer Electronics
As gesture control technology expands to other forms of consumer electronics such as home automation, this represents significant opportunities for businesses operating within the consumer electronics industry.
For
Fashion
The adoption of gesture control technology within fashion-focused wearables creates opportunities for partnership between the wearable tech industry and fashion and luxury brands, leading to potential revenue streams for innovative products and services.
Trend signals
Trend signals for Wearable Control
Trend score 4.9 out of 10, from popularity 69%, activity 69%, freshness 8%.
Popularity69%
Activity69%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
South America
Africa
Evidence
Examples of the Wearable Control trend
4 featured examples from Jan 31, 2014 to Oct 5, 2015CategoryFashion
Hi-Tech Watch Accessories
The Glance Watch Accessory Turns Any Watch into a Smartwatch
Fashion industry can embrace smartwatch accessories to add tech-enabled features to their products.
CategoryArt & Design
All-Controlling Hi-Tech Jewelry
Ring by Logbar Inc. Boasts Gesture Control and Home Automation
The integration of technology into fashion accessories, leading to a new breed of connected devices.
CategoryFashion
Touchscreen Smart Rings
Apple's Newest Piece of Wearable Technology Will Record Hand-Written Notes
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing and manufacturing sleek and user-friendly wearable devices with expanded functionalities.
CategoryTech
All-in-One Smart Watches
The Sensegiz is the Real Do-it-All SmartBand
Companies specializing in wearable tech, such as Fitbit and Samsung, have the potential to expand their product lines and incorporate more features into all-in-one smartwatch devi…
