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Neck-Worn Audio Devices

'Soundgear' by Designer Jinwon Yook Offers a Personalized Environment

— September 5, 2017 — Lifestyle
'Soundgear' offers wearers an immersive listening experience without the inconvenience of wearing earbuds or other wired devices.

Although headphones allow one to become engulfed in an audio experience, its intrusive elements result in one feeling disconnected from the surrounding world. Not to mention, the sometimes awkward wires frequently tangle, or get caught on surrounding objects, eliminating some of the comfort involved with a movie day on the couch.

Soundgear is a neck-worn device that enables users to enjoy theater-quality entertainment from the comfort of their own home, while maintaining the ability to be aware of their surroundings. The device delivers high quality sound, offering a personal environment for the user, without completely cutting them off from the outside world.
Trend Themes
1. Immersive Listening Experience - The trend of immersive listening experience allows for personalized entertainment while maintaining awareness of surroundings, creating opportunities for customizable audio devices.
2. Wireless Audio Solutions - The trend of wireless audio solutions provides convenience and comfort for users, offering disruptive innovation opportunities in wearable audio devices.
3. Enhanced Personal Audio Environment - The trend of enhanced personal audio environment enables users to enjoy high-quality sound while staying connected to the outside world, opening opportunities for neck-worn audio devices.
Industry Implications
1. Consumer Electronics - The consumer electronics industry can benefit from disruptive innovation opportunities in developing personalized neck-worn audio devices for immersive and wireless listening experiences.
2. Entertainment - The entertainment industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by incorporating neck-worn audio devices that offer an enhanced personal audio environment for users.
3. Wearable Technology - The wearable technology industry can seize disruptive innovation opportunities by creating neck-worn audio devices that provide wireless and immersive listening experiences.
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