WiThings ScanWatch Light This hybrid smartwatch tracks essential daily wellness and health data without being too overbearing. The WiThings ScanWatch Light is a fashionable watch with a small profile and interchangeable bands. It’s best considered for casual users who want more of an analog watch than a smartwatch that blares notifications. $250 Pros Light enough …
A visitors tests Meta Quest Pro goggles at the booth of Meta Platforms at the Hanover technology Fair on April 22, 2024 in Hanover, northern Germany, with Norway as partner country. Photo: RONNY HARTMANN/AFP (Getty Images) Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple chief Tim Cook are still hyped up on virtual reality, even if consumers …
Many of us have moved on from the Vision Pro less than three months after its buzzy launch, but Apple can not. The company slashed its 2024 sales expectations for the Vision Pro to nearly half what the market expected for this year, according to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Tuesday. As …
Global Market Insights Inc. Major wearable computing market include Apple Inc., Fossil Group Inc., Garmin, Google LLC, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., LG Electronics Inc., Nike, Pebble Technology Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sony Corporation and Xiaomi Corporation. Selbyville, Delaware, April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The wearable computing market valuation is predicted to reach USD 281.5 billion …
Meta’s metaverse dreams might actually blossom a bit this spring as it’s finally done trying to hole itself in its own walled garden and its Meta Quest 3 headset. Now, the Zuckerberg-led company has its own OS ecosystem, called Horizon OS, and with new headsets coming from some of the biggest PC makers out there, …
I never thought I’d see the day I’d become a “wearables” person, and it’s because I’ve spent so long on the Android side of things. For years, Android users waited in vain for manufacturers to make smartwatches that fit nicely and didn’t peter out after a mere eight hours off the charger. It wasn’t until …
Photo: Smith Collection/Gado (Getty Images) Apple decided to stop building cars and smartwatch displays in-house so it laid off 600 employees, according to a report from Bloomberg Thursday. The layoffs, which occurred in Feb. and March, affected 87 employees working at a secret Apple facility working on smartwatch screens, and hundreds working on the Apple …
Are we there yet? Virtual reality headsets are quietly revolutionizing business and healthcare. They’ve been used to teach KFC staff to fry chicken, prepare UPS drivers for road hazards, and train astronauts for outer space. In healthcare, they’re used for pain management by veterans and kids with cancer. And these are only a few examples. …
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo From its heart rate monitors to its car crash detection, the Apple Watch has a multitude of features that have helped save lives. Now, Apple wants to add another feature to the smartwatch that can warn you about going to the deep end of the pool. Hands-On With Meta Quest …
A smaller way to track wellness If you’re sick of lugging around a watch for basic body stats, there’s good news: Smart rings are picking up steam in the gadget zeitgeist. With Samsung’s announcement that it would launch its Galaxy Ring sometime in 2024, the wearable category is heading for mainstream. Is Bitcoin a good …