Despite various claims from the experts that wearables
will be a game-changer in the meetings industry, it would seem the tech
continues to struggle to make an impact.
We’ve seen Google Glass be taken back to the drawing
board after mankind refused to become a nation of glassholes, and now, even the
mighty Apple has fallen foul in the smartwatch stakes. Its new wrist wearable
fails to work on tattooed skin – sorry inked delegates, looks like you’ll have
to get your notifications the old fashioned way on your phone.
Smartbands like the Myo which controls a presenter’s
slides with a series of arm swipes and gestures is only going to unnerve a
speaker, as well as leave room for more technical issues to arise.
So why are experts hell-bent on hailing wearables as
the next big thing? Well, to me it is simply a case of tech for tech’s sake.
Originally published in Conference News
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