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"People will have more wearable devices because their capability is going up, the cost is going down and the things you can do with them will become much more pronounced," said Steve Holmes, vice president of Intel's New Devices Group.
Intel has quietly hired two high-profile engineers who have joined the company’s secretive “new devices” group run by Mike Bell.
Steve Holmes, one of the designers who worked on the popular Nike FuelBand, was hired about 12 months ago and Hans Moritz, who led development of the Oakley Airwave heads-up goggle display,
Switchlock series eyewear and watch program, was just recently hired.
Intel has been mostly quiet about its new devices efforts, but mobile phone guru Bell, himself a former Apple and Palm engineer, was recently assigned to lead the new group. According to Intel, the business is chartered with developing products and technologies that will enhance and extend Intel’s portfolio into new product areas. CEO Brian Krzanich and President Renée James have recently acknowledged that they are looking at wearable computing....
Great wearable insight: it's not the hardware, it's the software and the utility.