Internet of Things & Wearable Technology Insights

There’s a movement taking place, says Tech Republic – and it’s focused on wearables and their use in the enterprise. More than 93% of companies participating in a recent APX Labs survey reported that they are evaluating wearable technology, and 87% believe that it will have a significant impact across their industry within the next five years.

“The invisible revolution that is underway is bigger than we thought it was,” said Brian Ballard, CEO and co-founder of APX Labs, the developer of the Skylight platform for enterprise wearable technology.

The purpose of the survey was to see who is using or evaluating wearables, and what they are interested in. Wearable technology is growing, with Gartner reporting smart glasses will result in $1 billion annual cost savings in the field services industry alone, and IMS Research estimating the wearable technology marketplace will grow to $6 billion by 2016....

...What does the future of your wearable tech look like? 

XOEye is showing what can be done within the industry, we are making the glasses really robust. We increased the size of our glasses to be able to accommodate features and be safety oriented.  

We launch this year and we are helping businesses capture data like they never have before. The enterprise needs meaningful intelligence in the warehouse to reduce communication latency and turn data into something that is actionable.

How will XOEye Vision improve user experience?

Imagine sending a repair technician to fix a cortical machine and he or she gets stuck. We can send visuals, video and stills to other experts, reducing travel costs, getting equipment fixed faster, improving processes and bringing the world closer....

Google Glass may be great for taking videos on the fly, and getting directions without bumping into people on the street. Beyond that, the wearable device has become something of a tired novelty, thanks towidespread privacy concerns and an array of self-aggrandizing characters in the Glass Explorer program. (Even reliable tech booster Robert Scoble has declared he's no longer interested in using Glass.)

But there's surprisingly good news for Google in that most mundane of business environments: the warehouse....