Wearable devices have become more and more integrated into our lives. Recently, a special user presented his unique experience and ideas to the world through the Atlantic Monthly website, bringing us new ideas about wearables. The following is the main content of the article:

I used wearables a long time ago, when I didn't have Google Glass, Apple Watch, and Moto 360, and I didn't tell you how many steps to take, how to run, sleep, or eat. My first contact with wearables seemed to be in 1986, when I was 5 years old.

What I have been wearing since I was a child is a hearing aid. Many people don't need this kind of thing, and many of today's wearables have some similarities to hearing aids. Soon, the microcomputer system will become part of your body, as I have experienced for nearly 30 years. Because of my experience, I can make some predictions about the future of wearables.

Of course, hearing aids fall into the category of medical devices and face very different legal regulations from consumer electronics, so some features can never appear on consumer products. However, apart from these, medical products and consumer wearable products have several common goals. They are all designed to enhance the human abilities, they all need to be worn on the body, and they all need to be seamlessly integrated into our own experience.

In the next few years, I think we will see the following four trends, and wearable devices will evolve from toys to tools.

1. Wearable devices will create alternative realities

Compared to additional screens or input devices, wearable devices will provide more features, and devices equipped with various sensors can intervene between reality and our experience, changing our understanding of the world around us.

In the case of hearing aids, previous devices simply amplify the surrounding sound, but today's technology can take different strategies depending on environmental changes. For example, when I walked into a noisy restaurant, the device recognized the crashing sounds and the conversations in the distance, and filtered them to just feed me up close. This acoustic experience is significantly different from objective reality. The reality that the device will change is presented to me, which is convenient for my understanding and application.

Microsoft's recently launched holographic glasses have taken similar steps, and by overlaying various images in the real world, users can see more intuitive instructions and instructions. Future wearables will be between our experience and reality, helping us understand the reality more deeply.

2, the algorithm dominates

The surrogate reality means that our understanding of the world around us is increasingly being processed and decided through algorithms. Or take the hearing aid as an example. The algorithm judges whether the sound coming from the refrigerator compressor or a friend’s greeting. If everything is normal, I will not hear the compressor sound; if there is a problem, I will not hear from friends. Cheers.

Medical devices have used more sophisticated algorithms. Hearing aids use algorithms to determine which sounds should be amplified and which should be muted; pacemakers use algorithms to determine when to send electronic pulses to the heart; artificial pancreas uses algorithms to determine when to release more insulin. In the above case, the algorithm not only reshapes our perception of reality – they are responsible for life.

The algorithm can also implement more functions. For example, through facial emotion recognition, you can pre-empt the boss with the appropriate way. The algorithm can also block out the unpleasant ads played on the commuter subway while preserving the posters you are interested in.

Future devices will become more customizable. My hearing aid has 20 independently adjustable audio channels, and my doctor usually sets 6 to 7 of them. If the product does not provide a customized way for users, it will be abandoned by users.

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