The Global Consumer Smart Wearable Technology Market is expected to witness significant grow at a CAGR of 32.78 percentduring the forecast period. during the period 2013-2018.
The growth of the Wearable Technology Market is driven by several factors. One of the main drivers is the convergence of technologies. In recent years, disruptive technical innovations have enabled the convergence of telecom, media, infotainment, IT, and internet-based applications. This convergence of technology has become an essential part of the day-to-day life of individual users.
In addition, the availability of converged user-friendly services on a mobile platform is enhancing the adoption of converged technology. Another key driver is increased digital consumerism.
In preparation for the Wearable Tech Expo which begins on July 23rd in New York, TechNavio analysts have rounded up a list of the top wearable technology companies and the products that they offer.
Active Mind Technology
Key Product: Game Golf
The Game Golf is a wearable digital tracking system used by golfers.
Adidas
Key Product: Smart Run
Smart Run is a wrist device that monitors the wearer’s heart rate and location data. The technology then computes and aggregates the information collected into the Adidas miCoach system to improve the wearer’s training and performance.
Agent
Key Product: Agent Smartwatch
The Agent Smartwatch is a wearable watch that is compatible with smartphones and can run downloadable apps.
Atheer Labs
Key Product: Atheer One
The Atheer One is a pair of 3D glasses that enables viewing of digital content that blends in with real-world objects, depending on where the user looks.
Athos Works
Key Product: Athos
The Athos is a hi-tech wearable clothing that measures fitness data such as muscle effort, heart rate, balance, and reps.
Atlas Wearables
Key Product: Atlas
The Atlas is a wearable fitness tracker designed to distinguish between workout routines, calculate calories burned, and evaluate workout techniques.
Avegant
Key Product: Glyph
Glyph is a leading wearable head-mounted display designed to provide a more lifelike and comfortable viewing experience than other similar technologies. Avegant has partnered with Texas Instruments to create a custom DLP display designed to project an image directly into the user’s retina.
Basis Science (Intel)
Key Product: B1
The B1 is a wearable activity monitor that measures every quantifiable aspect of the workout. Basic Science was acquired by Intel in March 2014.
BEARTek
Key Product: Bluetooth Gloves
BEARTek Bluetooth Gloves are waterproof wearable devices that allow the remote control of a camera, music, and phone.
Bia Sport
Key Product: Bia Sports Watch
The Bia Sports Watch is a lightweight smart watch equipped with a SOS safety alert that synchronizes wireless data to online training logs.
Bionym
Key Product: Nymi
The Nymi is a wearable device that computes the body’s unique cardiac signal to unlock a computer, smartphone, car or any other Bluetooth authentication-enabled device.
BioSensics
Key Product: LegSys
The LegSys is a wearable device that analyzes the gait with the restraints of cords and heavy equipment.
BRAGI
Key Product: The Dash
The Dash is a pair of smart Bluetooth earphones. While providing an exceptional audio experience to the user, they also analyze activity levels via step count, oxygen saturation of the blood, and heart rate monitoring.
Brilliant Services
Key Product: Mirama
The Mirama is a digital pair of glasses that has two main features: augmented-reality and gesture control.
Brother Industries
Key Product: Air Scouter
The Air Scouter is a wearable heads-up display that projects images in front of the user’s eyes on the lens of the glasses.
Buhel
Key Product: D01, D02
The Buhel D01 and D02 are wearable helmet communication devices designed for integration into vehicle safety helmets.
Key Product: SG04
The Buhel SG04 Speakerglasses are a wearable pair of sport sunglasses that enables the user to listen to music and answer phone calls hands-free
Key Product: G31, G33
The Buhel G31 and G33 Speakegoggles are smart wearable devices that allow complete hand-free and noise-free communication because of the incorporation of a bone conduction microphone
Cambridge Temperature Concepts
Key Product: Duo Fertility
The DuoFertility is a device that maximizes the chances of pregnancy naturally by measuring the female body’s basal temperature, which increases during ovulation.
Carré Technologies
Key Product: Hexoskin
The Hexoskin is a hi-tech fabric shirt with built-in sensors that can measure fitness data such as heart rate, breathing rate and step count.
Casio America
Key Product: G-Shock GB-6900
The G-Shock GB-6900 watch is a shock-resistant and water-resistant wearable device.
Catapult
Key Product: OptimEye S5
The OptimEye S5 is a wearable activity monitor designed for athletes.
ConnecteDevice
Key Product: Cogito Lifestyle
The Cogito watch is a wearable device that works as an extension of a smartphone and can discreetly alert the user of any notifications.
Key Product: Cookoo Lifestyle
The Cookoo watch is an extension of a smartphone that can discreetly alert the user of any notification.
Cool Shirt Systems
Key Product: PortiCool 2 System
The PortiCool 2 System is a shirt that provides cooling and is designed to provide comfort to athletes, firefighters, surgeons, and pilots.
Cuff
Key Product: Cuff
The Cuff is a wearable security device that can be attached to jewelry.
Cyberdyne
Key Product: HAL
The HAL is a wearable suit designed by Cyberdyne to assist individuals with lower extremity injuries or impairment in walking and standing up.
DreamtrapCommercials
Key Product: EasyWakeMe
The EasyWakeMe is a high-tech device that can capture sleep patterns. This wearable device detects optimal wake-up habits by analyzing the duration of REM and non-REM sleep. It also collects sleeping data which can be automatically synchronized with smartphones via Bluetooth.
Emotiv Inc.
Key Product: Emotiv Neuroheadset
The Emotiv Neuroheadset is a neuro-signal acquisition personal interface for human and computer interaction.
Epiphany
Key Product: Epiphany Eyewear
Epiphany Eyewear is a wearable device that has a small camera attached to it that records what the user is looking at.
Epson America
Key Product: Moverio BT-200
The Moverio BT-200 is an augmented-reality heads-up display that is linked to a touch pad control unit via Bluetooth.
Key Product: PS-500
PS-500 is a wrist watch which is worn in wrist.
Key Product: PS-100
The PS 100 is a wristband. It is a fitness-focused smart device that uses Epson’s patented bio-sensor and internal accelerometer.
Evena Medical
Key Product: Evena Eyes On
The Evena Eyes On is a wearable healthcare imaging device capable of multi-spectral imaging with sharp images and high quality.
FashionTEQ
Key Product: Zazzi
The Zazzi wearable device is a smart jewel that can be worn as a bracelet, a ring or a pendant necklace. This device offers the simple features of smartphones such as incoming messages and calls display and push notifications.
Fatshark
Key Product: DominatorHD
The DominatorHD is a wearable device that is built for operators of remote controlled airplanes. The technology allows the user to see from a FPV on the remote control plane.
FiLIP Technologies
Key Product: Filip
The Filip is a wearable smart watch with limited phone capabilities and is primarily designed for children.
Finis
Key Product: AquaPulse
The AquaPulse is a heart rate monitor for swimmers to keep track of their heart rate while swimming.
FitBark
Key Product: FitBark Tracker
The FitBark is a wearable activity monitor designed for dogs. It monitors activity levels and provides analytics on how the dog is spending its time.
Fitbit
Key Product: Flex
The Flex is a sleek wristband that provides real-time statistics on a user’s daily fitness activity.
Key Product: Force
The Force is a sleek wristband that provides real-time statistics on a user’s daily fitness activity.
Key Product: Fitbit One
The Fitbit One is a tiny 8-gram fitness and sleep monitoring device that stores real-time fitness data. The device can detect the number of steps taken, distance traveled and stairs climbed.
Fitbug
Key Product: Orb
The Orb is a movement, fitness, and sleep tracker. It can be worn as a bracelet, a necklace, in the pocket or anywhere on the clothes.
Fly Fit
Key Product: Fly Fit
The Fly Fit is a fitness tracker that is worn on the ankle of the user.
Foxtel Management
Key Product: Alert Shirt
The Alert Shirt is a wearable device that simulates live sport actions and allows fans to feel what the players are feeling as it happens during the game.
Garmin
Key Product: Approach S3
The Approach S3 is a wearable GPS-equipped golf watch that comes preloaded with over 30,000 international golf courses.
Key Product: Forerunner 910XT
The Forerunner 910XT is an all-in-one wearable device that provides detailed metrics for swimming, running, and cycling.
Key Product: Vivofit
The Vivofit is a wearable wristband that measures activity levels, sleeping patterns, and heart rate.
Geak (Shanghai Nutshell Electronic)
Key Product: Ring
The Ring is an NFC-based wearable device that can be used to unlock devices and facilitate access to a smartphone’s contact database. The Ring can automatically unlock a smartphone without a password as long as it is being worn by the user, who can also share the contact card with other NFC-enabled devices.
GeoPalz
Key Product: iBitz
The iBitz is a wearable hi-tech pedometer designed for adults and children. It measures the number of steps taken and can also be synchronized to an application available in the Apple Store.
GlassUp
Key Product: GlassUp
The GlassUp is a pair of wearable glasses that can display incoming emails, notifications, and text messages. The GlassUp is compatible with most smartphones. It can send text messages via Bluetooth, and the texts can be displayed on the wearable device.
GN Store Nord (Intelligent Headset)
Key Product: Intelligent Headset
The Intelligent Headset is a wearable 3D stereo headset that uses binaural audio to create surround sound using only two speakers.
Key Product: Google Glass
Google Glass is a head-mounted wearable computer that projects a transparent screen in front of the user’s field of vision.
GOQii
Key Product: GOQii
The GOQii band is an advanced wearable fitness tracker with a water-resistant construction and skin-sensitive materials.
Heapsylon
Key Product: SenSoria
The Sensoria is a pressure-sensing textile sock that accurately records the user’s footsteps based on the pressure and timing of the foot landing.
Hövding Sverige
Key Product: Hövding
The Hövding is a wearable device that works as an airbag for cyclists and offers greater protection than a regular helmet.
I’m
Key Product: I’m Watch
The I’m Watch wearable device is a wrist-worn version of a smartphone.
Icedot
Key Product: Crash Sensor
The Crash Sensor is an emergency identification and notification device that can be mounted on most helmets and can detect critical impacts that are deemed as dangerous.
iHealth Lab
Key Product: Activity And Sleep Tracker
The Activity And Sleep Tracker is a wearable device that tracks daily activity and sleep.
Key Product: Pulse Oximeter
The Pulse Oximeter is a finger-worn wearable device that measures pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation in a reliable, fast, and non-invasive manner.
Instabeat
Key Product: Instabeat
The Instabeat is a waterproof heart rate monitor mounted on a pair of swimming goggles that provides real-time visual feedback. This wearable device measures heart rate from the temporal artery.
InteraXon
Key Product: Muse
The Muse is a mental activity tracking device that helps reduce stress and settle the mind.
Jawbone (Aliph)
Key Product: UP
The Up wearable device is a wrist-worn motion, sleep, and diet recorder. It tracks weight, evaluates sleep patterns and moods, offers food libraries, and logs workout sessions.
Key Product: BodyMedia Fit
BodyMedia Fit is a wearable activity monitoring device that analyzes the body activity for health and fitness. Bodymedia was recently acquired by Jawbone.
Jaybird
Key Product: Reign
The Reign is a wearable waterproof activity band designed to track activity levels and sleep, and provide recommendations for the ideal times to exercise.
Kapture
Key Product: Kapture
The Kapture Audio Recording Wristband Watch is a wrist-worn wearable device that serves as a touch-sensitive voice recorder.
Keryos
Key Product: Meteor
The Meteor is a smart watch and activity tracker bundled together in a small form factor. The user is able to talk and text as well as use gestures to change music, answer a call, or check an alert.
Ki Life Solutions
Key Product: Ki Fit
The Ki Fit is a wearable device worn on the wrist that helps manage a user’s fitness activity and lifestyle. The Ki Fit measures calorie consumption and sleep efficiency.
Kiwi Wearables
Key Product: Move
The Move is a small clip-on wearable device that is designed to integrate seamlessly into the user’s life.
KMS
Key Product: KMS Wristband
The KMS Wristband is designed for children and vulnerable adults for their safety in case they get lost.
Lark
Key Product: Lark Pro
The Lark Pro is a silent alarm clock and sleep tracking device. Worn on the wrist, it uses the actigraphy monitoring method to record sleep patterns, and gently wakes up the user with vibrations when programmed to do so.
LUMO Body Tech
Key Product: Back
The Back is a wearable posture and activity sensor that monitors a user’s posture throughout the day and coaches them to improve.
Martian Watches
Key Products: Passport, Victory, G2G Lifestyle
The Martian Passport, Victory, and G2G are wearable smart watches.
McLear
Key Product: NFC Ring
The NFC Ring is an authentication wearable device that can be programmed to carry a transmittable NFC signal.
Melon
Key Product: Melon Headband
The Melon Headband is a wearable device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain and measures mental activity data.
MEMI
Key Product: MEMI Smartbracelet
The MEMI Smartbracelet is a wearable device that works as a hand-free version of a smartphone.
META
Key Product: META.01 (Spaceglasses Developer Edition)
META Spaceglasses are a head-mounted display with augmented-reality capabilities.
Key Product: META Pro
The META Pro is a wearable head-mounted display with augmented-reality capabilities.
MetaWatch
Key Products: Frame, Strata
Frame and Strata watches are wearable devices designed for people leading an adventurous and active lifestyle.
Mio
Key Product: Mio Link
The Mio Link sports watch is a wearable device that continuously measures the heart rate of the user.
Misfit
Key Product: Shine
The Misfit Shine is a motion-tracking wearable device that can be worn as a clasp, necklace, leather bracelet, or sport band. This device records activity levels and sleep, translates the information into actionable data, and sends it directly to the smartphone app via Bluetooth.
Moticon
Key Product: OpenGo Science
The OpenGo Science is a wearable device that measures plantar foot pressure for motion analysis.
Motion Fitness
Key Product: MOV Band
The MOV Band is a simple wearable device that measures the daily steps and lifetime mileage of the user.
Motorola
Key Product: Motoactv
The Motoactv is a wearable activity monitor that also has a music player.
Mushroom Labs
Key Product: Moov
The Moov is a wearable activity monitor worn on the wrist or ankle, depending on the sport or activity being performed.
Mykronoz
Key Product: ZeNano Ze-Series
The ZeNano Ze-Series are wearable smart watches with the basic features of smartphones.
Key Product: ZeWatch, ZeBracelet
The ZeWatch and ZeBracelet are wearable smart watches with the basic features of smartphones. They enable music control, incoming calls and contacts.
Myontec
Key Product: Mbody Smart System
The Mbody Smart System is a combination of technologies designed to record and improve muscle performance during training sessions.
Narrative
Key Product: Clip
The Clip (previously named the Memoto) is an automatic camera.
Neptune
Key Product: Pine
The Pine is a sleek wearable smart watch with seamless smart phone connectivity, athletic performance tracking, and entertainment capabilities.
NeuroSky
Key Product: MindWave
The MindWave is a wearable headset to measure brainwave signals and monitor attention levels of students.
Nike (Nike Plus)
Key Product: Nike+ Sportwatch GPS
The Nike+ Sportwatch GPS is a wearable device that measures the distance traveled as well as the pace and speed of the wearer’s run.
Key Product: Fuel Band SE
The Fuel Band SE is a wearable activity monitor that measures the user’s movement throughout the day.
Nod
Key Product: Nod Ring
The Nod Ring is a wearable device that offers advanced gesture control and allows the user to control devices such as phones, tablets, Google Glass, watches, home appliances, TVs and computers.
NZN Labs
Key Product: NZN Lit
The NZN Lit is a smart watch that tracks activities such as walking, running, and swimming.
Omate
Key Product: TrueSmart
The TrueSmart is a wearable smart watch with cellular capabilities.
OMG
Key Product: Autographer
The Autographer is a wearable device that automatically captures images.
OMsignal
Key Product: OMsignal
The OMsignal is high-performance sportswear that records heart rate and other vital data for fitness and everyday use.
Optinvent
Key Product: Ora-S
The Ora-S takes a different approach to digital eyewear. The technology is designed to be similar in appearance to a regular pair of sunglasses.
OrCam
Key Product: OrCam
The OrCam is a visual assistance wearable device that reads and recognizes objects, faces, and places all in real-time. The user interacts with the OrCam by pointing at what they would like the OrCam to read or recognize.
O-Synce
Key Product: O-Screeneye X
The O-Screeneye X is a wearable augmented-reality heads-up display used in sports training.
Owlet
Key Product: Baby Monitor
The Baby Monitor is designed to detect the heart rate, oxygen level, skin temperature, and sleep quality in babies.
Pebble
Key Product: Pebble
The Pebble watch is an e-ink display smart watch which first garnered success from its crowdfunding campaign.
Key Product: Pebble Steel Smartwatch
The Pebble Steel Smartwatch is a wearable device that gives immediate access to the main features of smartphones.
Phyode
Key Product: W/Me
The W/Me is a heart rate monitor that uses heart rate variability to determine respiration, emotion, and the state of the autonomic nervous system.
Polar
Key Product: Loop
The Loop is an activity monitor that provides 24/7 activity tracking as well as sleep monitoring.
Key Product: RCX5
The RCX5 is a wearable sports smart watch that works as a fitness computer. This device creates actionable data by measuring heart rate and training intensity, and identifies the capacity at which the user is exercising so as to maximize performance.
PUSH Design Solutions
Key Product: PUSH Fitness Tracker
The PUSH Fitness Tracker is a smart wristband designed to provide complete and scientifically validated data that can be used to optimize fitness training.
Qardio
Key Product: Qardio Arm
The Qardio Arm is a wearable device worn on the arm to track and measure the user’s vital health signs.
Key Product: QardioCore
The QardioCore is a wearable device worn on the waist to detect and measure heart rate, physical activity, and body temperature.
Qualcomm Connected Experiences
Key Product: Toq
The Toq is a wearable smart watch with an always-on color LCD touchscreen.
Recon Instruments
Key Product: Jet
With a sporty frame and a robust design, the Jet is a wearable heads-up display aimed at fitness enthusiasts.
Key Product: Snow2
The Snow2 is a performance heads-up display that can be mounted on most of the world’s leading goggle brands.
Rest Devices
Key Product: Mimo
The Mimo baby monitor is designed to give parents peace of mind by providing them with data and analytics regarding their infant.
RHLvision Technologies
Key Product: Fin Thumbring
The Fin Thumbring is a gesture-based control device that fits on the user’s thumb.
Ringblingz
Key Product: Ringblingz Ring
Ringblingz is a device worn on the finger that focuses on the social aspect of wearables.
Rufus Labs
Key Product: Rufus Cuff
The Rufus Cuff is a wearable device that allows the user to make voice and video calls straight from the device.
Samsung Electronics
Key Product: Galaxy Gear
Galaxy Gear is an Android-based smart watch that synchronizes with a cellphone to achieve smartphone-like capabilities.
Key Product: Gear 2
The Gear 2 is a newer version of the Galaxy Gear.
Sensible Baby
Key Product: Smart One
The Smart One monitors a baby’s sleeping position, temperature, and movement. The wearable device has wireless connectivity with smartphones, allowing users to view the baby’s activity on their phones. There is an app on the smartphone that will alert the user to any issues.
SensoGlove
Key Product: SensoGlove
The SensoGlove is a smart glove designed for golfers. The wearable device detects the intensity of grip pressure when holding the club or driver.
Shot Tracker
Key Product: Shot Tracker
The Shot Tracker is a wearable device that helps the user monitor their basketball shooting pattern and helps them adjust it to the right pattern.
Snaptracs
Key Product: Tagg
The Tagg is a pet-tracking system and activity monitor This wearable device has a GPS tracker, which sends the owner a notification if the pet gets lost or walks outside the preset zone. Also, the activity tracker monitors the pet’s activity levels by measuring distance traveled and counting steps.
Somaxis
Key Product: MyoLink
The Myolink monitors the muscle activity of the arm for health and fitness.
Sony
Key Product: Core
Sony Core is a wrist-worn waterproof wearable smart band with a built-in sensor, which records activity levels throughout the day.
Key Product: HMZ-T3W Personal 3D Viewer
The SmartWatch is a wrist-worn wearable device that can be compared to a smaller and more accessible version of a smartphone.
Key Product: SmartWatch
The SmartWatch is a wrist-worn wearable device that can be compared to a smaller and more accessible version of a smartphone.
Key Product: SmartWatch 2
The SmartWatch 2 is the successor to the original Sony SmartWatch and is a wrist-worn wearable device that can be compared to a smaller and more accessible version of a smartphone.
SpotNSave
Key Product: SpotNSave
The SpotNSave is a wearable device worn on the wrist that helps keep track of the location of the user.
Sqord
Key Product: PowerPod
The PowerPod is a fitness device that keeps track of the intensity and duration of movements.
Suunto
Key Product: Ambit
The Ambit is a smart device for the training and outdoor activities of athletes and explorers.
sWaP
Key Products: Active, Signature, Rebel
The Active, Signature, and Rebel models of watches are everyday wearable devices that aim at facilitating real-time communication.
T.Ware
Key Product: T.Jacket
The T.Jacket is an intelligent jacket that reproduces dynamic pressure to simulate hugs.
Tarsier
Key Product: MoveEye
The MoveEye device allows the user to interact with smart TVs using natural hand gestures. This new wearable technology allows users to control their TVs without using remote controls. Using hand gestures, they can also play games on smart TVs or control a mouse.
Taser
Key Product: Axon Flex
The Axon Flex is a wearable point of view recording device.
270 Vision
Key Product: BPM Physio
The BPM Physio is a wearable fitness and healthcare device that provides accurate measurements of body movements.
4iiii Innovations
Key Product: Viiiiva
The Viiiiva is a wearable heart rate monitor that provides real-time information on fitness. The device is mostly used by cycling enthusiasts and professionals to monitor their outdoor performance.
9Solutions
Key Products: IPCS ID-Badge, uTag, Asset
Tag9Solutions offers a wearable integrated positioning and communication system technology. It is mostly used to track and monitor the locations of the wearer based on wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, RFID, infrared, ultra wideband, ultrasound, Wi-Fi, and Zigbee.