7 design opportunities for wearables
From data and content to context and meaning we collected seven patterns to fuel your wearable and smart watch solutions.
1. Collect data, provide meaning
Which behavioural data reaps business value? How could you turn collected data into customer value?
2. Glanceable content
Can you make your content highly glanceable to require virtually zero cognitive overhead?
3. Characterize the differentiating aspects
How could you utilize bio-sensors, haptic feedback and hidden gestures in a meaningful way?
4. Push relevant info based on context
How could customers benefit from a proactive, assistant like behaviour? What kind of information could be pushed?
5. Atomize services
How could you break down your services by the different contexts they could be used in? How could you mix your atoms with other services?
6. Curate vs. Create
Can you provide a platform which helps customers explore app collections?
7. Less interaction with technology
Can you provide enough information on the watch so the customer doesn’t have to check other devices?
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Co-authors: Ágoston László, Judit Boros and Kiss Zsuzsa