Wearable tech is being hyped to death by marketing idiots and will only be used briefly by idiots who care less about the functionality of the mobile computing tools they spend their money on than they do about engaging in the ongoing "my cock is bigger than yours" competition that currently revolves around gadgets.
I seriously doubt this. Whilst the first wave of things like google glass and the first generation of smartwatches are starting to appear now, they're nowhere near the definitive iteration of what wearable tech will be, more a toe in the the water test phase where people are playing around with ideas, and I doubt any of these will see major commercial success (unless apple do manage to release a smart watch in the same manner they did with the iPhone, majorly changing consumer perceptions). Over the next 5 - 10 years we'll see more of this tech pop up, but experimenting with different directions and form factors, for instance adding more sensors that interact with your phone, and with time it will become a mainstream part of the market. After all, at some point the current smart phone model of big touch screens and faster processors is going to become obsolete.
I seriously doubt this. Whilst the first wave of things like google glass and the first generation of smartwatches are starting to appear now, they're nowhere near the definitive iteration of what wearable tech will be, more a toe in the the water test phase where people are playing around with ideas, and I doubt any of these will see major commercial success (unless apple do manage to release a smart watch in the same manner they did with the iPhone, majorly changing consumer perceptions). Over the next 5 - 10 years we'll see more of this tech pop up, but experimenting with different directions and form factors, for instance adding more sensors that interact with your phone, and with time it will become a mainstream part of the market. After all, at some point the current smart phone model of big touch screens and faster processors is going to become obsolete.