Huawei’s about more than just phones, as this next lot of news may remind you. The company also makes some mighty slick wearables and there’s a new one headed to market. The Huawei Watch GT 2, announced last month, has just gone up for pre-order in South Africa. The asking price? A cool R5k.
Is the Garmin Forerunner 945 one of the best fitness trackers out there? Hell yeah. Can it be better? Of course. Especially when you add these instant upgrades to your workout kit.
Apple’s event last night wasn’t just iPads, iPhones, and services. Also detailed at the American launch was Apple’s new Watch Series 5, the newest wearable in the company’s lineup. The big new deal? Changes to the Watch’s display.
Running, though, could get a boost in future thanks to wearable tech like these exo-pants. The wearable exoskeleton, the creation of Harvard University and University of Nebraska researchers, aims to assist folks looking to get their movement on.
The HoloLens is a powerful example of this, as multiple demonstrations of its capabilities showed. The original model was launched four years ago and was used by NASA for its Mars Rover mission. Because of the eight-minute delay in communications from earth to the red planet, controllers needed to map, plan and execute the path the rover would take, former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden told me last year.
So you’re considering a virtual reality headset, are you? Printer and laptop maker HP are hoping to tempt you away…
VR, much like winter, is coming. One of the best things about it is that we’re not really sure what form it’s going to take. Microsoft’s HoloLens is an implementation that we’ve been impressed with from the start, combining the best bits of a full-fat VR system with what Google Glass was supposed to be. And it looks like we’re going to get a look at the sequel in short order. HoloLens 2 should be rearing its head(gear) at this year’s Mobile World Congress.
South African pavement pounders will soon be able to track their runs via their footwear because sportswear maker Under Armour…