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The key to the success of these things will be the ability to get information from the display without having to touch it. At first I figured this would mean an
by apendleton 13y ago
The key to the success of these things will be the ability to get information from the display without having to touch it. At first I figured this would mean an always-on display (so, e-ink, I guess), but this clearly isn't that, and yet they don't seem to turn the displays on in the videos (though I'm sure they're all fake).
I wonder if you could do something with the accelerometer that would be good enough? Like, if your arm orientation changes to look-at-your-watch position, the display turns on, and it turns off again when your arm goes back down to your side.
- DanAndersen 13y agoIt seems quite possible -- it's like how smartphone screens detect when you've moved it from your ear while on the phone to use the number pad.
- garretraziel 13y agoNo, it's not like this. Smartphone has distance sensor, but I am not really convinced that the distance sensor would work in this case too.
- moonka 13y agoThe pebble is always on, but the backlight can be set to turn on when you flick your wrist to look at it. While it could definitely benefit from a more sensitive accelerometer, it works well enough 90% of the time.