Despite the fact that tech giants such as Google and Samsung are delving into wearables, the technology still hasn’t gone mainstream. The capability has been around for years — there is no technical barrier to a watch that texts.
But there are physical, cultural and design barriers that are holding wearables back.
Google grabbed headlines last week with the introduction of Android Wear — a version of its popular smartphone software for smartwatches. This was a big move for the smart watch space. It strongly suggests that even more Android-powered watches are coming to the market this year—even though sales so far have been lackluster.
It's the unspoken downside of wearables: Everyone is excited about this hot new growth area. But fewer people talk about the reasons why no one wants to buy them.
ABI Research predicts that 90 million wearable devices will ship in 2014, but Forrester Research’s J.P. Gownder also says that between 80 and 90 percent of current wearable devices will fail, according to CNN. Here are a few of the biggest physical challenges preventing wearable gadgets from being a part of our everyday lives.
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