INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Smartwatches may be gaining in popularity, but some users are held back by the complications that arise from interacting with a tiny screen
fully-functional and self-contained projection smartwatch," one researcher writes, provides "a touchscreen interface right on your arm."The
watch is said to provide about 40 square centimeters of space on which to interact with the projections, five times the surface area of the
typical smartwatch.Housed in the watch are a 15 lumen scanned-laser projector, Qualcomm APQ8026 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU with a 450 MHz GPU,
right on their arm, such as swiping to unlock and selecting apps
The watch can also track 2D finger movements, though for now it appears limited to drawing squiggly lines.Will we see consumer smartwatches
adopt the projection method, turning everyone's arms into a touchscreen Time will tell, but this is certainly an intriguing, if still
clunky, concept.Via The Verge
