Wearables blog

This blog introduces the different Arm Total Compute solutions for wearable devices in the XR market, like VR headsets and AR smartglasses.

This blog provides in-depth technical details about the science behind holographic display for Augmented Reality (AR) on mobile.

This blog explains how various use cases will develop through the new era of augmented reality - now, in the near future and in the far future.

As Microsoft launches its latest mixed reality headset, the HoloLens2, we take a look at the key features and capabilities of the wearable device and how Arm is enabling performance and power efficiency benefits.

Blog from Ian Pilkington, an VR and AR expert at Arm, details the innovative products he saw at CES 2019, and outlines why mass-consumer uptake of AR is just a few years away from being a reality.

Arm created the Arm Approved Design Partner Program (AADP) in 2016 to enable partners to turn their product concepts into working silicon more quickly. While the program was conceived to assist new customers, e.g. start-ups and OEMs, with their Design Start designs, the need to get products to market earlier equally applies to Arm’s traditional silicon partners.

This blog presents a detailed description of the steps to achieve mobile inside-out VR tracking with Unity and Google ARCore/Tango SDKs running on Samsung GearVR or Google Daydream.

The cat is out of the bag. There has been a lot of speculation around Apple’s plans to remove the headset jack for the iPhone 7. The recent announcement confirming this will now lead to innovation and new opportunities in the headset market. T...

Last week, at MWC, ARM® partner Omate® announced their first standalone smartwatch designed especially for kids, with their brand-new Omate Wherecom K3. Featuring a 3G Dual-core 1GHz ARM Cortex®-A7 and an ARM Mali™-400 GPU, the K3 ...

The beginning of a year brings with it the potential of many new things; resolutions, good habits and of course the new gadgets that promise to change our lives at CES. Amidst the glitz of promises of longer, healthier and more fulfilling lives, the ...

During CES 2016, Microchip unveiled a complete, ultra-low-power connected platform for cost-optimized IoT and wearable applications. This new platform features the world’s lowest power ARM Cortex-M0+, the Atmel | SMART SAM L21, and award-winnin...

Embedded Computing Boards is much more than industrial PCs. In fact there are unique and differentiating technologies such as PoP, which stands for Package on Package technology that can be offered by only a few embedded board companies.  One su...

Yesterday, the Media Processing Group at ARM announced a new highly-efficient graphics processing unit (GPU), the ARM® Mali™-470, to enable smartphone-quality visuals on wearable and IoT devices: ARM Mali-470 GPU Offers Improved Efficiency...

Do you recall what you were doing back in the summer of fourth grade? Chances are you weren’t creating a programmable, Arduino-based smartwatch like eight-year-old Maker Omkar Govil-Nair, let alone starting your own business.The O Watch is buil...

Did you know that 45.7 million wearable devices are expected to ship this year, up 133.4% from the 19.6 million units shipped in 2014? And by 2019, reports are calling for shipment volumes to reach 126.1 million units, resulting in a five-year CAGR o...

With all the buzz around crowdfunding new hardware and after meeting some of the founders of these startups I thought it wise to talk to someone who has literally written a book on electronic products design, John Teel.  John comes from the worl...

Most of you who’ve lived through the late ‘80s and ‘90s can’t distinctly recollect those Life Alert commercials with Mrs. Fletcher yelling, “Help! I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up!” Lo and behold, the ca...

When it comes to saving files nowadays, we have several options ranging from good ol’ flash drives and discs to cloud storage. However, let’s face it. How many pocket-sized USB devices have you lost in the past, leaving you no choice but ...