The Verge

While Microsoft's main investment in sensor technology has been Kinect, the software maker hasn't ventured into wearable devices recently. With devices like Jawbone and Nike's FuelBand soaring in popularity, and Google's Glass set to debut later this year, there's clearly a shift towards wearable computing in general. Speaking at Microsoft's TechForum event this week, the company's president of the Interactive Entertainment Business responsible for Xbox, Don Mattrick, offered his own predictions for the future of wearable tech.

"My personal belief, 10 years from now, we'll be wearing 10 sensors on our body collecting data and applying that data to things that are valuable to us as users," said Mattrick. While he stopped short of any potential product announcements, he admitted he was personally "bullish" on the idea of home automation and sensors. Qi Lu, president of Microsoft's online services division, had presented his vision of Bing as a platform prior to Mattrick's comments. Lu sees Bing as a way for Microsoft to process information from sensors and other sources; what that'll mean for users isn't yet clear, but it's easy to imagine a Google Now-like service that indexes your entire life. Highlighting Lu's comments, Mattrick said he's "excited about thinking sensors, multiple screens, intelligence, the capabilities that Qi spoke about [Bing as a platform] in being a base to redefine what we do."

We understand that Microsoft has been testing a wrist-worn "Joule" heart rate monitor. The fitness accessory for Xbox and Windows has been described previously, by sources, as a flat touch screen accessory that sits on an inch-wide nylon arm band with bluetooth and GPS to track movement for Microsoft's Kinect PlayFit system. Alongside this accessory, previous leaks have suggested that Microsoft is investigating the idea of a Kinect Glasses scenario (known internally as Project Fortaleza) that would enable augmented reality for the next Xbox. Microsoft is toying with a number of Kinect-related research projects with wearable elements, so Mattrick's predictions hint that Microsoft is looking even further towards a future of wearable sensors. All that remains is for Microsoft to unveil its next-gen Xbox, with the possibility that it will set the stage and base for additional devices and peripherals.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/7/4075196/microsoft-don-mattrick-sensor-predicitions

If he was a genius then he would continue to predict further performance that will be poor

Not me. The only thing on my body that isn't clothing is an optional watch or classes if not wearing contacts.

If the google glass thing is integrated into my glasses and no one can distinguish them from normal glasses then I might wear that.

But that's it. I wear a watch for looks, I mean who doesn't have a clock on phone or in car or random wall in hallway or whatever room your in, ect. So my watch is purely for looks. I don't see any digital contraption that can make calls, play music, check heart rate, ect becoming fashionably preferable to a nice slick looking watch.

I have no health problems, so checking blood pressure, heart rate, ect is something i never do or would do. I never even check my heart rate when on the treadmill or eliptical.

These types of comments are just absurd.

I remember reading an article in Discovery maganize in the mid-90s that said we'd have Space Hotels by 2013. Well, where are they?

IN SPACE!

They forgot to close the air lock in the testing stage.....

In Space?

Oh fuck that, I'm going to become a hermit when that happens.

lolwut?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkpzR5vVA9k

People might have sensors but all of them will probably be in a tablet or phone

You have not visited one?  Best way is by hoverboard or jet pack I find.