This is what makes Facebook's smart bracelets a disruptive technology
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:25 am
To put it simply, Facebook says that with basic gestures called “clicks,” the bands will track commands to follow, and beyond “tapping in the air” to set up a device or play a video game, Facebook’s smart wristbands will be able to track the nerve signals your brain sends to your fingers as you type , so you can type on a virtual keyboard without physical buttons.
Facebook promises that the wristbands will gradually adapt to the way you type, “learning” how you move your fingers when you make typos and automatically correcting them, among many other features.
As it could radically change the way most of us use and georgia business email database interact with mobile phones and computers, in everyday tasks such as checking email or answering a call. As Facebook itself explains:
“You might feel a series of vibrations and pulses to alert you when you receive an email marked “urgent,” while a regular email might have a single pulse or no haptic feedback at all, depending on your preference. When a phone call comes in, a custom piece of haptic feedback on your wrist could let you know who’s calling. This would allow you to complete an action — in this case, a smart click to pick up the call or send it to voicemail — with little to no visual feedback. These are all examples of haptic feedback that helps HCI become a two-way conversation between you and your devices.”
Facebook promises that the wristbands will gradually adapt to the way you type, “learning” how you move your fingers when you make typos and automatically correcting them, among many other features.
As it could radically change the way most of us use and georgia business email database interact with mobile phones and computers, in everyday tasks such as checking email or answering a call. As Facebook itself explains:
“You might feel a series of vibrations and pulses to alert you when you receive an email marked “urgent,” while a regular email might have a single pulse or no haptic feedback at all, depending on your preference. When a phone call comes in, a custom piece of haptic feedback on your wrist could let you know who’s calling. This would allow you to complete an action — in this case, a smart click to pick up the call or send it to voicemail — with little to no visual feedback. These are all examples of haptic feedback that helps HCI become a two-way conversation between you and your devices.”