IiSmartwatches zafika kwimarike ngenxa yomsizi wePebble, inkampani leyo wayengazi ukuba angaqhelana njani nezizukulwana ezitsha zeewatchwatches kwaye ekugqibeleni yathengwa nguFitbit, ukuze ikwazi ukusebenzisa onke amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza kunye netekhnoloji ababenayo ngegama labo kodwa bengazi ukuba bangayisebenzisa njani.
Emva kwengqalutye, baqala ukufika iiwatchwatches zokuqala ezinombala kunye nescreen sokuchukumisa. Ingxaki abajongana nayo abasebenzisi abaninzi bubungakanani bescreen esincinci, ngamanye amaxesha ekunokwenzeka ukuba sinxibelelane, nangona emva kokuzama iimodeli ezininzi njengemeko yam, ugqibela ngokuqhela. Ukuba ubungakanani bescreen bubalulekile kuwe, iLumiWatch isenokuba yeyona smartwatch uyikhangelayo.
Uninzi luye lwaba luvo oluye lwavela kwintengiso kule minyaka idlulileyo, iikhonsepthi ezisibonisa ujongano lwe-smartphone yethu ibonakaliswe kwingalo yethu. IYunivesithi yaseCarnegie Mellon idale iprototype yento enokuba yeyokuqala i-smartwatch neprojektha ye-laser, iprojektha eya kuba negunya lokubonisa ujongano kwingalo yethu ukuze sikwazi ukusebenzisana nayo ngendlela elula ngakumbi kunokuba sisenza ngoku ngeemodeli zangoku.
ILumiWatch iyadityaniswa kwi Iprojektha ye-laser ye-lumens eyi-15, ukukhanya okungaphezulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba kube nakho ukubonisa ujongano lwesixhobo kunye nokunxibelelana nalo. Ngaphakathi sifumana ibhetri engama-740 mAh (ephezulu kakhulu kunaleyo ibonelelwa zii-smartwatches zanamhlanje), kunye neprosesa ye-Qualcomm ye-4 GHz 1,2-core, i-768 MB ye-RAM kunye ne-4 GB yememori. Inonxibelelwano lweBluetooth kunye neWi-Fi. Ngokweqela laseCarnegie Mellon University, le prototype inokuba nexabiso lentengiso le- $ 600, kabini ixabiso apho sinokufumana uninzi lweemodeli ezaziwa kakhulu kwintengiso.