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Moov: The End of the Bullshit Workout [video]

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Re: Moov: The End of the Bullshit Workout [video]

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Post by ultimatedelman »

flyinglizard wrote: post #8
suprgeek wrote: post #3

Reminds me a lot of the Misfit Shine http://www.misfitwearables.com/ whithout the shiny light thingies. There seem to be hundreds of these popping up recently. 2014 is shaping up to be the year of wearables, and it is going to get more insane with the Google Watch, and a potential Apple wearable (watch? headphones with heart rate monitoring?) later in the year.

This is one of the most absurd site designs I've seen in a while. I'm waiting many seconds at a time for the site to load images of attractive looking people doing glamorous things, while what I really want is to understand the utility value of their product. Now I'm annoyed and they come across as pretentious. Too bad. While this kind of gross presentation of product values happens once in a while, what made misfit…

i'm actually really impressed by the misfits site, but maybe that's the front end dev in me talking. they should be preloading images for the next step while you're looking at the current step, though.

Re: Moov: The End of the Bullshit Workout [video]

#12

Post by flyinglizard »

ultimatedelman wrote: post #11
flyinglizard wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is one of the most absurd site designs I've seen in a while. I'm waiting many seconds at a time for the site to load images of attractive looking people doing glamorous things, while what I really want is to understand the utility value of their product. Now I'm annoyed and they come across as pretentious. Too bad. While this kind of gross presentation of product values happens once in a while, what made misfit…

i'm actually really impressed by the misfits site, but maybe that's the front end dev in me talking. they should be preloading images for the next step while you're looking at the current step, though.

Technically and graphically it's really impressive, but it fails to fulfill its purpose. We should be impressed with the product, not the site design.

Re: Moov: The End of the Bullshit Workout [video]

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Post by ultimatedelman »

flyinglizard wrote: post #12
ultimatedelman wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i'm actually really impressed by the misfits site, but maybe that's the front end dev in me talking. they should be preloading images for the next step while you're looking at the current step, though.

Technically and graphically it's really impressive, but it fails to fulfill its purpose. We should be impressed with the product, not the site design.

of course, that's the intent of the site. i actually think it did a pretty good job of that. sure, it's displayed on pretty people, but those pictures do a pretty good job displaying the versatility of the product in how it can be worn and used. there's even a section that does an exploded view of the product so you can see what it's made of. after going through the whole site, i felt i understood it a lot better than the OP's link.

Re: Moov: The End of the Bullshit Workout [video]

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Post by pjaun »

suprgeek wrote: post #3

Reminds me a lot of the Misfit Shine http://www.misfitwearables.com/ whithout the shiny light thingies. There seem to be hundreds of these popping up recently. 2014 is shaping up to be the year of wearables, and it is going to get more insane with the Google Watch, and a potential Apple wearable (watch? headphones with heart rate monitoring?) later in the year.

These things are popping up because of the availability of 9-axis SoCs,

http://www.invensense.com/mems/gyro/mpu9150.html

https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/en/homepage/products_3/9_axi...

Re: Moov: The End of the Bullshit Workout [video]

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Post by graeham »

pjaun wrote: post #14
suprgeek wrote: post #3

Reminds me a lot of the Misfit Shine http://www.misfitwearables.com/ whithout the shiny light thingies. There seem to be hundreds of these popping up recently. 2014 is shaping up to be the year of wearables, and it is going to get more insane with the Google Watch, and a potential Apple wearable (watch? headphones with heart rate monitoring?) later in the year.

These things are popping up because of the availability of 9-axis SoCs, http://www.invensense.com/mems/gyro/mpu9150.html https://www.bosch-sensortec.com/en/homepage/products_3/9_axi...

Indeed. These sensors are the impressive part of wearables, it will be tough to build a differentiated product on top. Invensense becomes the Apple/Samsung, and the wearable maker becomes an app, but with hardware development timelines and costs. The way to win is if someone can make a "killer app", and continue to innovate faster than competitors simply copying what works.

Re: Moov: The End of the Bullshit Workout [video]

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Post by mandelbulb »

mistercow wrote: post #5
ultimatedelman wrote: post #2

looks like a nice-looking version of the Yet-Another-Watch-Thing connected to an app. i am always confused by the utility of said app... it looks like i'm supposed to be looking at my phone while i'm doing my workout to get the tips it's suggesting, but i don't want to do that.

Well, the speech feedback would help with that. No idea how any of this is supposed to help you in a pool though.

Well there are waterproof Bluetooth ear-phones, maybe even Wifi ones. Though it's preferable if the former use the classic channels so the range is up to 300feet (~100m) or you could install the app on a waterproof Android watch.
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