Verva Vie Sports Gauntlet
References: student.designawards.au & gizmodo
The Vie (pronounced vee, French word for life), designed by Du Tran Nguyen, is a sports glove concept that incorporates today's latest technologies to enhance sports, active and social lifestyles via an innovative human-machine-interface. In addition to being a typical health monitor, The Vie also uses GPS technology to map jog routes, rendezvous with friends, send out emergency distress beacons and more.
The Vie has a clean dynamic design; the lines flow with the contours of the hand to feel purposeful and ergonomic. To keep the sport natural and dynamic, the input is made via a unique, single hand control interface. It is made from waterproof, windproof and breathable fabric with injection moulded EVA housing.
Trend Themes
1. GPS Sports Wearable - This trend highlights the growing popularity of incorporating GPS technology into sports wearable devices, creating opportunities for innovators to develop more advanced and integrated solutions.
2. Human-machine Interface - The trend of enhancing sports and active lifestyles through innovative human-machine interfaces creates opportunities for new product development and customization.
3. Smart Health Monitoring - The trend of integrating advanced health monitoring capabilities into sports gloves presents opportunities for disruptors to create personalized and real-time health tracking solutions.
Industry Implications
1. Wearable Technology - The wearable technology industry can leverage the GPS sports glove trend to develop new products that enhance sports experiences.
2. Outdoor Recreation - The outdoor recreation industry can embrace the GPS sports glove trend to offer enhanced safety features and improved social connectivity for active lifestyles.
3. Sports and Fitness - The sports and fitness industry can tap into the smart health monitoring trend to provide athletes and fitness enthusiasts with accurate and data-driven performance insights.
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