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by erdle2 4485 days ago
Quick Service Restaurants. Delivery. - Google Coordinate? Pick and Pack Fulfillment Facilities.

The immediate need and future for wearables is in the service and manufacturing industries where humans are still required but need to be more efficient.

Being able to see the status of every order, take a pic of every order as it heads out for QA, being able to see the customer placing the order at the drive thru or maybe through an app on their phone in the parking lot or driving up, etc.

People don't have an immediate need for wearables in their casual, everyday life. But they do have a need for those in the service industry to continue to create better, more efficient experiences. And then you have manufacturing and fulfillment facilities where people already carry around small computers and thermal printers for identifying and noting batches and statuses on the floor.