Google and Levi's introduce first official garments with the technology to allow user to Interact with the devices comfortable and natural way. Wearable technology is not a new concept, because we have smart watches, smart headphones but what about the smart clothes ?
Smart jacket helps the user in nevigate and phone calls without even having to touch your phone. The smart jacket is the first product that uses the touch sensitive fabric. Smart jacket is developed as a part of project jacquard and project division.
The smart jacket is specially design for the bike user, that need to know about direction and still connected with the location. Suppose user listen a music, at that time user want to skip to a next track then user just tap on his jacket. so the music track is change very quickly and easily. Some other similar gestures can also be used to adjust the volume, answer or decline on phone calls or interact with the google map. The smart jacket are connected with the phone through bluetooth technology.
The partnership between Google and Levi's speaks to that growing effort between the technology and fashion industries. Several designers have already partnered with the likes of Fitbit and Apple to make their wearable more chic and less geek. Companies including Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren and Under Armour have released smart active wear; seeing a brand as old and mainstream as Levi's get in on the act illustrates just how pervasive the idea has become.
"The retail opportunity is huge," Morgan-Petro said. "We're basically seeing clothes as the future of wearables."
The smart jacket is eapicially useful when it might be difficult to use the smartphone, like when user riding on bike. Jacket can also provide some type of vibration, so user are alerted on phone calls.When it's released later in the year, the jacket will come with an app so that you can customise the specific functions you want the five kinds of gestures to control: slide forward, slide back, double tap, full palm press, and a circular movement.