Dublin, Dec. 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kg..._wearables ) has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Smart Wearables, Sport and Fitness: Market Shares, Strategy, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2015 to 2021" to their offering. Wearable technology is poised to affect the way any game is played by professionals, shifting sports more than anything has ever done before. Sports and smart technology are poised to give teams that are early adopters significant competitive advantage. Professional sports teams and professional athletes are early adopters of wearable sensors, driving market growth.
This report gives a comprehensive overview of the Smart Wearables for Sports and Fitness market segment. Research represents a selection from the mountains of data available of the most relevant and cogent market materials, with selections made by the most senior analysts. Next generation smart wearables leverage better technology, they support high quality data gathering in the specific sport or activity in which they are being used. Devices are highly targeted to specific situations. The wearables technology is evolving: better data gathering, better reliability, better navigation, better ability, better analytics to turn data into information are provided. Wearables are useful for measuring the effect of different activities on performance. Devices are useful for measuring different levels of personal effort, swing a bat, running a mile, carrying a football, enduring a hit to the head. Affordable, useful wrist wearables are available with a increasing number of data collection functions. In sports and fitness technology, it is not about what data can be shown, it is how meaningful the data is in terms of improving athletic performance or managing overall personal fitness. Wearables have become fitness and sports personal devices. They bring big data, enough data that it can be turned into actionable information. Devices are being used by athletes and coaches to make team members better players. Fitness devices are being used to increase the levels and qualities of exercise. Whether it is an UP band or Zepp, vendors have been forced to realize that people need interpretation of data, they need to know the meaning of data collected by the wearable. Key Topics Covered: 1. Sports Wearables: Market Description And Market Dynamics 2. Sports Wearables: Market Shares And Market Forecasts 3. Sports Wearables: Market Opportunity And Product Description 4. Sports Wearables Technology And Research 5. Sports And Fitness Wearables: Company Profiles Companies Mentioned - adidas AG / Reebok - Adidas - Apple - Babolat - Basis - Blast Motion - Casio - Catapult - Crossmatch - Diamond Kinetics - Epson - Fitbit - FlexTech Alliance - GN Store Nord / Jabra - Garmin - GoPro - Heddoko - Huawei - Immersion TouchSense - Jawbone - LG - LifeTrak - Lumo - MC10 - MYOVOLT - Made in Sense Happic - Major League Baseball (MLB) - Martian - MioGlobal - Misfit - Motus - Myontec - National Football League (NFL) - Netatmo - Nike - Notch - ONETOUCH - Pebble - Performance Sports Group - Pivotal - Pivothead - Polar - Samsung - Sony - Speedo - Stats - Stonecrysus - StretchSense - TCL Communications / Alcatel - Teams - Thalmic Labs - Vicis - Vista Equity Partners / STSTS - Withings - Xensr - Xiaomi - Zepp For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/kg..._wearables Source: Wintergreen Research, Inc
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