{"id":749,"date":"2014-01-30T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T10:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2014-01-30T10:30:13","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T10:30:13","slug":"plantronics-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/plantronics-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Plantronics Concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t you hate when companies hide their plans for years?\u00a0 Well that won\u2019t happen here!\u00a0 Plantronics Labs has released some new videos that allow us to see what they are working on for future products.\u00a0 The coolest thing I have seen in a long time, and what I wanted to share with you today, is what they call the \u201cConcept One.\u201d\u00a0 The concept one is really the wearable of the future and I will explain why.<\/p>\n<p>The Wearable Concept One looks a lot like the Voyager Pro but can do so much more.\u00a0 It takes a fantastic headset packed with features, and adds a low latency nine-axis sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and a compass.\u00a0 This allows for some amazing possibilities all coming from this headset.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KFPpiZJOxrc?start=96&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Head Tracking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the most obvious application of the Wearable Concept One.\u00a0 It could be used to track your head movements.\u00a0 The prototype can already do this in real time with very low latency as seen in the video above.\u00a0 You can see another demo below.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b7H2srLoLCc#t=1869<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enhanced Gaming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being a gamer myself, the endless possibilities of this technology excites me.\u00a0 Imagine how scary a game could be if it could tell which direction you were looking.\u00a0 Picture all of the neat features that could be added that would respond to the nod of the head or a tap on the earpiece.\u00a0 I foresee some awesome gaming opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>To see an example of how games can be impacted with a headset with motion tracking, check out the video below!<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe width=\"1100\" height=\"619\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mG_a3QnJs5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>GPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The features on the headset are able to work with your smartphones GPS to\u00a0allow developers to\u00a0create unique experiences\u00a0within the applications they build.\u00a0\u00a0For example\u00a0PLT LABS has created an app that uses head tracking to navigate Google Street View.\u00a0\u00a0Using GPS location from the cell phone, Google Street View is able to display the user\u2019s real-life location.\u00a0 Once the GPS has detected the proper location, the headset is able detect which direction a user is looking and display that corresponding Google Street View image on the computer screen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This device could be used in a variety of other ways as well.\u00a0 Its ability to connect to GPS makes it an incredibly useful tool for first responders of all types (police, fire, medical).\u00a0 Since the concept one also has a build in pedometer, and music streaming capabilities, it makes a perfect workout tool as well.\u00a0 It truly is the all in one headset.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly it is just a prototype for now, but cheer up, you can read more about the concept one and stay updated at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pltlabs.com\/\">www.pltlabs.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t you hate when companies hide their plans for years?\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[1157,1158,1159,402,1160,1161],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}