Five of the most anticipated technological releases for 2015 – Globo.com

The Apple Watch can give impetus to market products ‘wearable’

What new technologies will dominate the stage at this year beginning?

The BBC highlights and analyzes five bets for 2015:

1. Apple Watch

After months of speculation, Apple finally presented in September 2014, its smart wristwatch model.

Apple promised new to the early 2015, but did not give specific dates.

In addition to showing the time, the clock sends messages, provides location and make payments via wireless connection. Will also use apps and should work together with the iPhone 5 or later models

Perhaps one of the most innovative factors in relation to previous smart watches is their aesthetic:. Has different sizes and colors

<. p> Some analysts predict that the success of Apple Watch is confirmed, it can give impetus to the industry of “wearables” (technology “wear”, literally).

2. Windows 10

In September, Microsoft announced details of its new operating system, Windows 10.

To ease the most criticized aspects of Windows 8, the company said that will recover some features of previous versions, such as the “start” button for fast access to computer functions.

Windows 10 retrieves features from previous versions that have left us longing users

The new operating system to hit the market in early September 2015.

3. Oculus Rift, version for consumers

Thirty years after the dawn of virtual reality technology to experience it seems to be finally coming closer to consumers.

This industry has as its main focus the Rift glasses, whose version to the general public should be ready during 2015.

“This is months, not years away,” he said in November the executive director of Oculus Rift, Brendan Iribe.

The gadget promises to realize the dream of bringing the virtual reality of science fiction to the living room of game fans. Both the prototype as the version for developers aroused great enthusiasm.

Glasses can bring virtual reality into the living rooms

The glasses have been observed curiously the industry since its first prototype, 2012, until version “Crystal Cove” and most rounded, presented at the Consumer Electronics Show event in 2014.

In March this year, Facebook announced the acquisition of Oculus by about $ 2 billion – a bet by a not so distant future in which virtual and augmented reality could be part of our everyday life

4.. Google Glass, version for consumers

Much has been said about Google Glass. However, to date, it does not hit the market as a fully finished product.

His Explorer Edition version went on sale in May 2014, as a product for developers, available in the US and the United States for about $ 1500.

Now, the industry waits for the next model, Google Glass 2, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

This new generation of intelligent glasses is expected for 2015, but we do not know the exact date.

It is believed that the new model is already a consumer-oriented version with a much lower price and with appeal . to a wider sector of the market

The WSJ reported that the new Google Glass uses a microchip Intel that analysts can increase the length of your battery. – one of the items criticized in Explorer version

5. Mobile OnePlus Two

OnePlus caused buzz to create functional and low-cost mobile

The device, the first and only model being marketed by start-up OnePlus caused buzz in 2014, when he was appointed as one of the revelations of the year.

The OnePlus is headquartered in Shenzhen, a giant technological center boiling in China.

And after the success of OnePlus One, the company confirmed the launch of OnePlus Two in 2015, which should hit the shelves between April and September

The current model can give clues as to how would the Two version:. is an attractive mobile phone and functional, the competitive price of $ 299 US for a 16 gig memory model.

It was designed to compete with models of great weight, like the Samsung Galaxy S5, the HTC One M8 and Google Nexus 5.

The OnePlus uses the operating system CyanogenMod, open source system for phones and tablets based on Android.

But the OnePlus One is not yet available in Latin America. The company says it is expanding and increasing the number of countries where you want to sell what is, for now, their only phone.