STACK #182 Dec 2019

GAMES FEATURE TECH FEATURE

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N ot to belie my age, but I can remember the first time someone brought a Casio watch into the playground at school. We promptly formed a circle around him where he proudly displayed on his wrist a black watch that played my favourite game at the time, Scramble. Yes, it was a basic interpretation of the arcade classic, but to be able to play it on the move (and in class) was a total revelation. A game on a watch! What would be next? Could that old Saturday morning TV show that featured a detective called Dick Tracy, who communicated through his watch, soon become a reality? Well, not for a long time. While the concept of a smartwatch does indeed extend back to the digital timepieces that began appearing in the early ‘70s, what we would call a smartwatch today is a much more comprehensive proposition. They’re ubiquitous – noticing a smartwatch on the wrist of a fellow public transport commuter was a The rise and rise of smartwatches and why, with the arrival of summer, it’s time to get involved. Words Adam Colby

...noticing a smartwatch on the wrist of a fellow public transport commuter was a novelty not even four years ago. Today is a completely different story – spotting someone without one is a challenge

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