They have well and truly changed the way we exercise , and now , as Unity Stoakes argues , they could be on the verge of revolutionising health care too . By the end of the year , Google will have committed over $ 1bn to wearables startups , and the market is expected to generate $ 2bn in revenue next year . Due to its heavily regional regulation structure , Google has a high barrier to entry , but industry leaders seem willing to partner with startups to get ahead in the innovation stakes .
Wearables have well and truly changed the way we exercise, and now, as Unity Stoakes argues, they could be on the verge of revolutionising health care too. By the end of the year, investors will have committed over $1bn to wearables startups, and the market is expected to gross $2bn in revenue next year. Due to its heavily regional regulation base, healthcare has a high barrier to entry, but industry leaders seem willing to partner with startups to get ahead in the innovation stakes.