20% project that became a new product category for Google and became WearOS
Co-founder of 20% wearable computing effort
That mobilized 100+ other 20% cross-functional contributors across the company
Several phases
Wore multiple hats
Entrepreneur first
Presented at Google I/O 2016
Talk
An early prototype we built, in our fist end-to-end stack, a cloud server app, that used multiple context signals to return a mini JS app (ca 2012). In this prototype I wrote this mini app that tracked your food intake, the interaction was simpler but it in consideration the portions you'd take in certain food categories.
The 3 original 20% co-founders of the project, and our original first concept mocks and a video of our first prototype
Top row: various stages of hardware prototyping Bottom row: visiting the Motorola minifab, where the first full hardware was built
Presenting Material Design for Wearables at Google I/O 2016
The app interaction model
First WearOS component library for wearable apps
Animation showing the components in action
Concept for 1P and 3P apps used for developer documentation
Material design for Wearables was developed via extensive co-creation sprints
My first management gig was for Google Fit, then part of the Wear team