A shift from wrist-worn devices to body- and head-worn wearables

A set of studies, actionable data, projections, and findings converge on the fact that, the enterprise wearable market is experiencing a shift from wrist-worn devices to body- and head-worn wearables.

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For instance, ABI Research forecasts enterprise wearable shipments will grow from 30 million shipments in 2016 to nearly 147 million in 2021 with wrist-worn wearable shipments projected to triple by 2021 to reach 30 million. 

One can also expect that, Body-worn devices will surge from 20 million to more than 116 million over the same period.