"Denim jacket which can operate smartphone" made by Google and Levi will be released in the spring of 2017

Google is Google I / O in 2015Cooperate with Levi's (den) of the denim maker and incorporate the touch controller into clothing "Project Jacquard"Although it was announcing, the denim jacket which used this fabric was to be actually released also in the spring of 2017. The sensor has been woven into the sleeve of the jacket and it is designed to be able to operate smartphone navigation, music function, call function etc.

Project Jacquard
https://atap.google.com/jacquard/

From the movie below it looks like I actually operate the smartphone by touching the denim jacket.

Levi's® Commuter ™ x Jacquard by Google Trucker Jacket - YouTube


Before going out, enter the destination on your smartphone ......


Continue to the inner pocket.


Go out on a bicycle. The smartphone is in the pocket, but the navigation remains on.


Running, bike mode on.


On a smartphone, an instruction "go straight ahead on 4th street" is issued, and when you stumble on the sleeve part ...


You will be informed that "turn left at channel street". The actual guidance is the pattern being done with the earphone attached to the ear.


Looking for shops nearby ......


You can also control favorite playlists.


The phone from the boss who came in during the ride ......


Swipe up and refuse incoming and OK. This is because the sensor woven into the fabric of the part of the sleeve is sensing the movement of the finger and performing the operation of the wirelessly connected smartphone.


A movie about how this denim jacket is actually made is also released.

Project Jacquard: Making the Jacket - YouTube


Denim cloth woven with a huge weaving machine. Although this cloth seems to be woven in the United States, the sample cloth of Project Jacquard announced at Google I / O in 2015 seems to have been made in Japan's denim producing place · Okayama prefecture.


Sense of the sensor appearing slightly on the surface


On the back side of the fabric, a thread-like sensor is visible


Cut and sew the fabric ... ...


Denim is completed. Sensor part floating on the sleeve part.


A chip is attached to the sensor, and the movement of the finger is converted into an electric signal.



The denim jacket made in this way is an ordinary jacket, but actually it is a completely new "equipped with" smartphone functionWearableIt is a jacket.


The denim jacket made by Levi's and Google is going to be released in the US in the spring of 2017, and it seems that the beta test will be started in the fall of 2016. The price has not been decided yet.

Levi's® Jeans, Jackets & amp; Clothing | Levi 's® (US) Official Site
http://www.levi.com/US/en_US/


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