Microsoft also wants to release a clock -computer - and, as it turned out, not the first time

Microsoft Corporation also works on possible design options for a wearable computer in the form of wristwalks, RIA Novosti reports with reference to The Wall Street Journal.

Sources, “acquaintances with the situation” told reporters that Microsoft ordered details for “smart” watches, including 1.5 inches diagonal sensory displays. Presumably, they are designed for devices in the shape of a clock. One of the sources said that he met with the Microsoft team on research and development.

When exactly the company plans to announce the prototype of the device, has not yet been reported. Representatives of Microsoft refused to comment on WSJ information.

Earlier it has been repeatedly reported that Apple, Google and Samsung are working on the development of similar devices. The "apple" gadget of the new, according to rumors, will receive a curved display with the glass of Willow Glass and the iOS operating system. Apple's announcement, according to The New York Times, may take place before the end of the year. Rumors about Google watches are based on a patent application of an Internet giant filed last year. It can be assumed that the wristwatch-computer can be a spare version of a wearable minicomputer in the form of Google Glass glasses, which have been written more often about recently. The information that the South Korean giant is developing a wearable computer in the form of a wristwatch formally confirmed by the head of the Samsung Electronics mobile devices Lee Yun Ha.

In the case of launching a new Microsoft mobile device, it will continue its strategy for turning from a software company into a "manufacturer of devices and services". The company is already sales of the Surface tablet and, according to rumors, is working on a smartphone under its own brand.

Formally, and now many electronic devices can be attributed to the class of wearable computers, however, the future, according to experts believe, are behind gadgets that will be attached directly to the human body and have not only developed communication capabilities, but also means of fixing reality.

Experts distinguish four main segments of the promising market of wearable electronics: devices for maintaining physical form and health, medical sensors and devices, industrial and military devices and devices for obtaining information and entertainment, recalls cnews.ru .

According to the Juniper Research forecast, in the period from 2013 to 2017, the sale of such devices will grow from 15 million to 70 million units, and in monetary terms the market will practically double next year - up to $ 1.5 billion compared to $ 800 this year.

In Microsoft, a new trend was foreseen even more than 10 years ago. In 2002, Bill Gates presented the Spot technology concept (from Smart Personal Objects Technology), the purpose of which was to expand the functionality of the usual objects that people use every day, by introducing software into them.

Spot Watch hours even went on sale, but in 2008 they were discontinued, and at the beginning of 2012, Microsoft completely abandoned Spot. According to experts, the company caught one of the future trends, but could not understand exactly how the new technology needs to be embedded in people's lives, or just ahead of its time.