Mobile Developers Can Put on Their Boogie shoes With Boogio Wearable SDK for Footware

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Boogio is a recent startup that plans on turning any shoe into a smart shoe. For developers who want to get involved, the company is offering preorders of the Boogio Beta developer kits priced $189.00 USD.

Boogio is promoting its new platform as the world's first wearable device that can sense gravitational forces, inner balance, and 3D movement of the feet in real-time, delivering data directly to a mobile device. Developers use can data to build new applications for immersive wearable experiences in entertainment, gaming, and health and fitness.

Some of the use cases Boogio envisions include:

Entertainment

- Pair with the Oculus Rift and other gaming devices to allow for a hands-free, immersive virtual reality experience.

- Gamification of fitness by detecting movements such as dancing, jumping, and squatting.

Diagnostic applications

Pre- and post-surgery rehabilitation by providing feedback on muscle movements to help patients recover functionality over time.

- Athletic training by using Boogio's data to help train muscles to perfect a jump shot or test balance for a golf swing.

- Running through provide feedback on gait.

Utility applications

- Control slideshow presentations by integrating with slideshow presentations to turn pages by simply leaning left to right.

Here’s what is included with the developer kit:

- Two Boogio Beta boards with shoe clips