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It's still "simulated" which means Photoshopped / After Effects. I"m actually pretty nervous because there's no "simulated" disclaimer, yet these mock-ups are terribly rough:

- fake / inconsistent lighting accents & bevel

- screens in the photos are pixelated (looks like a screen-res quality source was rotated), yet the 3D model's screen is totally smooth suggesting 400 dpi or better

- clip rotation angles are off

- the cropping is poor, has antialiasing problems

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In other words, you can tell by some of the pixels?

Well, i imagine radley has seen quite a few shops in his time.

A+, didn't think I'd see this reference on HN :)

An easy way to tell: look at the edges of the text area's white background. See how they're kinda jaggy, almost like steps? That's due to low resolution. Either the device is low res (which most smart phones are) or the source image was.

Now look at the edges of the 3D watch's hands: they're all smooth at every angle. That means either a 3D mock-up or an incredibly high res screen. Yet look at the black watch face in the prior shot: all the hands are jagged.

Nice; though reading your explanation made me imagine how we're getting close to https://xkcd.com/331/ territory ;).

and by ...

Did you watch the video? Looks like they have real prototypes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xQ3y902DEQ&noredirect=1#t=6...

He means that it may be a real device prototype, but the video is added in post.

It's no doubt a real watch he's wearing, but I'm pretty sure the screen is fake. No screen that emits photons would appear like that when recorded by a camcorder. The brightness and crispness is visibly wrong. I'm pretty sure it's CG.

The screen is definitely an overlay. There's even a tiny tracking glitch at 1:09-1:10.

>I'm pretty sure the screen is fake

It says that the screen is simulated at 0:23.

"Screen Images Simulated" fine print @ 0:25 (under the scrubber)

I've never seen Android that smooth and I'm an Android UI expert. That's all After Effects.

As an Android UI expert, can you provide mockups to redesign the Android Wear UI?

No thnx, but I will do a test build soon to see what the emulator's actual rez is...

Have you worked with the Nexus 5?

Round is 320x320 and square is 280x280 according to this article:

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/android-wear-facts,news-18491.ht...

I totally missed that. Thanks.

The LG watch looks more like an iPhone strapped to your wrist than a watch.

http://i.imgur.com/yP1Qpa9.png

I was kind of excited after viewing the Motorola page, but after the videos, I'm disappointed. I don't want to speak to my watch, and I don't care about having yet another app for weather, calendar, etc. The videos just reminded me that I don't care about any of this information, or having it available on my wrist. I'll stick to a traditional watch, I think they're more stylish, and the time is really the only piece of information I need immediate access to on a constant basis. Everything else can be in pocket.

> I don't want to speak to my watch

Doesn't everyone want to look like a TV show FBI agent?

Contemporary TV show protagonists have had bluetooth earpieces for years now and (nearly) no-one wants to look like that either.

The only person I recall talking to their watch (and I'm probably showing my age here) is David Hasselhoff as The Knight Rider[1]

[1] http://666kb.com/i/cmtolc7lx36yntfbq.jpg

We'll see what the real one ends up like. iPhone screens (and the recent Galaxy S screens) look great in 'simulated' images, and look pretty amazing in real life.

On the other hand, I've seen a Galaxy Gear in person and the screen was not impressive. But I bet the 'simulated images' look pretty good.

I thought this disclaimer was needed only for TV ads.

IMO if you're a responsible marketer, this is needed everywhere.

it's not photoshop at all, device emulator exists and it works good.

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