Intel believes wearables will make their way to enterprise soon

Wearables have until now been mainly thought of as consumer health and fitness devices, but Intel believes that they will increasingly find useful roles in the enterprise. “I think our imagination has been captured by consumer wearables, but there are huge opportunities for wearables in the enterprise,” said Steve Holmes, vice president of Intel’s new devices group, at VentureBeat’s Mobile Summit today. One of the wearable products that’s finding its way into the enterprise space is the Pro Glove, which got attention after its performance in Intel’s Make It Wearable contest. (A company called Mixie, which makes a wrist-based selfie drone, ended up winning the contest.) Intel has also seen its wearables chips power devices in the health care world, such as in artificial limbs created by a company called Open Bionics.