Pranav Mistry is the Indian brain behind the Samsung's Galaxy Gear samrtwatch

                      




Samsung has recently unveiled its new product category of Smart watches with its code named as Galaxy Gear. This wasn't a well kept secret with features and even photos of a prototype leaking days before the official launch event. But there is one secret that anyone don't know behind the Galaxy Gear. Meet Pranav Mistry who now heads the think tank at Samsung's Research America Division. For those who may recall, Mistry's claim to fans is his Sixth Sense technology, which was also documented in a TED talk that has recieved over 1.5 million views.

Pranav Mistry is a Phd candidate at MIT's Media Lab and Research Assistant. He was born in Palanpur in Gujarat. He completed his masters of design from IIT Mumbai and followed it up with another masters degree in media arts and sciences from MIT. He also worked as a UX researcher with Microsoft.

Our ttime is time for crossing boundaries, a time for rethinking and revising old categories. I think the future of our dugital world is not just about giving a new face, a new form to our existing digital devices. Itis the creation of new experiences, new ways of interacting with real and digital,  Pranav mistry said at the launching of the Galaxy Gear Smart watch.

The Galaxy Gear smart watch is a good beginning for Mistry of making his concept of sixth sense in technology a reality. The first generation Smart watch has some nice touches that one can instantly recognize to be coming directly from Mistry. The Galaxy Gear has sensors that can decipher if the user is moving the watch close the ear in the event of an incoming call and automatic recieves the call.

We have uniquely positioned the speakers and microphone so that you can talk as you would talk to the hand. it is such a national gesture, just raise your hand to ear and talk.

The Galaxy Gear in Mistry's mind is a marriage of a simple user experience with cutting edge technology. The goal was to make it well a wearable.
Whether the Galaxy Gear becomes a runway hit or not is something that the market would decide. But it seems Mistry has finally found an avenue to make his dream a reality in the hands of millions of users. Lets have a look on his famous TED talk.