Wearable technology has the potential to increase work efficiency, improve workers' physical well-being, and reduce work-related injuries, but technological, social, policy, and economic challenges remain.

Tapping into the wearable device revolution in the work environment: a systematic review

Wearing an eye tracker can induce a transient social presence effect, potentially benefiting researchers and potentially harming advocates of wearable computing in everyday life.

Wearable computing: Will it make people prosocial?

The future of autonomous military and security technologies, mobile, wearable, and pervasive computing, and implant technologies could lead to cyborgs and human-machine hybrids, with both good and bad consequences.

Social Implications of Technology: The Past, the Present, and the Future

Wearable technology can enhance group experiences and social interactions when designed as social, communicative artefacts.

Beyond individuals: exploring social experiences around wearables

Smart wearable devices show potential for body discipline and quantified self, but social risks include privacy leakage, technological risks, and potential public safety concerns.

The regulation of the body by smart wearable devices and their social risk progression

Wearable technology can both motivate and demotivate individuals to engage in physical activity through cooperation, competition, and social recommendations.

Wearable technology-stimulated social interaction for promoting physical activity: A systematic review

This paper identifies social, ethical, and ecological issues and adoption barriers in wearable technologies, emphasizing the need for solutions to increase their adoption and diffusion in society.

Issues and Adoption Barriers in Wearable Technologies

Unobtrusive interactions in wearable computing can increase social acceptance and acceptance of the technology in public spaces.

Unobtrusive Interaction for Wearable Computing

Wearable technologies like Fitbit foster 'accidental transhumanism' by encouraging self-quantification and social engagement mechanisms like empowerment, friendly rivalry, and trust.

Wearable technologies, brand community and the growth of a transhumanist vision

Novel wearable computing devices challenge our perception of what is socially acceptable. Research in human-computer interaction asks, "What makes a wearable socially acceptable?" and provides insights that may help designers and developers design for social acceptability.

What Makes Wearable Technologies Socially Acceptable?

Social acceptability and fashion are separate constructs, with aesthetics and social acceptability influencing the marketing, development, and research of wearable devices.

Fashion and Technology: Implications for the Social Acceptability of a Wearable Device

Wearable Device users are highly concerned about privacy issues and value informed consent, but need shorter privacy policies, clearer consent forms, and legal consequences for misuse of health information.

Ethical Implications of User Perceptions of Wearable Devices

Smart wearable sensing systems have advanced to include flexible, lightweight, self-powered, miniaturized, and integrated designs, enhancing their use in practical electronic applications.

Recent Advances in Smart Wearable Sensing Systems

Addressing privacy and security concerns in the Internet of Things and wearable technology can be achieved through a "bottom-up" and "layered" approach, avoiding top-down regulation and fostering innovation.

The Internet of Things and Wearable Technology: Addressing Privacy and Security Concerns without Derailing Innovation

Employee acceptance of wearable technology in the workplace is highest when it improves workplace safety, promotes a positive safety climate, and involves employees in selecting and implementing the technology.

Employee acceptance of wearable technology in the workplace.

Wearable technology and social media are closely linked in Malaysian consumers' buying behavior, with smartwatches being the most popular device for controlling music, incoming messages, and mail.

Wearable Technology and Social Media: An Insight of Consumer Buying Behaviour

Wearable medical devices show promise in health care, but face limitations in user-friendliness, security, privacy, and technical issues.

Wearable Health Devices in Health Care: Narrative Systematic Review

Wearable technology for connected health has matured, but more research is needed on privacy, energy efficiency, seamless monitoring, and low-latency 5G communication for widespread adoption.

Literature on Wearable Technology for Connected Health: Scoping Review of Research Trends, Advances, and Barriers

People with visual impairments show positive responses to small, easily accessible, and discreet wearable devices like wristbands and glasses, which could improve their ability to access information and participate in social interactions.

Current and future mobile and wearable device use by people with visual impairments

Data security is a significant consideration for at least 25% of wearables users, with Hungarians being more likely than Swiss to trust that data collected by wearables is stored securely.

Assessing User Privacy Concerns in the Wearable Tech Industry

What is the Social implications of wearable tech?

These studies suggest that wearable technology can enhance work efficiency, physical well-being, social interactions, and self-quantification, but also pose challenges related to privacy, social acceptance, and ethical issues.