Reports on wearables and related fitness devices haven't generally agreed upon where the market is going and what the eventual volume of sales will be.

But that hasn't dampened the industry's ardor for new products. Thus, a new report from Juniper Research should give heart to those making devices to track fitness on a personal level.

This report predicts a tripling of wearables in use by 2018, which would boost those out in the field from 19 million to nearly 60 million, a figure that would begin to justify the extensive investment made in device development.

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