Lenovo's AI Ring lets me control a 3D PC with my finger clicks, just like a wizard
You might think you now understand the purpose of smart rings. It measures your steps, stress levels, sleep- you get it. But wait! Lenovo's concept AI smart ring is a completely different fish kettle.
I admit that when I tried it at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it looked and felt a lot like the smart ring I used to wear. It has the outline of a man's wedding ring and there is too much volume around the sides. Form is one thing and works completely.
The purpose of this ring is to allow gesture-based control Lenovo Thinkbook 3D Laptop (It is also a concept at the moment). The laptop itself has a directional 3D backlight that allows 2D and 3D content to appear simultaneously on the same screen. The ring allows you to manipulate 3D content, turn it inverted and inverted – that's how.
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With the ring on the pointer's finger, you can double-click (enter or forward) with your thumb or single point (return back) (return back) on the lighting point and slide to either side to navigate. In the demo I showed, I could navigate between 3D models including the T. Rex and the spacecraft and check them from all angles by gently grazing the ring.
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The most important thing is that the ring can feel it when I reach out my finger. In the presentation, I simply click on my thumb and middle finger to traverse the slide’s presentation. I didn't even touch the ring, but it could read the vibrations in my hand clearly. I felt a little like a wizard-although a wizard showing the slide deck (if I was a wizard I might have used my power to avoid working in a company).
Clicks are seamless, but gesture controls are difficult to master and do not always work accurately. It is important to remember that although this is just a concept, and as a concept, it is a concept that I like. Wearable technology usually ends up being just a variation of a theme – the theme is fitness tracking – but this shows a sense of imagination and ambition, and I hope to see more imagination and ambition in the growing smart ring market.
