Frictio: Passive Kinesthetic Power Suggestions For Smart Ring Output

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Good rings have a novel form issue suitable for a lot of purposes, nonetheless, they offer little alternative to supply the user with natural output. We propose passive kinesthetic power suggestions as a novel output methodology for rotational enter on smart rings. With this new output channel, friction drive profiles might be designed, programmed, and felt by a person once they rotate the ring. This modality permits new interactions for ring type elements. We reveal the potential of this new haptic output method though Frictio, a prototype smart ring. In a managed experiment, we decided the recognizability of six drive profiles, including Arduous Cease, Ramp-Up, Ramp-Down, Resistant Drive, Bump, and No Force. The outcomes showed that members could distinguish between the force profiles with 94% accuracy. We conclude by presenting a set of novel interplay strategies that Frictio allows, and discuss insights and instructions for future analysis. Teng Han, Qian Han, Michelle Annett, Fraser Anderson, Da-Yuan Huang, and Xing-Dong Yang. 2017. Frictio: Passive Kinesthetic Drive Feedback for Smart Ring Output. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on Consumer Interface Software and Expertise (UIST '17).



I discover the scores informative enough to gauge how I’m doing, plus the data is consistent with what I expect from my physique, but every little thing around them feels complicated without offering clear advice on why I should listen to it. Because there is no such thing as a show on the Ultrahuman Ring Air, the whole lot you do with the ring is carried out via the app, and this makes it maybe even more important than the hardware itself. On the constructive aspect, Herz P1 Smart Ring it has been dependable (I have used it on an iPhone 14 Pro, and there's an Android app obtainable, too). And although it often must be opened to sync with the ring itself, I haven’t had any connection problems. I’ve already talked about functionality, however I want to talk about design earlier than going into it slightly more. The main web page reveals all your information, and this is the default view while you open the app, but alongside the underside of the screen are additional choices.



The ultimate part is your personal profile. It’s a really totally different experience than the Oura ring fitness monitor. The Ultrahuman app and experience are already fairly busy, data-dense, and somewhat confusing. Focusing on making the screens extra logical would help seize attention, which the app isn’t superb at at present. It’s a really completely different experience than the Oura Ring, which at all times makes all of the relevant scores very clear, and has a different display for each. The Ultrahuman Ring Air isn’t as "friendly" or accessible usually and clearly targets a really totally different kind of person. Nevertheless, it doesn’t at all times succeed in its ambitions, as it gets slowed down in trying to be different. Here, you possibly can add in your meals and water intake, imput your weight, and document a workout too. Listed as a beta characteristic on the time of writing, the ring tracks 22 completely different actions - together with strolling, working, power training, football, cricket, and more.



I’ve tracked several workouts with each the Ultrahuman Ring Air and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 Basic, and both broadly agree on coronary heart charge, although they differ a little extra in calorie burn, but not to the point the place both appears solely unrealistic. The power to track simple workouts may be very helpful and a feature nonetheless lacking from the Oura Ring, which concentrates on walking, cycling, and working. It makes the Ultrahuman Ring Air a practical various to a fitness band or a smartwatch should you aren’t nervous about notifications and apps, because it can be utilized to completely monitor your every day activities. It appears to take action accurately, too, one thing I’ve seen across the whole system, with the sleep monitoring basically matching the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic’s outcomes. The app sends various notifications throughout the day, letting you learn about issues like your section, stimulant window, and progress towards your purpose. Annoyingly, the targets are set by the app with no means to switch them.