Although it is not yet clear that Microsoft is going to release a similar gadget to the market, it is true that it has patented it. The Microsoft's new patent is a smart ring, a ring that will not allow us to make calls or receive WhatsApp but will allow us to communicate with other smart devices.
By this we mean that Microsoft's smart ring will allow you to communicate with other devices and function as a smart remote, a ring-shaped knob. So it could be a great complement to Virtual Reality glasses like those that Microsoft has or simply so that certain areas of the tablet or mobile can be covered and still we can control it with the ring. It goes without saying that the operation is carried out by sensors that will be incorporated in the ring and that will emit the pertinent information such as controls, accept an action or simply move an object.
Microsoft's smart ring could function as a remote control for HoloLens
However, as we said at the beginning, this smart ring it is only a patent and we do not know whether or not it will be available on the market or if only Microsoft has done it to prevent its competitors from using a similar gadget. Although seeing its functions, I think that the new Microsoft gadget will be on the street and at the disposal of users since it can be a great complement to virtual reality glasses, an ideal complement to avoid the tedium of carrying a remote control to be able to interact with the images of the virtual reality glasses.
In any case, we will have to wait for Microsoft to launch it or at least present some ring-related developments, but something tells me that until the HoloLens glasses are developed something more, we will not hear about this smart ring again What do you think?