TY - GEN
T1 - VisRing
T2 - 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2025
AU - Lu, Taiting
AU - Krauter, Christian
AU - Liu, Runze
AU - Schulte, Mara
AU - Achberger, Alexander
AU - Blascheck, Tanja
AU - Sedlmair, Michael
AU - Gowda, Mahanth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/9/27
Y1 - 2025/9/27
N2 - We introduce VisRing, the first smartring incorporating a bendable 160 × 32 4-bit grayscale organic light-emitting diode display. VisRing stands out by displaying nano visualizations while maintaining a compact design and minimal weight of 6.6 g, with an overall cost of around $35. We exploit opportunities for a system-on-a-chip architecture to tightly integrate an inertial measurement unit, a photoplethysmograph sensor, a temperature sensor, Bluetooth, a microcontroller, and a display unit that spans 270° to 360°, depending on finger size. Our contributions include the hardware design and implementation of VisRing, along with a software library that supports visualizing various data types. A qualitative study with 12 participants demonstrated the comfort, likability, and social acceptance of VisRing's hardware and software. The participants liked the visualizations and found the ring lightweight, but also pointed out possible improvements. All materials are shared under an open-source license to enable the community to extend and improve VisRing.
AB - We introduce VisRing, the first smartring incorporating a bendable 160 × 32 4-bit grayscale organic light-emitting diode display. VisRing stands out by displaying nano visualizations while maintaining a compact design and minimal weight of 6.6 g, with an overall cost of around $35. We exploit opportunities for a system-on-a-chip architecture to tightly integrate an inertial measurement unit, a photoplethysmograph sensor, a temperature sensor, Bluetooth, a microcontroller, and a display unit that spans 270° to 360°, depending on finger size. Our contributions include the hardware design and implementation of VisRing, along with a software library that supports visualizing various data types. A qualitative study with 12 participants demonstrated the comfort, likability, and social acceptance of VisRing's hardware and software. The participants liked the visualizations and found the ring lightweight, but also pointed out possible improvements. All materials are shared under an open-source license to enable the community to extend and improve VisRing.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105022976759
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105022976759#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1145/3746059.3747806
DO - 10.1145/3746059.3747806
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105022976759
T3 - UIST 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
BT - UIST 2025 - Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
A2 - Bianchi, Andrea
A2 - Glassman, Elena L.
A2 - Mackay, Wendy E.
A2 - Zhao, Shengdong
A2 - Oakley, Ian
A2 - Kim, Jeeeun
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 28 September 2025 through 1 October 2025
ER -