VisRing: A Display-Extended Smartring for Nano Visualizations




Taiting Lu* Pennsylvania State University
University Park, USA
txl5518@psu.edu
Christian Krauter* University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
christian.krauter@visus.uni-stuttgart.de
Runze Liu Pennsylvania State University
University Park, USA
rml6043@psu.edu
Mara Schulte University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
maraschulte25@gmail.com
Alexander Achberger University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
alexander.achberger@visus.uni-stuttgart.de
Tanja Blascheck University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
tanja.blascheck@visus.uni-stuttgart.de
Michael Sedlmair University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
michael.sedlmair@visus.uni-stuttgart.de
Mahanth Gowda Pennsylvania State University
University Park, USA
mahanth.gowda@psu.edu

* denoted co-first authors


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What is VisRing

We introduce VisRing, the first smartring incorporating a bendable 160 x 32 4-bit grayscale organic light-emitting diode display, multiple sensing units including inertial measurement unit (IMU), photoplethysmography (PPG) and temperature sensors and wireless communication. Depending on the finger size, the display ranges between 270° to 360°. In addition, we define Nano Visualizations, ultra-compact data representations rendered on miniature, often non-planar screens integrated into wearable devices such as smartrings.


Platform Overview


Nano Visualization Overview


Platform Architecture


Platform Assembly Process


Demo For VisRing


Paper

@article{visring,
  title={VisRing: A Display-Extended Smartring for Nano Visualizations},
  author={Lu, Taiting and Krauter, Christian and Liu, Runze and 
          Schulte, Mara and Achberger, Alexander and 
          Blascheck, Tanja and Sedlmair, Michael and Gowda, Mahanth},
  journal={ACM UIST},
  year={2025},
}

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