Casio made an Oura Ring alternative that's everything but smart
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from Joker@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world on 16 Nov 2024 21:19
https://sh.itjust.works/post/28197630
from Joker@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.world on 16 Nov 2024 21:19
https://sh.itjust.works/post/28197630
- š Casio made a ring that tells the time
- š Itās made from a single piece of metal and comes with a classic digital face
- š± Itās not a smart ring, which means you canāt track your health with it
- šÆšµ Casio will sell it in Japan to celebrate 50 years in the watch business
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Uhm it looks very odd, like you somehow have miniature wrists.
Seems rather bulky for a ring also. I wonder if it snags on a lot of things while using your hands normally.
I like Casio watches, but yeah Iād pass.
And the comparison to a smart ring is pants-on-head stupidā¦
I kinda like it but rings bother me more than watches
Please focus on affordable dumb TVs ā thanks.
Wait Casio make TVs?
They made awesome portable TVs like uh, 30 years ago.
That and cheap and cheerful musical keyboards.
It took me years to realize that my childhood Casio keyboard played Wake Me Up Before You Go Go and thatās why I liked the song
Wth is this article, the ring is being made in celebration of them as a watch company. Itās a cute little gimmicky ring because making an anniversary watch is exactly what people expect them to do.
They didnāt make a ring to compete with the Oura or Samsungās whatever. The article even mentions the Timex ring watch which was similarly made because theyāre celebrating 170 years of being in the business. Why even bring up smart rings/watches at all?
Iām about to release a not so smart AR Headset. Super light, It wonāt generate fake TV screens or give information like the apple vision pro, but it will just be tinted to help bright sunlight be less bright. Still brainstorming what to call this low tech VR/AR technology.
This is golden.
Donāt over think it, call is the Augmented Reality Sunlight Absorption Headset with AI.
I want this ring.
Okay I misread that title as āCasio made a One Ring alternativeā
Wonāt track your health, Wonāt prevent aids. May make you invisible to the seen realm, and draw the attention of unseen beings.
Beware the Great Eye of Google. Ever it roams, ever it watches.
You can now give someone the finger and tell them thatās the only time you have for them
aweee itās so smol
Ring watches are a thing. Seen them for a while but usually they look like rings and have a flap or something
What a moronic headline
Yeah what on earth? Itās not a health monitoring ring alternative, and doesnāt try to be. Itās a watch in ring form.
Smart rings/health monitoring rings are not the norm, I donāt see why any other ring would be automatically compared to them.
Itās not like many people have heard of that brand of ring, so itās not even the kind of clickbait that would attract people, like mentioning an Apple product would be, or when anything about any EV would have to have Tesla in the title (e.g. āIs this EV a Tesla KILLER???ā)
Iām not much of a ring wearer, I donāt even wear my own wedding ring, but this one actually looks pretty neat to me. I hope the battery is as easy to replace as they claim it to be.
It was either that or show that picture of Bin Laden again.
It can tell you your pulse BPM, just count how many heartbeats you get and measure one minute with the watch.
Well thatās just about the cutest darn ring Iāve ever seen.
Thatās so obscene Iām willing to trow some money at it.
Itās the only ring Iāve seen in years I would actually wear.