Gesture controls, haptic feedback and lawsuits — 7 things that will happen with smart rings this year

I just got back from CES 2026, and after seeing over a dozen new smart rings, here are the trends that will dominate this product category for the rest of this year.
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Fitbit faces another patent suit, this one over haptic feedback

Fitbit is once again facing a patent lawsuit, this time over the haptic feedback technology present in its last two generations of trackers. San Jose-based Immersion filed suit in the U.S. District ...
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Fitbit, Immersion settle lawsuit over haptic feedback patents

After filing a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California roughly a year ago, San Jose-based Immersion has settled its beef with Fitbit, the former announced in a ...
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Skyrim Player Takes Immersion to the Extreme By Adding 2 Haptic Feedback Suits to Simulate Real Pain

One dedicated fan of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has added two haptic feedback suits that simulate real pain to their already $15,000 mass immersion setup. As reported by GamesRadar, GingasVR on ...