Who needs mouse input or touch controls when you can just wave your finger at the screen like it were something out of the Minority Report.

Samsung is envisioning giving wearers of its Galaxy Ring advanced Minority Report-like powers not seen on a smart ring before. No, we’re not talking about the ability of precognition – though that would be cool – but rather those fancy air gestures that Tom Cruise uses to control his futuristic computer system in Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi classic.

Samsung has filed a patent showing one of the interesting new features that could come to Galaxy Ring models in future.

As as far as first-gen products go, the Galaxy Ring is incredibly polished, packing a surprising amount of tech into its slim design, but that is that enough to justify its $399 /

Samsung patents system to control other devices using Galaxy Ring. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has published a patent filed by Samsung in July 2024. The di