When we were first exploring what HyperRing could become, one question kept surfacing: what should it look like?
There are plenty of form factors in the wearable tech world - watches, cards, keychains, phone accessories. All functional and familiar, but none of them felt quite right for what we were trying to build. We weren’t just designing a tool; we wanted to create something that felt natural. Something that already belonged in your life, even before it did anything.
That’s when I came across a book called Enchanted Objects by David Rose, a researcher at MIT who’s spent years thinking about how technology can disappear into the fabric of our lives. His core idea is that the future of tech isn’t about more screens or notifications - it’s about taking ordinary objects and giving them quiet, intuitive powers. Powers that feel more like extensions of ourselves than interruptions.
He talks about how certain objects - because of the stories we’ve grown up with - already carry emotional weight. They already feel magical. A mirror that tells you the truth (Snow White). A cloak that renders you invisible (Harry Potter). A ring that holds immense power (The Lord of the Rings). These forms are etched into our cultural psyche. So when technology inhabits them, it feels familiar, almost expected.
That idea stayed with me. Because I think deep down, we all crave things that feel a little magical, a little enchanted.
A ring made sense. Not just because of the symbolism, but because of the function. It’s intimate, worn daily, and rarely misplaced. It doesn’t live in your bag or pocket, but on your fingers. And in way, it's habit and identity forming - I hear many people say that they feel "naked" when they are not wearing their HyperRing.
But most importantly, when it does work (when you tap your hand and the payment goes through), it feels different than tapping a phone or card. There's a pause, a spark of delight. A moment where something mundane becomes slightly magical. That’s what we wanted to create.
We talk a lot about HyperRing as tech jewelry. But really, it’s more than that. It’s an example of how form can shape feeling. How design can create emotional resonance. How a piece of technology, when housed in something familiar, can stop feeling like tech at all.
We chose a ring because we wanted HyperRing to feel personal. Seamless. Intuitive. And, if we’re being honest, just a little bit magical. And if you’ve ever tapped your hand to pay and caught yourself smiling, you already know what I mean.