Take this smart ring: can play-sponged around the Olympic village in the Rio Olympics, Brazil Olympic Games 2016 Olympic Games-IT information
Rio de Janeiro, two months after the Olympic village, athletes were put on a mysterious ring.
According to Engadget reports, the Rio Olympic Games organizers announced that Visa becomes official only supported payment methods, Visa homeopathy also has introduced a smart cover rings for use by athletes. Athletes can use the ring to pay the Bills, free access to the Olympic village shops, restaurants and leisure facilities.
(From: Engadget)
The appearance point of view, it's just a design minimalist ring, black and white and color. But through the built-in smart card vendor Gemalto (Gemalto), microcircuit chips, coupled with intelligent sensors, this ring can support most of Rio Olympic village payment program.
(From: Engadget)
Players only have to wear this ring, in payment of any facilities of the Olympic village sweeping machine gently sweep, you can complete your payment. And paid the ring does not collect any user's personal information, athletes do not need to worry about privacy being compromised.
From sportswear to suits to national dress, Olympic athletes need to frequently change, wallet, cell phone and other items carrying and therefore save is enormous and upset. With high altitude, underwater, high speed and high pressure, such as complex and demanding training environment, adaptability to environment for wearable device requirements are very high.
(From: the South China Morning Post)
Decathlon world record holder Ashton Eaton has complained to the Visa, because changing the schedule, he lacks to satisfy daily needs are not easily forgotten device. Visa to pay the ring not only day-to-day status is available, it can in water environment of 50 meters under normal operation.
(From: FOXSports)
In addition, Visa to pay the ring doesn't need charging, accidentally lost or by GPS on the phone back.
Compare with Android and Apple Pay Pay, Visa to pay the ring is very simple, even without any user interface. But it also meets the needs of the athletes – operation simplified, portable, highly adaptable, and requires no maintenance.
As a supplement, Visa is for the athletes got a Visa card, because there are some facilities do not meet the ring use conditions. Rio Olympic organizers in continuous equipment renewal, to before the August Olympic athletes in the village ring in hand, will be able to cover all the spending.
带上这枚智能戒指：可以在里约奥运村白吃白玩 - 里约奥运会,巴西奥运会,2016年奥运会 - IT资讯
两个月后的里约热内卢奥运村，各国运动员们都会戴上一枚神秘的戒指。
据Engadget报道，里约奥运会主办方宣布Visa成为官方唯一支持的支付方式，Visa也顺势推出了智能支付戒指供运动员使用。运动员可以用戒指支付账单，自由使用奥运村商店、餐厅和休闲娱乐设施。
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外观上看，这只是一枚设计极简的戒指，有黑白两色。但通过内置智能卡厂商金雅拓（Gemalto）的微型电路芯片，加上智能感应器，这枚戒指能支持里约奥运村里的大部分付款项目。
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运动员只需要戴上这枚戒指，在奥运村任意设施的付款扫码机上轻轻一扫，就能完成支付。而且支付戒指不用收集任何的使用者个人信息，各国运动员的无需担心隐私被泄露。
从运动服到西装到国家礼服，奥运会运动员们需要频繁换装，因此钱包、手机等物品的携带和保存一直是巨大烦恼。加上高空、水下、高速高压等复杂严苛的训练环境，对可穿戴设备的环境适应能力要求非常高。
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十项全能世界纪录保持者Ashton Eaton就曾经向Visa抱怨，因为多变的日程安排，他缺乏一些能满足日常需求又不容易被遗忘设备。因此Visa支付戒指不只是日常状态可用，它能在水下50米的环境正常运作。
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另外，Visa支付戒指完全不需要充电，不慎丢失还可以通过GPS在手机上找回。
和Apple Pay和Android Pay相比，Visa支付戒指的功能非常单一，甚至没有任何操作界面。但这也正是满足了运动员们的需求——操作简化、便携、高适应性，并且无需维护。
当然作为补充，Visa还是为运动员们准备了一张Visa卡，因为还有一部分设施不满足戒指使用条件。里约奥运主办方也在不断进行设备更新，力求在8月之前让奥运村里的运动员们一戒在手，就能支付一切消费。