Samsung will showcase three experimental projects at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. One is a fitness tracker that’s integrated with a belt. Another is a system that conducts audio through your body, allowing you to hold your finger up to your ear to hear audio from your smartwatch, for example. And the last is a handheld motion controller for virtual reality.

The projects come from Samsung’s Creative Lab, or C-Lab program, which the company describes as a sort of incubator for employees with ideas for new product ideas.

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This is a system that conducts audio through your body, allowing you to hear sounds without using earphones.

Samsung says this could let you answer a phone call or hear notifications without a loudspeaker, so you don’t have to worry about nearby people listening in.

It’s not clear what kind of sound quality you can expect: I doubt you’ll want to replace your high-end headphones with your fingertip. At the very least, you’d probably look silly holding your finger to your head all the time.

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There aren’t many details about this motion controller yet, but Samsung describes it as an intuitive handheld device that lets you interact with virtual reality experiences.

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The promotional image showing a virtual tennis racket and a Samsung Gear VR headset should give you an idea of what to expect.

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There are plenty of fitness trackers that you can wear like a wristband. There are also models you can clip onto you shirt, belt, or pocket.

WELT is a fitness tracker that’s integrated into a belt. It can record your step count and other activity… but it can also keep track of your actual waist size.

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Samsung will likely unveil more details about each product at CES… but there’s no guarantee that any of these projects will ever go on sale.

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