Microsoft just announced an all-in-one PC called Surface Studio and alongside it a strange new accessory called the Surface Dial.

The Surface Dial is big puck that’s sort of like an electronic palette. When the Dial is placed on the Studio’s screen, a radial menu pops up all around it. Different color or brush options might pop up, for example, when a painting app is on screen — presumably, other apps can create custom menus as well. It can also be used to navigate and pan around an image.

The dial is rotated to control what’s on screen, and it uses haptic feedback to register the click of different options along the way. The idea is to get artists and designers using both of their hands at once for a much more natural experience.

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