RedTomato
macrumors 601
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT THIS! ZOMG! 😀
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Art Lebedev announces the Optimus Maximus OLED keyboard
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Lord Blackadder
macrumors P6
Wow, that keyboard is the way of the future. In 10 years you'll probably be able to get one for $50...can't wait. 😀
AoWolf
macrumors 6502a
I hope so this really has potential. I can just imagine playing wow and the keys coming up with my class icons for on the number bars. When I hit shift it would turn to my alternate two bars. Ohhh and when I started a chat box it would turn back to text...
A man could do great things with one of those.
ezekielrage_99
macrumors 68040
I want one, but for the price I don't think that's going to happen.
Maybe if they licence the Keyboard out to Logitech, M$ or Apple we might see a price drop, that's what I'm hoping for.....
Maybe if they licence the Keyboard out to Logitech, M$ or Apple we might see a price drop, that's what I'm hoping for.....
Its not here yet...
I think that when a Jeff Han-esque computer becomes standard, this will be rendered useless...with changing keys easy on a virtual keyboard...
RedTomato
macrumors 601
I don't think so. Ever tried to type fast on a keyboard layout on a touch screen? I have. It ain't easy.
You can't type at the same time as talking to someone else or reading some notes, as there is no physical indicator of when your fingers stray away from the centre of the keys.
I imagine it'll be the same for these tabletop projection keyboards.
Physical keyboards will be with us for a long time yet.
Imagine playing WoW or Quake or whatever using a virtual keyboard, and loosing cos your hands were slightly mis-aligned with the keyboard display?
Our bodies have evolved over millenia to use tactile feedback. Throwing that away would be a mistake.
RedTomato
macrumors 601
Replying to myself - the first sign of an insane mind - I recall in William Gibson's Neuromancer sequence, he made a big thing out of his cyberspace keyboards having tactile feedback, specifically raised ridges on the on-off keys etc to aid in jacking out in emergencies.
How he created all this from seeing a Sony Walkman in a shopwindow (and typed it out on a manual typewriter over several years) I'll never know. There lies genius.
RedTomato
macrumors 601
Each key is 32x32 = 1024 pixels.
Times 114 keys is 116 736 pixels, call it 100k pixels, or just over 280x340 (half VGAish resolution)
You could display a basic video on that, with the screen subdivided between each key.
Rather expensive though 🙂
Still trying to figure out how this could be useful for porn.
"Hey big boy, press my buttons" and try to figure out which key is showing the relevant erogenous zone?
Excellent excuse to apply for a sex-ed grant for this? Gives a new meaning to looking for the G-spot 🙄
Times 114 keys is 116 736 pixels, call it 100k pixels, or just over 280x340 (half VGAish resolution)
You could display a basic video on that, with the screen subdivided between each key.
Rather expensive though 🙂
Still trying to figure out how this could be useful for porn.
"Hey big boy, press my buttons" and try to figure out which key is showing the relevant erogenous zone?
Excellent excuse to apply for a sex-ed grant for this? Gives a new meaning to looking for the G-spot 🙄
RedTomato
macrumors 601
Good point.
I'm a bit of a keyboard geek, and I expanded that photo of the 'R' key and counted the pixels. It's about 16x16 pixels. Could be a pre-production sample, or photoshopped.
The photo isn't from directly above, so the white may not line up with the edges of the dark pixels, but I do agree the curve of the R is more smooth than should be possible.
Also note the complete absence of staircasing or jaggies on the diagonal leg of the R. That's hard enough on a 640x480 display, let alone a 32x32 display.
I'm a bit of a keyboard geek, and I expanded that photo of the 'R' key and counted the pixels. It's about 16x16 pixels. Could be a pre-production sample, or photoshopped.
The photo isn't from directly above, so the white may not line up with the edges of the dark pixels, but I do agree the curve of the R is more smooth than should be possible.
Also note the complete absence of staircasing or jaggies on the diagonal leg of the R. That's hard enough on a 640x480 display, let alone a 32x32 display.
wmmk
macrumors 68020
yeah, I would love if apple laptops could have these sort of things. That'd be sweet!
I feel like you're making a reference to something, but I'm not sure what...
Wait, $300? I thought it was $1490!?!?!😕
He said "upped the price $300". Because last time anyone knew, the price was $1200. But that was when it was greyscale. Now it's color (again); I guess that added $300.
--Eric
After G
macrumors 68000
This could be good for babies/kids. Have each key have a picture on it or something, and when they push a button, something random happens on the screen. Maybe combined with something like AlphaBaby.
Then again, spending over a thousand bucks when you can get a $20 toy is kinda stupid.
As always, wait till it gets cheaper.
Then again, spending over a thousand bucks when you can get a $20 toy is kinda stupid.
As always, wait till it gets cheaper.
Mammoth
macrumors 6502a
A large market would be people who need to type in different languages. Rather than buying loads of keyboards which are bulky and more likely to break, they just change the layout. Especially useful for translators and the like. A smaller market would be for geeks like me who would make a plugin to play video on it.