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[Gek54]

I came accross this prototype of a keyboard with customizable light up buttons and instantly thought of all the Revolution controller rumors. Anyways looks like it would be a cool board for gaming or anything.

Optimus Keyboard

QUAKE

Photoshop

 

[xsarien]

Dude, that site's choking *enough*. Toss those on imageshack or something.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Ohhhh man thats nice.
How much are these things?

 

[Jeff-DSA]

That's freaking awesome...

 

[Dupy]

Wow looks pretty sweet. How expensive is that thing going to be though? I guess a controller would only need like 6-10 of those buttons instead of a full keyboard, but still.

 

[xsarien]

Ohhhh man thats nice.
How much are these things?

It doesn't exist, it's just a concept.

 

[blahness]

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?t=55289

 

[Senretsu]

OLED's aren't even used in real consumer products you can buy yet I think

 

[FortNinety]

Christ, this has been on every single site in the past 12 hours!

 

[Sanjuro]

I thought it was going to be an Optimus Prime keyboard

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

There would be jack shit revolutionary about that. What, button mapping? :lol

 

[xsarien]

OLED's aren't even used in real consumer products you can buy yet I think

Um, as early as 2000, actually. Possibly earlier.

 

[p_xavier]

OLED's aren't even used in real consumer products you can buy yet I think

They have been used in many products over the last year, including cell phones and MP3 players. The new sony MP3 players all have OLEDs.

 

[Barnimal]

wouldnt it just be easier to well...click on the icons on your screen with the mouse? :lol

 

[xsarien]

wouldnt it just be easier to well...click on the icons on your screen with the mouse? :lol

Spend enough time working in Adobe CS, Avid, or hell, even MS Office and you'll realize that's a lot quicker to just use the keyboard for common tasks.

 

[Reilly]

cool, but unnecessary

 

[Barnimal]

thats only if you left the keyboard stuck on 1 layout. switching between 2 would begin to get complicated and 3? just forget it.

 

[xsarien]

thats only if you left the keyboard stuck on 1 layout. switching between 2 would begin to get complicated and 3? just forget it.

Depends entirely on what you're doing. The only hangup would be needing to swap out layouts for when you need regular text input. But maybe there's a reserve key somewhere on the board to go "normal" and back to the custom layout again.

 

[MomoPufflet]

Awesome idea, but I'm guessing a consumer version would cost alot more than I'd be willing to pay for a keyboard. I also like to eat and drink while doing stuff on the computer-- I doubt this technology would be very compatible with my habits

 

[wonderfuldays]

Awesome!!!

If Revolution really use this kind of ideas, SOLD! :lol

 

[KINGMOKU]

How about this?

http://depthq.com/index.html


"Lightspeed Design Group has been a leader in stereo 3D for over a decade, developing new hardware and software technologies and presenting 3D to millions through museum theaters, corporate events, and a world exposition. Lightspeed has considerable expertise in 3D projection, software development, and electronics. Lightspeed's clients include Mercedes, U.S. Army, Continental Teves, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo IMAX Corporation, and Disney Imagineering.

Hehehehe.....

 

[Beezy]

I thought it was going to be an Optimus Prime keyboard

Same here... <_>

 

[Tain]

I'd like that simply because its sexy.

Pity it's too far away and probably too expensive.

 

[Suikoguy]

Yeah, I hope to see that at a reasonable price in the next few years. Its possible with LCD tech getting cheaper (is that what it uses?).

 

[Companion Cube]

demi am cry?

 

[Matlock]

Take interesting item = 10 reply thread
Take interesting item + post "REVOLUTION CONTROLLER" = 80 reply thread

 

[Kiriku]

I was expecting a transforming keyboard...well...in a different way.

 

[Flo_Evans]

that is pretty damn cool... only problem is, KB shortcuts are faster for photoshop because its like typing - you don't have to look at the KB to hit CTRL+C, your hand already knows where it is...

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

demi am cry?

:lol

 

[Zeo]

Someone uses LiveJournal~

 

[Reilly]

I couldn't image dead pixels on those....or could I?

 

[Zaptruder]

To everyone that thinks this would be great on the revolution controller...

I'm just going to ask; how often do you look down at your controller while playing a game?

I guess that problem would apply to touch screen interfaces on the revolution controller as well.

Mark my words; they're going to copy the revolution on the PS2, with a similar idea; except if its supported right from the start, games could ship with their own buttons and or sticks or even dipswitches.

 

[Gek54]

Take interesting item = 10 reply thread
Take interesting item + post "REVOLUTION CONTROLLER" = 80 reply thread

Haha, bitter much?

Someone uses LiveJournal~

Huh?

 

[maynerd]

That's pretty cool how much and when?

 

[miyuru]

You're kidding me you actually thought about Revolution when you saw this, right?

These keyboards look cool, but if you actually THINK for a second, it's just another ploy to get money from you suckers. I never look at my keyboard when I'm playing games or anything like that. And I learn shortcuts myself, I don't need visual aids on the keyboard itself.

 

[sarusama]

Although it might *look* cool, this is somewhat completely useless. You don't look on your keyboard when you use it (if you use it a lot that is... like that Photoshop example).

Just as you don't look down on your controller when you want to, e.g., attack. You just press A.

Besides using a screen for each button should be really expensive. How about just one big touch-screen?

 

[demi]

demi am cry?

See, I always knew I was the innovation behind new technologies.

That's what happens when you're a mormon god, you know.

 

[Zaptruder]

See, I always knew I was the innovation behind new technologies.

That's what happens when you're a mormon god, you know.

Each post of yours just emphasizes and cements the accuracy and reality of your tag.

 

[demi]

Each post of yours just emphasizes and cements the accuracy and reality of your tag.

How about this post? Am I close?

 

[xXCHAOSXx]

God I hope this actually makes it out I wants one!!

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

That looks awesome

 

[TheDiave]

That's awesome... But even if it were something like that technology, I hope Nintendo's got something better than that up their sleeves. That is unless they want to cause the largest collective sigh in known history.