woah...virtual laser keyboard

[vexingv]

virtual keyboard

this is so neat...i wonder if its any good. but def. making me think twice of getting an ibook instead of a pimped out handheld.

 

[Viper GTS]

I remember seeing tech demos of this, glad to see it finally making it to production.

if you're seriously considering a handheld over a laptop you need your head examined, they aren't even in the same league.

[EDIT]Try touch typing on your desk with your eyes closed. Now try the same thing on your keyboard. I don't know how well this thing will work, no tactile feedback could be it's weak point.[/EDIT]

Viper GTS

 

[Bassyhead]

i'd have to agree with no feedback it isnt going to be as good as the real thing.

 

[So]

They've been talking about this since I was a junior in HS (maybe earlier) -- I'm finishing soph year in college now. I'm really surprised to see one for sale. I'm curious to see how it works.

 

[kyparrish]

very cool concept indeed

 

[Spudd]

Cool. Wonder how powerful the laser is? What happens if you knock the projector thingie over and it burns your retinas out? lol

 

[Modeps]

gimmick

 

Until they offer dvorak, im not gonna bother

 

[EvilYoda]

nah, ain't a gimmick...just curious as to when it'll be available. Siemens recently displayed a module that worked with a cell phone so that you could do full text messaging and whanot. Too bad it was about the size of a fat fat pen, in addition to the cell.

 

[TallBill]

Heh, saw one of these in WIRED like 4 years ago.

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

I have been intrigued by the idea of this since seeing a photo of a prototype years ago. I type badly enough on an actual keyboard, though, and this thing probably requires more precision, in that you can't withdraw from a keypress, as it were. I seem to type much better at work on a keyboard that requires firm pressure than I do on my Logitech Elite at home, but I can't seem to find a sufficiently firm KB for my house that still has a volume control.

 

[TheShiz]

this is useless. on a real keyboard you can feel where the keys are, no need to look, like the notches on f and j.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Don_Vito
I have been intrigued by the idea of this since seeing a photo of a prototype years ago. I type badly enough on an actual keyboard, though, and this thing probably requires more precision, in that you can't withdraw from a keypress, as it were. I seem to type much better at work on a keyboard that requires firm pressure than I do on my Logitech Elite at home, but I can't seem to find a sufficiently firm KB for my house that still has a volume control.

Just get a remote control for your pc. you can program in windows volume control, and winamp as well. cost me like 6 bucks plus shipping.