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Lumina Desk – digital desk for health and productivity

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Re: Lumina Desk – digital desk for health and productivity

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Post by helipad »

Good luck, and seems like a nicely executed product. There's certainly demand in the prosumer home office market – lots of money being spent there.

Personally, I'm surprised that showing more information is frequently correlated with an _increase_ in productivity. I see many 'inspiration' setups with multiple screens, often taken up by a single app like Twitter or Spotify, and they feel like distractions, not productivity boosts.

It seems like this would be used as a more embedded version of a second screen, which I gave up on because its main purpose was to take my attention away from what was on my main screen (I recognize there are times when side-by-side screens are helpful, just not that often for me).

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Post by bckr »

vinibrito wrote: post #6

I would mostly be interested in ergonomic sensors. I never know if I am using a good posture. Apart of that, I want to focus on my work instead of having a source of interruptions.

Ergonomic sensors... Yes, this would be a great feature. Not sure if I want my desk to do that, or another device, though.

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Post by syntaxing »

Is there anyway to use the screen as an external display without using an "app"? I would totally get this if I could just use it as a regular screen. I would dock my terminal or maybe youtube on the screen (I've been actually on the market for an external 14" ultra ultra wide monitor just for this)

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Post by kadomony »

What user research went into validating that people want this kind of coupling of tech to a desk? We all saw how poorly the Magic Bar fared with Apple... Just curious why anyone would want to have apps integrated so heavily into something so immobile when portable viewports like a laptop/tablet/phone/watch are just as feasible.

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Post by TrueGeek »

syntaxing wrote: post #14

Is there anyway to use the screen as an external display without using an "app"? I would totally get this if I could just use it as a regular screen. I would dock my terminal or maybe youtube on the screen (I've been actually on the market for an external 14" ultra ultra wide monitor just for this)

Using it as an external display would also get rid of the problem of vendor lock it to the Lumina app ecosystem. A desk should last a VERY long time.

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Post by michaelxia »

Dwood023 wrote: post #5

What are the advantages of coupling these additional features to a desk, instead of using separate devices?

my desk has monitor, mic, keyboard, mouse, phone, airpods, a usb dock, a webcam. i think i count 9 separate cables for power and signal.

its a mess, even my Qi wireless charger HAS A CABLE.

honestly this might save my marriage.

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Post by egypturnash »

Prominently absent: any hint as to how much this will cost.

Are there actually people who manage to keep their desk empty enough for these screens to be visible? Mine's got an ever-shifting pile of reference books, notebooks and keepsakes right where those are sitting. If I clean it off this stuff will accumulate again rapidly.

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