Reminds me of the Haptix Multitouch. http://www.ractiv.com
A Motion-Sensing Keyboard
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Re: A Motion-Sensing Keyboard
#132I like the direction this is going. Something I'd love to see is a touch surface track pad on the J key that would function as a mouse.
Are you thinking something like this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick
Hah, I HATE these, but actually like parent's idea to have a key be a small track pad. Would have to know when to turn it off, of course, unless you want to click some random thing everytime you type 'j'...
Re: A Motion-Sensing Keyboard
#133Very cool, it's like the Leap Motion, a Multi touch track pad, and a keyboard had a baby. Looks perfect for kickstarter.
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... umm.. because its white? and every thats white is Apple? If you actually look at it you'll see its a not printed anything like an Apple keyboard, the letters are offset for one, they are centered on Apple keyboards, and has Windows keys.
It's definitely an Apple keyboard (look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3dUeGNIX4M&feature=youtu.be... — the command key is clearly visible), albeit an old one.
It’s not an Apple keyboard, it’s a keyboard made by some manufacturer other than Apple (it seems to be some cheap Apple keyboard knock off), but with OS X modifier keys.
However, that’s barely relevant. They built a prototype, probably with some cheap keyboard they either had around or just quickly ordered online. The particular keyboard used for this particular prototype is literally of no relevance at all. It doesn’t even have anything to do with what they want to show.
I really don’t get this whole fucking discussion. It’s some of the most stupid stereotype pattern matching that I have every seen on HN.
Re: A Motion-Sensing Keyboard
#135Very cool. Did anyone else notice that the direction of many of the gestures were reverse of the "natural" motion. I.e. to scroll left, the hand gestures to the left, rather than to the right as if you're dragging the viewport to the right. Also, to zoom in, the thumb and index finger are brought together, rather than spread apart as if you're dragging to points on the viewport away from each other.
Obviously this would all be configurable but it's strange to work on something to reduce HCI friction while using a design that's counterintuitive.
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
... umm.. because its white? and every thats white is Apple? If you actually look at it you'll see its a not printed anything like an Apple keyboard, the letters are offset for one, they are centered on Apple keyboards, and has Windows keys.
Looks like it has a Command key to me.
So has the cheap clone keyboard linked here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7671321
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#137This is a project of Microsoft Research. It's purely academic at this point (done in collaboration with ETH Zürich), and at this stage it has nothing to do with the commercial side of the company, except being funded by them. Apple flamewars and speculation about when this will hit the market are out of place here. Right now it's a bunch of academics showing off a cool prototype, which they couldn't be doing if this…
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#138I've been messing around with a Leap Motion device lately, and while I was initially skeptical, there are some actions which are genuinely more pleasant than using a keyboard alone. Sure, it may not be ideal for everyday computing, but it can be great for specific scenarios. Think a presentation, or something that has less frequent interactions than surfing the web.
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I think Leap Motion is great, but I think that same kind of sensing can be achieved through lower tech ways, like a multi-color glove plus a webcam. It is a cool idea and I hope they succeed, but I'm working on the low-tech LEAP idea and I'd like to see how far that can stack up to their more complex system.
I would be interested to hear more about the low tech ways, but I don't find Leap to be overly complex. There is a lot of math if you're on the developer side, but I think you need that level of complexity to be able to customize it for whatever your needs are.
For now, I'm using distinctly colored clothing, a webcam, and OpenCV.
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I could think of a few scenarios where I wouldn't prefer using the keyboard/mouse: * Controlling 3D models. * When doing presentations. * When watching a movie/video on fullscreen. * Cooking by following a recipe on the computer and not having clean hands.
> Controlling 3D models. You give up the precision of a mouse though. I could maybe see it being used to rotate the viewport, but even there I think you'd want the precision. > When doing presentations. That's what god made the clicky devices for. > When watching a movie/video on fullscreen. You're going to be close enough to your keyboard to do that and adjusting the time to just the one you want with the precision…
I agree on the last point as well.