Superb idea for a new keyboard - Its more interesting than you think

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

Look - all you need to do is stand still facing away from me!!!! you only need one button for that

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by grandmaster

I want one i want one,

If any of you have seen Tron, i want the keyboard the Mr dillinger has in his office desk.

all you do is tap the glass to push the key...

That reminds me of something I read. It was an article by Jeff Minter (yes, the Games Programmer). He was explaining his view of the office of the future. It was, basically, that desk running with a gui.

Oh well, we will have to do with Touch screens, and virtual keyboards (http://www.gomogear.com/detail.aspx?ID=6705)

[TheBlueRaja]

Apparently its going to cost a minumum of $200 to $300 dollars when its eventually made.

[OinkyBoinky]

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja

Apparently its going to cost a minumum of $200 to $300 dollars when its eventually made.

sounds about right... shame tho.. would be cool...

[Ramrod]

Try $1500

Pre-order starts: May 20, 2007 at 3 p. m. Moscow time

Production schedule:
Beginning of December 2007—200 keyboards
End of December 2007—200 keyboards
January 2008—400 keyboards

Price: US$ 1,500.00

[Uncle Peter]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Try $1500

Judging by those production volumes it's probably the only way they're going to make any money.

[awibble]

i think they would of done better with a lot more at about $100 .... i would of ordered one for $200 max.... Its not worth it for more than that IMO

[Uncle Peter]

unfortunately those oLED displays are still quite expensive so it's highly unlikely they could make it for 100 quid

[awibble]

im sure they could if the built the quantity....

I bet building one PS3 would cost a huge amount compared to building a few million.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by awibble

im sure they could if the built the quantity....

It's not just a case of deciding to build more. They have to work out a way to build more without failiure rates increasing.

Look at the 108" Panasonic Plasma. Panasonic can't currently build these in any great quantity (a few each year), so where they are selling them, the price is around £50,000. However, they are currently working to increase their production rate, so the price will fall.

Do you know about recouping developement costs? why do you think stuff thats just being refined and not redesigned is so cheap??? My first external cd rw was 180 quid 4 x 4 x 2 x my first internal 12 x cd rw was 100 quid. You have to pay for developement before prices drop its standard business practice. The keyboards are specialist and therefore will only appeal to those in the money and willing to pay for such technology.I do not think there is much of a market for £100+ keyboards when I can get a fair enough internet board for < £4

[AndrewJ]

Yet in time those fancy keyboards will be sold by Logitech as their new top end model for £79.99 with a fancy mouse.

[dev]

waste of money imo, how often do you people look at your keyboard anyway?

[pooper]

Ive been watching the Optimus keyboard developement for over a year now and as expected, the actual reality of it is quite a way from the initial prototypes (limited screens, key size, cost etc - but that's all to be expected).

At the end of the day, who is going to be willing to buy a PC, then spend the same amount again......... on the keyboard lol

Would be nice if/when OLED displays become more mainstream and possibly cheaper, but i wouldn't get too excited about this keyboard. I lost interest ages ago :P

(if you ARE interested, the best place for info is their blog: http://community.livejournal.com/optimus_project )