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This looks like one of those products that would be extremely cool if it worked as well as advertised, but also not likely to do that (which is a recurring them
by Analemma_ 9y ago
This looks like one of those products that would be extremely cool if it worked as well as advertised, but also not likely to do that (which is a recurring theme with the so-called "Weird Sony"). I once tried that "projection keyboard" in a Sharper Image store at the mall and it seemed to register about 20% of my keypresses. It's totally possible the tech has gotten better since then, but I'll wait to see reviews before I spend any money.
- et-al 9y agoYeah, apparently IBM engineers built a projection keyboard back in 1992. It's not surprising we haven't seen it sooner because of detection issues like you mentioned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection_keyboard
- cptskippy 9y agoLets also not forget Weird Sony's pricing which usually makes most of their products unapproachable.
- obtino 9y agoThere are electronic whiteboards which behave in the same way and work extremely well.
- NikolaeVarius 9y agoFrom what I remember of smart boards, they were pretty universally hated.
- malnourish 9y agoHave smartboards improved? I've had nothing but bad luck with them
- kalleboo 9y agoI've heard from a friend who tried one at electronics store here in Japan where they're on demo that it worked really well, he tried 10 finger multi-touch and everything.