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Ask HN: Is there any “phantom” keyboard?
A keyboard which is just a camera (or sensors), visually determining hand positions to register keystrokes. Is there any such thing?
I’m aware of Tactual Labs (https://vimeo.com/258421095) but I can’t afford that, and I’d like my keyboard to be something I can carry in my pocket (a phantom keyboard, as I described.)
There’s a damn amount of unexplored productivity potential in this area, especially considering 3d gestures and such.
If there isn’t any, I may build one.
- PaulHoule 3y agoIt's an old idea, I think it rarely works as well as you'd wish it did.
- theandrewbailey 3y agoLaser projected keyboards have been around for ~15 years.
- porkbeer 3y agoAnd they are objectively terrible, and possibly dangerous if used long term.