3 ms·

Unfortunately these are still a bit too expensive to e.g. have one on every key of a standard 101-key keyboard.

XorNot 1y ago
Admittedly at $2, thats within the cost bucket of an expensive keyboard.
gigel82 1y ago
I want them in arcade buttons to show the mapping for the currently playing emulator / game. You can get circular 0.71 inch LCD screens for under $1.50 (160x160) - which will fit all sizes of arcade buttons, but for some reason no one built this yet... :)
jkestner 1y ago
Takes me back. https://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus-maximus/#51901 https://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus-maximus/#51... Think this was $1200. Honestly don’t think I would spend any extra money on dynamic keys- I never look at my keyboard.
- rkomorn 1y ago
  That keyboard definitely had wow factor for me when it came out. It was like: wow this is overkill... but it looks so nice with custom layouts that match the games.
  - hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago
    I think they’d be functionally useless for my daily driver, but a keyboard that shows contextual hot keys to an app I’m learning (photoshop, blender, etc) would be a game changer.
    - nick49488171 1y ago
      AR glasses or VR passthrough could make some really cool hotkey graphics
    - nottorp 1y ago
      If only Apple would have done that with the F keys instead of the touch stripe they tried...
- blue1 1y ago
  The Elgato Stream Decks, although not keyboards proper, come very close
  - jkestner 1y ago
    Funny you mention that. There's a lineage from one to the other: https://www.theverge.com/c/features/24191410/elgato-stream-deck-art-lebedev-optimus-maximus-keyboard-retrospective https://www.theverge.com/c/features/24191410/elgato-stream-d... Makes sense that they moved from individual screens to one big one under a bunch of transparent keys.
hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago
Tell me you’re unaware of the artisan keyboard scene prices without telling me you’re unaware of the artesian keyboard scene prices

Admittedly at $2, thats within the cost bucket of an expensive keyboard.

I want them in arcade buttons to show the mapping for the currently playing emulator / game. You can get circular 0.71 inch LCD screens for under $1.50 (160x160) - which will fit all sizes of arcade buttons, but for some reason no one built this yet... :)

jkestner 1y ago

Takes me back. https://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus-maximus/#51901 https://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus-maximus/#51... Think this was $1200. Honestly don’t think I would spend any extra money on dynamic keys- I never look at my keyboard.

rkomorn 1y ago
That keyboard definitely had wow factor for me when it came out. It was like: wow this is overkill... but it looks so nice with custom layouts that match the games.
- hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago
  I think they’d be functionally useless for my daily driver, but a keyboard that shows contextual hot keys to an app I’m learning (photoshop, blender, etc) would be a game changer.
  - nick49488171 1y ago
    AR glasses or VR passthrough could make some really cool hotkey graphics
  - nottorp 1y ago
    If only Apple would have done that with the F keys instead of the touch stripe they tried...
blue1 1y ago
The Elgato Stream Decks, although not keyboards proper, come very close
- jkestner 1y ago
  Funny you mention that. There's a lineage from one to the other: https://www.theverge.com/c/features/24191410/elgato-stream-deck-art-lebedev-optimus-maximus-keyboard-retrospective https://www.theverge.com/c/features/24191410/elgato-stream-d... Makes sense that they moved from individual screens to one big one under a bunch of transparent keys.

hsbauauvhabzb 1y ago

Tell me you’re unaware of the artisan keyboard scene prices without telling me you’re unaware of the artesian keyboard scene prices