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My guess is that it has not gotten a lot of traction because it appears to be completely vaporware, and it's hard to get excited about something that doesn't ex

by brk 18y ago

My guess is that it has not gotten a lot of traction because it appears to be completely vaporware, and it's hard to get excited about something that doesn't exist, and does not seem to be on a path to completion. The Internet, and the VC startup world, is littered with fancy product illustrations, mocked-up demos, and empty press releases. What makes this one worthy of a fan-club above all the others?

wallflower 18y ago
It might be somewhere past vaporware. There is a product demo video for 2009 where typing is demonstrated. However, even if it does work, it may not work well enough (yet) for real-world uses. Future prototype iterations may well improve dramatically. Inventor Gunilla Alsiö's elevator pitch at Plugg '09 (one of 20 invited startups out of 143 applicants at this Europe entrepreneur event). "The movies [Minority Report, Johnny Mnemonic] are fiction but Senseboard is real. We will let you try this yourself during lunchtime. Our business model based on licensing, with the combination of licensing fees and senseboard chips. We are focusing on the mobile gaming market." http://vimeo.com/3603806 http://vimeo.com/3603806 (Starts @8:55, note, some of the other elevator pitches are fascinating to watch - check out Myngle's @2:45) In the demo video, the rate of typing (painfully slow!) shown seems to indicate that the technology may not be fast and/or robust enough for coding or even email-composition typing needs. "A first 0-series of the Senseboard(R) Gesture Recognition Technology has been introduced and can be tested at MWC. A demo video is available for download on at: http://www.senseboard.com/video_0109/video.php http://www.senseboard.com/video_0109/video.php " @1:17 - demo of using senseboard for Google earth navigation @2:06 - virtual keyboard demo (note: continuity issues - video quality is low, set is different from Google nav demo - leading me to suspect it might not be demo'able live - if it was, why wouldn't they film it the same day/setting) The video is 78mb and it has a weird, smooth jazz soundtrack. Don't want to jump their bandwidth usage but they don't stream it. Maybe someone can share/host it.
jodrellblank 18y ago
Right now you can't make a device with decent text input without a fuillsize keyboard. With this, you could. Laptops, tablets, netbooks, smartphones, handheld gaming devices could all be improved with this, if it's as good as it looks like it could be. What makes it worthy of a fan club - it's a great solution to a real problem.

by brk 18y ago

wallflower 18y ago

It might be somewhere past vaporware. There is a product demo video for 2009 where typing is demonstrated. However, even if it does work, it may not work well enough (yet) for real-world uses. Future prototype iterations may well improve dramatically. Inventor Gunilla Alsiö's elevator pitch at Plugg '09 (one of 20 invited startups out of 143 applicants at this Europe entrepreneur event). "The movies [Minority Report, Johnny Mnemonic] are fiction but Senseboard is real. We will let you try this yourself during lunchtime. Our business model based on licensing, with the combination of licensing fees and senseboard chips. We are focusing on the mobile gaming market." http://vimeo.com/3603806 http://vimeo.com/3603806 (Starts @8:55, note, some of the other elevator pitches are fascinating to watch - check out Myngle's @2:45) In the demo video, the rate of typing (painfully slow!) shown seems to indicate that the technology may not be fast and/or robust enough for coding or even email-composition typing needs. "A first 0-series of the Senseboard(R) Gesture Recognition Technology has been introduced and can be tested at MWC. A demo video is available for download on at: http://www.senseboard.com/video_0109/video.php http://www.senseboard.com/video_0109/video.php " @1:17 - demo of using senseboard for Google earth navigation @2:06 - virtual keyboard demo (note: continuity issues - video quality is low, set is different from Google nav demo - leading me to suspect it might not be demo'able live - if it was, why wouldn't they film it the same day/setting) The video is 78mb and it has a weird, smooth jazz soundtrack. Don't want to jump their bandwidth usage but they don't stream it. Maybe someone can share/host it.

jodrellblank 18y ago

Right now you can't make a device with decent text input without a fuillsize keyboard. With this, you could. Laptops, tablets, netbooks, smartphones, handheld gaming devices could all be improved with this, if it's as good as it looks like it could be. What makes it worthy of a fan club - it's a great solution to a real problem.