Optimus Maximus Keyboard is out ... kinda.

Matabus

Optimus Maximus

I say kinda because it's out, but it costs as much as a good PC would run you.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWkjtnd367Q[/ame]

notman

Tis been out for a while

"t first started shipping the week of February 21, 2008"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Maximus_keyboard

By now, I would have expected it to drop in price. The technology inside it has dropped. I would only CONSIDER buying one if it dropped to a tenth of its current price

ericdigital

yeah been around for a while =P but none the less such a awesome keyboard. The fact the layout is as easy as bringing a template to photoshop, is just awesome. ahh, one can dream

Matabus

Wow I am a whole year behind!
I thought it was just a concept until recently.

Flaringo

Hell yeah, Oingo Boingo!

adam

What the hell, that sucks. Ya ya blah blah little screens on every key but when each key lags like that (the Shift key making all letters Upper Case, for example) it totally makes me think their pricetag is a joke.

No thanks

1/10th the price and instant response or GTFO--->

Mark Dygert

Oh so very old:
2005: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?p=570299 (I remember but can't find older threads)
2007: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=47753 (finally shipped)
2008: http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=51042 (They've moved onto something new)

It costs that much because its been in dev so long. I keep waiting for someone to take the idea and run with a quick, light, cheaper version. I've wanted one for a while but not with the lag or the price tag.

EzMeow

I've always wanted a keyboard this way (even when this concept wasn't out yet) as I've been use to switch from QWERTY to AZERTY all the time. And when I saw they made it a kind of "piece of design" and ultra over priced, I just though wtf ... they can keep it deep where i think.

3devo

wish they would release this
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-aux/
still expensive but imagine it set up your most used modeling operations(with custom icons).
that plus mouse would own so hard

Marine

3devo, you might want to consider an xkey, http://www.xkeys.com/xkeys/xkdesk.php

slipsius

i did a presentation on this keyboard a while back... each key is customizable, so you can change the picture on it. if you're a PC gamer, it would be cool.

if i had extra money laying around, i would totally get one.

dejawolf

the technology requires an LCD screen, a graphics card and a flash memory to store the image.
with some technical know how, you could probably build one yourself for about 250$.