According to an announcement made on the Optimus project blog, keyboards are now shipping to customers who pre-ordered the $1564 keyboard nine months ago. Keyboards with passive keys are delayed and will be shipping in about a month, the manufacturer said.
The Optimus Maximus integrates a standalone LED in each of its 113 keys. Each LED has a size of 10.1 x 10.1 mm and offers a resolution of 48 x 48 pixels. According to Art Lebedev, the keys can not only display images, but videos with frame rates of up to 10 fps as well. Up to 65,536 colors are supported, which can be seen on viewing angles of up to 160 degrees. Image and video layouts are stored on a SD flash memory card, which can be inserted on the back of the keyboard.
Earlier this month, one of the first Optimus Maximus keyboards was sold for $2750 on Ebay.
Seems a bit over the top for a keyboard. The only real function it could have is perhaps for accesibility, but then again a keyboard is pretty straight forward. Why would you pay that much for it either? You can get a really nice new pc for the same price, but some people decided a keyboard would be more worth the money XD
Hehe. i would definitely buy one of those if it wasn't for the price. but anyway, i also think that it would be easily damaged as far as i handle my keyboard, they would have to make a better plastics.
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What is the point of it? I can understand if you're using it to play Quake or something for the short period, cause you can quickly look down to find the right key(s), but over time you'll memorize your keys without looking at it.
but anyway, i also think that it would be easily damaged as far as i handle my keyboard, they would have to make a better plastics.
