Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Is The Virtual Keyboard Finally A Reality?
Posted by Brad Adrian in "ARTICLE" @ 11:01 PM
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,539778,00.asp
Here's an ExtremeTech article that provides a few more details about the Canesta "Virtual Keyboard" that was first hyped back in March. It sounds like a pretty snazzy product, but I'm still a bit skeptical about whether it will ever actually reach production.
The concept is that a chipset projects an image of a keyboard onto a flat surface and then detects finger movements, translating them into keystrokes. The developers admit that there is a learning curve involved for users, especially for touch-typists. They also claim that an experienced user can reach typing speeds of up to 80 words per minute.
Impressive, huh? Take a look at the rest of the article and let me know how excited you think we should be about this.
Here's an ExtremeTech article that provides a few more details about the Canesta "Virtual Keyboard" that was first hyped back in March. It sounds like a pretty snazzy product, but I'm still a bit skeptical about whether it will ever actually reach production.
The concept is that a chipset projects an image of a keyboard onto a flat surface and then detects finger movements, translating them into keystrokes. The developers admit that there is a learning curve involved for users, especially for touch-typists. They also claim that an experienced user can reach typing speeds of up to 80 words per minute.
Impressive, huh? Take a look at the rest of the article and let me know how excited you think we should be about this.
