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Just in time for Xmas
If you like high tech gadgetry this is just the thing for you.
Click the image to read the product promotion
![](http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/virtual_keyboard.jpg) ![](http://images.thinkgeek.com/action/large/21168e2.jpg)
Using the form factors of compact devices currently available, often feels like
trying to adapt to toddler sized kindergarden desks and chairs. This is a very
elegant approach to solving the ergonomic shortcomings of current portable
computing appliances. Combined with a miniaturized VGA projector and a fast
wireless connection to remortely access your own PC wherever it happens to
be based, this scheme makes the current model of carrying a notebook or
laptop a dated concept soon to be supplanted. Envision a keychain attachment
something like a UFD ( USB flash memory thumb drive ) or DOK ( Disk On Key ),
you could then work wherever theres a tabletop against a white wall or just
tack up a sheet of paper for a screen. I know glasses that project the image
of a screen directly onto the visual field are available and this may actually
become a strong contender.
http://microvision.com/wearable_displays/mobile.html
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[Edited on 14-2-2008 by franklyn]
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OK, Now I want 2 things for Xmas; one of those and a very rich Uncle to buy me one (or at least that's what I'm guessing- I didn't see a price).
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geek prices this at 179.99 ( upper right hand of page in very small print )
and is available right now.
Mind you that this only projects a keyboard facsimile, the
head up display or view screen you would have to somehow
rig yourself. The true pc on a keychain is almost but not quite
ready for prime time as they say. I just thought to appraise
everyone of what is yet just a couple of years off.
[Edited on 4-12-2006 by franklyn]
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That's a much nicer price than I expected.
Dear Santa,
I have been a very good boy all year and.....
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I would certainly not buy this, at least for desktop computer. Good keyboard are so hard to find, does anybody remember the IBM M keyboard, the grey
and white one who were making a nice click and everything. When you get use to keyboard you end up making the difference on every keyboard except your
own. I would prolly go for http://www.daskeyboard.com/ instead, mechanical keyboard work better IMHO.
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Quote: | Originally posted by Blind Angel
I would certainly not buy this, at least for desktop computer. |
If the emphasis is portability it can't be beat , assuming it is relatively bug free.
Alternatives I've seen are folding keyboards , and also full sized keyboards which
house a cpu and hard disk. But what's the point if that's dimensionally just like
a laptop or notebook.
Blind Angel if you really can't see I fully appreciate your point. I know portable
braille devices that transcribe written text have been around awhile. It seems
to me that if you are a touch typist that perhaps a mat something like a mouse
pad with a touch sensitive key layout would be just right for you.
[Edited on 16-12-2006 by franklyn]
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I told you so
The pocket virtual PC has arrived, almost.
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/4816/5840/proje...
http://www.microvision.com/proj.html
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Not quite pocket pc but nearly there
Click images to play news video and see other views
![](http://blog.wired.com/./photos/uncategorized/2008/01/03/pico_projector.jpg) ![](http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/RESIZEDSHOWimage.jpg)
Reviews _
http://microvision.com/pico_projector_displays/showbuzz.html
http://microvision.com
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Do it yourself 3 D imaging
Just watch this video , it says it all - W O W
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=976
This is it , scroll to bottom of this page for details & download
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Ejohnny/projects/wii
Of course this is not applicable universally since it requires a Z axis
component besides X and Y in the image data. I recall similar earlier
attempts done many years ago in monochrome using a common
analog oscilloscope as a rastered view screen.
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On screen credits
http://johnnylee.net
Redirect from above link
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny
and sundry other projects
http://procrastineering.com
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This is just to show that the Wii is not a toy and has many other uses besides
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19726495.800-wi...
Lee at Ted earlier this year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgKCrGvShZs
Other interesting things at Carnegie Mellon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuoljANz4EA
http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/homes/dhoiem/projects/popup/index.htm...
You may recall this technology was foretold in the movie " Bladerunner "
Back then in 1984 , it was just science fiction.
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Stereoscopic viewscreens - no glasses needed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pmO3NySaQw
http://www.dimensionalstudios.com/philips_42_3d_wowvx_displa...
http://www.wowvx.com/3devents/Pressreleases/2007/Page-15283....
What's available to you now
http://www.vrealities.com/stereoscopicdisplays.html
Technology background
http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/fot/handouts/25_3D_TV.pdf
http://www.business-sites.philips.com/shared/assets/global/D...
http://www.business-sites.philips.com/shared/assets/global/D...
http://www.ddd.com/files/DDD-ARM%20Whitepaperv2.pdf
http://www.3dtv-research.org/publicDocs/publications/OnuralN...
Resources
http://www.3d-mania.de
also
http://www.3dcgi.com/index.htm
use links at left, for example
http://www.3dcgi.com/cooltech/displays/displays.htm
more hacking and do it yourself
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/homemade-hd-video-projectors/proj...
So here is what I'm leading to :
We see that already technology has progressed to the point where eyeglasses
are no longer required in order to produce the illusion of depth in a view screen.
The program developed by Carnegie Mellon which provides perspective from
2 dimensional images can realistically endow existing motion pictures and
television with the necessary Z - axis component.
This. combined with the head tracking concept cleverly executed by John Lee ,
that gives a true variable perspective , enables one to experience a true holo-
graphic display without a hologram. Even the infrared emitters of the Wii Fi
device can be eliminated by just using a webcam with face tracking software
as this => http://www.seeingmachines.com/faceAPI.html
Of course this holographic effect will still be limited to one individual per
display or view screen. For multiple users to individually experience variable
perspective would still require a hologram.
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They're Here
www.maximumpc.com/article/news/lg_unveils_first_3d_monitor_e...
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I had the idea of using chemistry as a decoration for Christmas as well as an excuse for more 'toys' . . .burning methanol with dissolved transition
metal salts!
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." Winston Churchill
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