Thursday, January 10th 2013
Art.Lebedev Optimus Wears Various Gaming Skins
Here are a few examples of Art.Lebedev being Art.Lebedev. The Russian innovator behind the OLED screen-capped keyboards showed off its flagship product, the Optimus keyboard, "wearing" various games' and software skins at the flick of a switch. We find each game getting a unique key- and icon-map. Among the examples are Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Half Life 2, a flight-sim, and a generic MMO layout. In addition, the studio showed off Optimus wearing shortcut-key maps for various productivity software such as Final Cut Pro, and Avid.
18 Comments on Art.Lebedev Optimus Wears Various Gaming Skins
As far as gaming is concerned, that "keyboard" is practically useless. In a gaming peripheral, buttons should be well spaced, easy to press, and give a good tactile feedback.
Gratz on pointless tech.
Yes, we all know its an icon for the "jump" action, but these keys are specifically skinned for WOW, so where does Mario fit in the picture for that? Is there some kind of wow-fan inside joke goin on here? :confused:
But now 300 years later, after anyone who ever did care has had grandchildren and died, this revolting abortion barely warrants screen time, even if only to laugh at.
These guys need to just close shop. The full screen touch screen has already utterly slaughtered them - if they really must persist with this nonsense why not just release a tablet app that makes the screen LOOK like a keyboard full of graphic keys?
It will work better, LOOK BETTER, and be cheaper.