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Unfortunately these are still a bit too expensive to e.g. have one on every key of a standard 101-key keyboard.


Takes me back. https://store.artlebedev.com/electronics/optimus-maximus/#51...

Think this was $1200. Honestly don’t think I would spend any extra money on dynamic keys- I never look at my keyboard.


The Elgato Stream Decks, although not keyboards proper, come very close


Funny you mention that. There's a lineage from one to the other: https://www.theverge.com/c/features/24191410/elgato-stream-d...

Makes sense that they moved from individual screens to one big one under a bunch of transparent keys.


That keyboard definitely had wow factor for me when it came out.

It was like: wow this is overkill... but it looks so nice with custom layouts that match the games.


I think they’d be functionally useless for my daily driver, but a keyboard that shows contextual hot keys to an app I’m learning (photoshop, blender, etc) would be a game changer.


If only Apple would have done that with the F keys instead of the touch stripe they tried...


AR glasses or VR passthrough could make some really cool hotkey graphics


I want them in arcade buttons to show the mapping for the currently playing emulator / game. You can get circular 0.71 inch LCD screens for under $1.50 (160x160) - which will fit all sizes of arcade buttons, but for some reason no one built this yet... :)


Admittedly at $2, thats within the cost bucket of an expensive keyboard.


Tell me you’re unaware of the artisan keyboard scene prices without telling me you’re unaware of the artesian keyboard scene prices




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