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    Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
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    Image of geolemon geolemon
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    I don't see why it's even this big.

    Google "virtual keyboard" to see a device that's a projected keyboard that's 1/3 the size of that spider device, and companies talking about projectors that can fit in a cell phone for basic resolution at least. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    10/29/09

    @geolemon: Probably for the actual "computer" portions of it - if they're building it right now, the smallest stuff that they're using is probably the guts of a smart phone, so if you assume that that's about 1/3 of the device, and a pico projector is about 1/3 of the device, and as you stated the virtual keyboard is about 1/3 of the device, that's three thirds right there...

    My question is actually "why do we need people to come up with prototypes of this?" All the pieces that they're using are commercially available - the keyboard is $150 from Thinkgeek, you can get pico projectors for between $300 and $600, and if you're willing to work with Pico ITX, you can get tiny motherboards for about $230. So if you're a modder and you have the time, you can probably put one of these together for under $1,000.00, depending on memory/harddrive/case/etc. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    This sort of illustrates why I don't like it when capacitive touch screens try to emulate physical buttons. There's just no feedback so it's too easy to make mistakes. I tried to play Sonic 1 (a game I had mastered in my youth) on my friends iPod and couldn't do green hill zone for crap because the controls were too close together and with no feedback it was all to easy to push the wrong direction.

    Don't get me wrong I do enjoy touch screen controls, but when they try to imitate physical controls it just doesn't work. Sonic 1 could have just as easily been controlled by pressing on the right to run right and pressing on the left to run back and maybe tapping the corners/middle/twice for jumping. #ericssonspiderpc
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    The tripod looks like some creepy deployable turret/forcefield generator. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    10/29/09

    @Odin: It oddly reminds me of GladOs, the maniacal computer of Portal. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro: I don't blame you. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro:
    Is anybody there?
    Night night. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    10/29/09

    @Odin: "Ah, there you are"
    *machine gun noise* #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro: Arrrrhhhhh! Put me down!
    Where are you taking me!?
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    Image of Fenister Fenister
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen

    War of the worlds, anyone? #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of fatbencher fatbencher
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    always they create standalone shapes. Who is going to put something like this on the coffee table when they don't have to? Make it flat, so it can be put up against any wall. Why take away the clutter of a keyboard... and replace it with different clutter? #ericssonspiderpc
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    I think it would be hard to use a keyboard like this because it's always nice to have that tactile feedback of hitting a key. I think typing with no physical buttons would lead to more mistakes. #ericssonspiderpc
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