Alles over Virtual Piano: All Done With Lasers, With Questionable Results | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2006-08-04 20:34:29
Here's a variation on that Virtual Keyboard that's been floating around for a few years: the Virtual Piano from Digital Information Development (DID), working on the same principle that uses a highly portable red semiconductor laser module to project a keyboard onto to any surface. The device then automagically detects the position of your hands and plays the resulting music through an onboard speaker, but if it's anything like the Virtual Keyboard, it's flaky.
There is good reason why the Virtual Keyboard took so long to get to market, and when it finally did, it was not the huge hit its developers had hoped. There's no touch sensitivity and it feels just like what it is: typing on a table. This is an even bigger drawback when you're talking about playing music. We're thinking this Virtual Piano is another one of those devices that's much more impressive as demoware than as an actual product. – Charlie White
Virtual piano turns any surface into a keyboard [Pink Tentacle, via TechEBlog]
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/virtual-piano-all-done-with-lasers-with-questionable-results-192184.php
Alles over The Laser Virtual Piano | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Software Headlines :: Index | 2006-08-04 10:34:45
By David PonceIt looks like Japanese company DID (although, strangely, theyve registered a Belize domain name&) took an I-Tech virtual laser keyboard, fiddled with the software, and got it to project a piano, instead of a keyboard. From there, it was just a matter of getting it to play piano noises when specific keys are struck, and what youve got is a portable virtual laser piano.It projects a 25-key 2-octave piano keyboard and a CMOS camera module and infrared (invisible) red semiconductor laser module detect which keys are touched. It plays three instruments : organ, pipe organ and harpsichord. Comes out in November for about $130.[DID Virtual Laser Piano (Warning: Crappety Flash site] VIA [TechEBlog] Source: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Ohgizmo/~3/9132353/ dponce80 http://www.softwareheadlines.com/modules/planet/view.article.php/21315
