On November 2, esports influencer Jake Lucky shared a video of a keyboard whose entire backplate is a screen, one reportedly capable of playing standard video or even a GPU-rendered interactive backgr
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On November 2, esports influencer Jake Lucky shared a video (opens in new tab) of a keyboard whose entire backplate is a screen, one reportedly capable of playing standard video or even a GPU-rendered interactive background.
Peripherals manufacturer Finalmouse, whose watermark graces the video, subsequently replied stating that this video was „just the tip of the iceberg,“ and that more info would be coming December 17.
Lucky’s original video shows an animation of koi fish swimming near the surface of a pond presented on the keyboard’s screen. It’s hard to tell with the resolution of the video, but it seems that there are clear keycaps on over the switches, allowing the screen to remain as visible as possible.
Text laid over the video describes „custom prelubed linear gaming switch or analog Hall Effect switch option.“ That means you’d have your pick of something akin to a Cherry MX Red but pre-lubricated to improve its feel and sound, or a Hall Effect switch, a high end mechanism formerly reserved for industrial applications that we’re starting to see in more consumer inputs like analog sticks or key switches.
