I think this would be way too distracting to actually use....but damn, is it pretty.

1 big problem no numpad

I don't know how people do it. I cannot have a keyboard without a number pad.

It's better for gaming for me personally so my mouse swipes doesn't hit the keyboard

/ATBGE

When I need to use one, I pull the usb numpad out from behind my monitor...

I don't need another expensive keyboard... I don't need another expensive keyboard...

It’s ugly AF

but we wants it!!

get a loada this guy with unlimited desk space

It's as if it doesn't even exist in my world... until I want to lazily hit the numpad Enter key.

But who’s looking at the keyboard while typing or playing games?

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Was this made by that guy who invents useless products?

I like that I’ll be able to see all the hair, dirt, crumbs and dead skin layer hovering over my swimming fishes. It’ll be cute.

Just use the number row

neat

I can not work without one. Some apps I use do different things when enter is pressed and when enter on the numpad pressed. Blender can technicaly be used without numpad, but it's so much better with one. If you use a keyboard for gaming and typing, sure, but if you need to do your job on one too, the lost desk real estate is worth it .

it'll be like you're feeding them!

How about no. For data entry. It just does not suffice.

Cope

I use mine anytime I’m doing data entry.

I can’t buy a laptop without a numpad. Total deal breaker.

It's invaluable for work but if you have a separate setup for gaming it would be really nice to have that extra desk space

What? I buy my own electronics so I don’t give a shit about what other people use. Not having a numpad is pointless. Save them mini keyboards for the people who don’t have data to enter in large amounts

Curious

Two keyboards. One with numpad for work, other without one for gaming.

I have two keyboards as well. One for personal and one for work. The work one is wireless and just goes in the drawer when I'm not working. Both have numpads because I use the numpads for my non work, working. I just cannot do data entry with the numbers at the top of the keyboard. My mind goes into 3 finger number entry and doesn't compute with any sort of quickness when using the numbers at the top.

This is not a big problem. The extent to which the layout of a custom keyboard can be configured is staggering. A 60-65% keyboard is one that certain users would even deem too LARGE.

The problem here is that you MUST use transparent keycaps for this not to be effectively a normal RGB enabled board. And the vast majority of keyboard enthusiasts who are in the market for a novel keyboard design don’t use or don’t care to own transparent keycaps.

That was a big much. I get like that sometimes. Just don't think the saved space is worth not having the functionality. However, a wireless numpad could be a nice compromise. Could just whip it out when I need it.

It's all one giant workspace for me. Bought a pretty large desk though so I can have two keyboards and 2 mice without much issue. I could see how someone with limited space would want to maximize their real estate. My work peripherals are all wireless so they just get put away when not on the clock.

Hate having to use multiple keys for a single function

That’ll do it.

Don’t bother. Just a troll.

Imagine never being able to find the F6 key because there is a goldfish swimming over all the keys making it hard to determine F6 from F5

Thats a really great idea, lets have beautiful UE5 rendered scenes under the keycaps so it looks incredibly shitty.

Chuck it in the dump with the E.T games.

Well then, you should probably have a numpad if you're doing data entry. Dummy.

That is fuckin cool but I need to see what keys I’m pressing so I wonder how well you could see and use backgrounds with keyboard layouts on them

A keyboard powerful enough to run UE5 ? the least they could do is have it emulate Atari 520St or Amiga 500.

Now make it run Doom.

But does it run Doom?

Can't touch type with this.

Waste more resources on stuff no one needs. Does a keyboard need a CPU and GPU? Any company producing such wasteful trash immediately gets on my personal black list. We aren't in the 90s anymore.

Reminds me of the Optimus keyboard. It was a $1600 keyboard where each key was a small screen.

Of course. Hence my stance on them being needed. Do we not all do some form of data entry? How do people keep their books?

I wonder if Corsair or Razer will follow this up.

If not, I might have to grab one. Just don't trust Finalmouse that much.

Nice, they stuck display under keyboard... well, I hope your muscle memory is great, because you won't be seeing what key you are pressing... and display feature is distorted by the translucent caps... Guys, just pick one function and be good at it.

Weird flex.

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Some of us may or may not have learned to type correctly and still look at the keyboard while still typing at an acceptable speed. I am totally not one of these people but this could be good for them. Also it can just be cool to look at, whether you look at it the whole time or you have an office where you have meetings and its just for others to look at

Are you that out of touch with the general populace?

And most people just gonna have tits bouncing all over the screen.

a bit blunt but pretty much this lol

I am an indie game developer who uses a 60% keyboard, definitely way harder than having a full keyboard + my equals key broke and switching out the switch doesn’t fix it and now I have to do, ctrl-shift-e every time I want to write an equals key, which is a lot when programming. Don’t skimp out on your keyboard kiddos

Probably can run Fortnite

The streamer's audience

I guess I should account for how reckless people are. In todays world you have to have some way to keep record of your finances or be destined to never having money

50% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck

Because they don’t balance their books at all.

Edit: that’s incorrect, but it does help.

I have to look at the keyboard to be confident in typing, but never need to look at it playing games.

349$… bye!

You don't think people will create skins which overlay the keys?

Final Mouse is the hype brand of computer peripherals. Their mice also look super tacky imo.

That's pretty neat. I'll be very impressed if it can play Doom.

Oh my god haha, that ad is way too dramatic for a keyboard

But does it thock?

r/anticonsumption

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Lol my partner has a crazy layout keyboard with 3 layers and completely blank keycaps. I have no idea how he does it but I imagine the market interested in high end keyboards like this are pretty used to it

I know I’m in the minority here, but I can’t stand anything RGB. All my accessories are 1990s office beige baby! Bring back beige

Boy this comment section really doesn't know the mechanical keyboard community

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are they trying to maximize the waste?

Why? Because your finger can’t see what key it’s pressing because of gold fishes swimming around?

Bro post pics that sounds sick

It's a split hand ergodox with grey key caps. When I say layers I mean like if he hits a function key all the keys do something different

It's convenient for coding/some gaming etc and limits how much you have to move your fingers to type. Improves efficiency all around

That machining on the bezel is gaudy and ugly

Do you not clean your keyboard regularly...

I just spend less than I make 🤷

Don't really need a budget for that at this point.

Why don't you just automate, you neanderthal? I haven't had to perform data entry since high school. You manually enter in all of your expenses? Numpads are only for people who waste time not understanding technology like old people and Republicans.

I began using a 60% as a daily a few years ago, and it took me a while to get used to not having dedicated function keys or a numpad. Now I’ve gotten so used to it, and I don’t think I’ll go back to a larger one.

I don’t think a they would have spend the extra RnD to make a full sized keyboard with this type of tech just for it to be looked over by normal consumers. It takes a real keyboard enthusiast to buy one of these. What better size to choose than a 60%?

Going to be a piece of shit 💯

Can't tell if you're trolling or if you've never used a keyboard outside of gaming. Even in terms of gaming, it's more keybinds you can use.

Playing DOOM on your keyboard in 3...

2...

1...

I just use the numrow. Its that easy

Cool. I guess? I feel like it would be distracting.

Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean it makes good business sense or is worth doing.

But, at $349 it’s not insanely expensive so…again, cool I guess?

I'm smashing doritos and shotgunning mountain dew while telling some 13 year old specifically how I'd fuck his mother. You think I'm worried about my crusty ass keyboard?

I'm not on the beige train, but glossy black plastic with a small amount of blue backlighting is my preferred aesthetic. I hate rgb, it's gaudy and distracting to me, and any peripherals I get that have it I usually shut it off.

However, one circumstance I did have it on was when Battlefield 1 came out, and I discovered my G610 keyboard would automatically shut off all key lights except for the key bound for the gas mask (which would light up bright green) whenever you took poison gas damage. Very useful feature and I was pretty impressed that somebody came up with that.

Eh, some of us have real lives with a lot of adulting stuff to do, so between all the other stuff we have to remember to clean and maintain, it invariably happens less than we'd like it to.

You know someone’s gonna put hentai on their keyboard day one.

Fair enough

Valid

Maybe I’m ignorant as to how to automate everything. I’m going to start researching that now to see if there are some simple tasks I can remove from my day to day. Definitely not a Republican. I’m old to some and young to others. Just depends.

I mean, that works too. To each their own. I like to see where things are going. I do data entry for tons of things though. I like being able to look back at numbers and understand where things went or how things have adjusted.

Tastes like chicken

Ha, sorry! I didn't put a /s. That was just me being stupid. Of course numpads are useful. 😀

This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen.

Could never use a keyboard with out a numpad or function keys I literally use them everyday

Having 1 keyboard is way nicer than having 2

Looks cool but I'll pass

I find that I type much faster if I don’t have to pick up my wrists. I do a lot of programming so it helps.

If you can cop ortho, ID75 format.

It has a 60% footprint and can accommodate a numpad in orthodox, southpaw, or unibody split. No stabilizers too, if you hate tuning stabs.

What is up with all these people that can't type without looking at the keyboard? Are people seriously not taught how to type in school? There is a home row with bumps on the f and j. That should be enough.

I’ll stick with a regular full size keyboard for the rest of my life

I feel like this would be best suited as an idle animation, then changing to a more traditional RGB coloration in use.

The keycaps have legends on them

Id say the gaming mouse community is particularly jaded towards this lol

Those Koi are my cell phone screen.

The entire keyboard animations are just way too distracting and I think don’t look good being obstructed by the keys.

However the interactive animations like earlier in the demo where there’s subtle light effects upon each key press… that would be cool. Like if each key when pressed flashed then dissipated into colored smoke thy would be cool.

This keyboard has final boss music

Finalmouse is a scam company and that sells trash by feigning exclusivity.

Optimus keyboard 2.0?!

No, precious! We needs money's for mortgages and car payments! We already learned this with the roof bill, and the new CPU...

I hope so, and I really was waiting to see at least a single one in the video 😞

I love white accessories with white LEDs. I'm speaking NZXT peripherals and Logitech Illuminated keyboards.

However the "gamer design" world seems to be stuck in something like a fever dream from late 80s with jagged edges that are all rainbow lights everywhere.

Some programs make a distinction between "number row" number keys and numpad number keys

I’m a fly by the seat of my pants kinda guy.

Usually I just eat Doritos but I respect your commitment to the lifestyle

And besides… keeping an ass keyboard clean ain’t easy

But why?

All form no function as they say

I thought they were a scam company because they have never offered software support for any of their hardware

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This is probably a real life married couple communicating about purchases in the only way they can manage without starting a fight.

Oh! Stupid!

If you have a key you never use, you can rebind it to produce =. Or make any key your want produce it with a single modifier.

Yeah sadly since it’s a 60% that thing is not working with excess keys, but at this point it barely impacts my typing speed

This thing looks super annoying

I want it…

I have a deathstalker ultimate right now and I've been considering a 915 lightspeed, since I love low profile keys.

The deathstalker has been reliable and great aside from Razer abandoning the software but it's showing some wear after having it so long.

Just quickly looked at the article but man... These looks neat especially if I could get low profile keycaps but I do want a numpad.

I also wish I had bought the razer Tron keyboard back in the day, custom themes on this thing could be epic

FYI the mechanical keyboard subs are pretty sceptical of this so I would wait until there is a final product review from a reputable reviewer before getting one. Especially don't preorder.

Most people don't type numbers that much, and when they do a number row is fine. Plus, if you take off the numberpad you save A TON of space that is freed up for your mouse, which for games is a gigantic advantage. I play with a low sensitivity in games and need the space.

It is ugly. If you’re going to plant a beautiful screen under transparent keys, why do anything to distract from that? I don’t understand.

I play with a microscopic sensitivity and aim shoulder elbow, but I just have a big desk. I guess if you have a small desk where that matters than sure.

hey ... do you remember Optimus keyboard from Art Lebedev?

I have a big desk, it's about proper ergonomics. You physically can't have your hands in good positions for long term gaming with a full sized board, you'll need to flex your wrists in an unhealthy way and you'll notice those effects long term.

Who is this for?

With mechanical keyboards, you can choose your own click by changing switches.

As a a person with a real life who does a lot of adulting stuff, I can clean my keyboard occasionally or just choose not to eat things that are going to make it filthy.

Have you seen the world yet? It’s full of gross.

Am I the only one thats a wondering why there are no letters? I can type but still have to look at the keyboard while doing so. Time to get Mavis Beacon now i guess.

Looks great, but I bet they will ask for a subscription to skip the adds and have more interactive skins, also you will have to pay a extra fee for some key's extra features, and finally they will capture all what you write, just wait for it.

As if I need more reasons to look down at my keyboard while I'm typing.

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It's not strange to see people spend more than this on customs over in /r/mechanicalkeyboards

So people like to stream their hands these days?

Unfortunately most my RGB stuff doesn't have a white so it stays turned off.

Move over hentai keycaps!

And for comparison, that keyboard is more expensive than the keyboard this thread is about. Keyboard people go hard.

Left handed means I never learned to use one in the first place. The top of the keyboard is fine.

Waste of money.

I suppose the practical purpose is you could dynamically change the key displayed. Have multiple layers? While your function key is pressed you can update the keys to what they are. All those quick keys for applications? Label what each key does instead of trying to remember all the combinations. Does an application not really need a keyboard? Cool, it's now whatever sort of input you want. Music software could show notes, a soundboard could have icons for each sound, etc etc.

Is all of that worth $350 for some first gen tech? Probably not, but I can totally see these catching on eventually.

Older people likely never had a typing class for one. If you don't use a computer much you probably don't build up the muscle memory. Younger kids are probably more acustom to virtual keyboard and don't have the muscle memory either.

$350? I’ve seen the mech KB community spend more than that on just two key caps.

Yeah I was actually pretty surprised to see the relatively low price range on this keyboard. When I watched the trailer I was expecting to hear $750+

Well I agree that for data entry it makes things easier, but certainly these aren't designed with cubicle office work in mind.

Just take my money now

Fair

I’m 35 and have been gaming for over 30 years and 25 of those years I’ve been PC gaming. Not sure what ergonomics you’re studying, but this hasn’t effected me in the slightest nor do I believe it ever will. Rested arm with shoulder and elbow movement removes a TON of wrist strain to the point it’s non existent. I also worked most of my career in varying roles of CSR which was all on a computer and now work in IT and that’s also all on computer. I think that my set up is proper and some of you think more than you know.

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Streamers stream anything streamable these days. That keyboard alone would boost anyone's stream no matter what they're doing just from people stopping scrolling out of curiosity. Unfortunately, novelty pays massive dividends these days.

Honestly that price seems way too low.

It's got custom made switches and caps, a relatively big expensive screen, and some sort of SoC that is capable of realtime 3D graphics.

In comparison, people building their own mechanical keyboards from scratch can spend upwards of $200 on parts and completed enthusiast brand keyboards can be more expensive than this - the ZSA Moonlander, for instance, is $365.

It’s not supposed to be an achievement, that was the whole point. It doesn’t take long and any “adult” can find time to clean up something in their home or not mess it up in the first place.

Yeah, same. I'm so tired of it that I genuinely considered just picking up soldering and replacing all that nonsense with white LEDs every time I find something I like that only offers "crazy rainbow".

55 million colors and none of them is white, my ass.

Fucks sake dude, piss off.

the perfect gift for anyone with ADD.

Someone’s angry, not very adult like

I've written research papers on avoiding rsi in the workplace, so I'm basing my opinions on that. It doesn't really matter how long you've been gaming or anything, I've been at it a long time as well. If your wrists and arms aren't totally straight and are resting on your desk while you game, you're at risk of rsi. You can't have both your wrists and arms be straight, with a full sized keyboard. You're bending your wrists or your arms outwards to make room for your mouse, or one is off center, something. Full sized keyboards are big enough to where you have to do that no matter who you are.

So like I said, you might not be feeling anything wrong now but it can and does effect people into the future.

Want to supply me with your research papers? Would love to read over your findings and compare them with others.

Edit: Refused to provide anything to back his claim. Still interested in seeing what he was using as resources and how I could improve, but some people would prefer to not discuss what’s supposedly their specialty and just tell people they are wrong. Smh

I'm not here to go back and fourth with a random guy on line about RSI, and there are certainly better resources out there then my paper. But any amount of googling on the subject would tell you what I'm telling you. You can't really keep straight wrists/arms with a full sized keyboard, and bending your wrists/arms out from being straight puts you at risk of RSI if you're doing it a lot.

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