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I found a piano.; Sorta....
Topic Started: Aug 4 2006, 09:24 AM (195 Views)
George K
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Finally
Virtual Piano: All Done With Lasers, With Questionable Results

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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
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DivaDeb
HOLY CARP!!!
I want my fingers to have a pink halo like that when I play....

:P
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Mark
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HOLY CARP!!!
Ooooh!

Pimped out pianos!

Complete with neon light "finger/hand aura"!

And forget that brass crap! I want it in chrome!

:lol2:

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kenny
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DivaDeb
Aug 4 2006, 09:26 AM
I want my fingers to have a pink halo like that when I play....

:P

This should help.

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DivaDeb
HOLY CARP!!!
kenny
Aug 4 2006, 09:35 AM
DivaDeb
Aug 4 2006, 09:26 AM
I want my fingers to have a pink halo like that when I play....

:P

This should help.

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what is that?
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kenny
HOLY CARP!!!
LSD
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DivaDeb
HOLY CARP!!!
I was thinking maybe fingerpaint would work....

:unsure:
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Aqua Letifer
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ZOOOOOM!
DivaDeb
Aug 4 2006, 10:07 AM
I was thinking maybe fingerpaint would work....

:unsure:

Either/or, I guess.

But both together would be pretty cool.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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