The Optimus Popularis keyboard, by designer Art Lebedev, is a customizable peripheral that allows users to change up the keys' displays on the keyboard. Users can assign different functions and images to the keys to create a unique, personalized keyboard.
Priced at over $1,000, the Optimus Popularis keyboard features a backlit LCD screen and each key has a 64 x 64 pixel grid that allows for customization of static images and even video files. So, each key can be assigned a specific function or shortcut. What's more, along with the original customizable keyboard, Lebedev plans on releasing another keyboard called Optimus Mini Six, which is a smaller six-LCD keypad that can be used like a remote control.
The Optimus Popularis keyboard was supposed to be released last year but its production was delayed. Now, production of the original keyboard and the Optimus Mini Six is set for June 2012.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Customizable Peripherals
- The Optimus Popularis keyboard allows users to change up the keys' displays, presenting an opportunity for disruptive innovation in the field of computer peripherals.
- Personalized Keyboards
- With the ability to assign different functions and images to each key, the Optimus Popularis keyboard opens up opportunities for disruptive innovation in the keyboard manufacturing industry.
- Lcd-based Keyboards
- The backlit LCD screen and customizable keys of the Optimus Popularis keyboard suggest disruptive innovation potential in the development of keyboards with advanced display capabilities.
Where This Applies
- Computer Peripherals
- The customizable features of the Optimus Popularis keyboard present disruptive innovation opportunities in the computer peripherals industry.
- Keyboard Manufacturing
- By introducing customizable and personalized keyboards, the Optimus Popularis keyboard provides disruptive innovation possibilities for the keyboard manufacturing industry.
- Display Technology
- The use of LCD screens in the Optimus Popularis keyboard highlights opportunities for disruptive innovation in the development of advanced display technology for keyboards and other devices.
