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Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

GuyHui — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:59:09 GMT

Well that is a sad news. It seems the remote could function well. Why his project went down ? [:'(]

B&O wasn't interested ?

I hoped I could be one of his customer....

Cheers,

Guy

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

beocool — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:32:14 GMT

AFAIK Joris doesn't have any plans for the remote. Maybe he will sell the concept to a third party.

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

GuyHui — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:44:55 GMT

Thanks for your feedback. Should we expect so see this beautiful remote on the market or is the Joris's project postponed in a close future ?

Cheers,

Guy

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

beocool — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:26:30 GMT

IIRC Joris was mainly interested in the user interface itself. The remote was mainly a vehicle to demonstrate this...

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

The_Beonic_Man — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:25:57 GMT

Seems to have gone very quiet on this front Guy which is a shame because I was following this product with much interst too. I love the concept and it would be perfect if B&O produced it. Right up their street I think. We know it was an idea from a student that B&O loved and awarded a first prize for in a competition. Not too sure about any developments since. I would love to see this as a working product and would buy it without hesitation. I think its groundbreaking rather like the 7000 remote was. Here's hoping!

Simon.

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

GuyHui — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:38:50 GMT

Any recent feedback regarding this nice remote ?

Cheers,

Guy

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

Dave — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:43:22 GMT

Wow, sorry i'm a bit late, i just saw this, i like that this is outside the boundaries of today, this is where we move forward with technology, pushing buttons on a remote will be old fashioned soon enough, beo 5 is BEHIND. B&O need a new chief designer, me thinks. He is very good, and has designed some incredible pieces, but it's time to move ahead of everyone else's ideas. Isn't that what B&O is supposed to be the leader of?

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

Stars — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:02:24 GMT

Am I correct in saying the remote will only work if placed on a flat surface?

I love the idea and see it as your day-to-day remote. I have programmed a select few channels that I often watch in a group (similar to a playlist). All I ever do is hop to the next the channel and change the volume. It is rare that I need to change setups, choose DVD, etc. so this remote would probably become my day-to-day remote, as long as it reads my input first time and I don't find it too tricky to use. My Beo4 / Beo5 would be my portable remote around the house and used for more complex inputs such as changing settings and controlling different sources.

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

darioazul — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:18:00 GMT

Fascinating concept! This appears to be software driven. It would be nice to have a simple gesture controlled remote...I would love to test one of this...

Looking forward to B&O implementing this concept in near future offerings.

Dario

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

djjkroon — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:09:02 GMT

I have been testing it and it works! I would buy one if possible.

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

mobeyone — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:03:44 GMT

WOW!!! that is design! and more B&O! but.... it will never work will it? I could see me launching this against a wall when changing channels but doing something else... could become quite irritating....

Like the Beo1, less was less! and quite a simple remote was practically (imo) difficult to use on a day to day basis.

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

beocool — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:37:39 GMT

So far I haven't tested the remote. Joris will graduate this Thursday and still has some work to do... I will test it after his graduation however. Can't wait...

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

jk1002 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:21:44 GMT

>>Unfortunately this is not my kitchen (i wish!)
It is the kitchen of Dutch member mestreechteneer. <<

I would love to see more pictures of that kitchen & rest of the house. Also, what B&O is around there? It looks very nice from the few pictures

Cheers

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

Alex — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:21:48 GMT

in my eyes not practical ,needs to much effort. Have to move my whole hand/arm to go and change channels [:'(] Horror in daily use.

Re: New touchless remote made to B&O, very nice...

soundproof — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:07:10 GMT

Let's hope it is rechargeable.

Sorry to be boring here, but I would love to see a two-way touch screen, and with the stability issues of the remote that's going to be tricky, since much of the point here is to keep it undulating on the surface it's placed on.
I don't find that it meets the Occam's Razor test of less is more - but maybe some of the people who have actually experienced it can go into more detail.

1. How do I select channels, beyond just going up and down the available ones?
2. How do I select functions, beyond simple volume control - say sources, set bass/treble/balance, etc. How do I know which source I'm on, in order to know which I'm switching on/off?
3. What kind of motion sensors will be built in, to avoid having the volume go up when I move it, etc?