{"id":235990,"date":"2017-11-03T09:56:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T07:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=235990"},"modified":"2017-11-03T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T07:56:21","slug":"logitech-unveils-keyboard-for-virtual-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/235990-logitech-unveils-keyboard-for-virtual-reality.html","title":{"rendered":"Logitech unveils keyboard for virtual reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HTC Vive and Logitech have partnered to create the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vive.com\/us\/2017\/11\/02\/introducing-the-logitech-bridge-sdk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bridge SDK VR keyboard kit<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Bridge SDK comprises a Logitech G gaming keyboard, a Vive tracker accessory for the device, and software which renders the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>The keyboard and the user&#8217;s hands are monitored by the Vive tracker and a mirror of the device is rendered real-time in virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p>This allows for typing and use of the keyboard in VR environments.<\/p>\n<p>The Bridge SDK is a development model and is currently not for sale &#8211; but developers can <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSep4ImPCRANOeuaq-oc2WRuXxMm05EUikuXKXGlPerE3RDKWQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>apply for a kit<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Logitech will send 50 Bridge SDK kits to developers to help them create VR experiences centered around the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XVXvk1X1Gbs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/227741-logitech-unveils-craft-advanced-keyboard-for-creators.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Logitech unveils Craft Advanced Keyboard for creators<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HTC Vive and Logitech have partnered to create the Bridge SDK VR kit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":235994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[29112,36244,881,18260],"class_list":["post-235990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-htc-vive","tag-keyboard","tag-logitech","tag-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236026,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235990\/revisions\/236026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}