Vibrative: Turns Any Surface into a Virtual iPhone Keyboard

Don't compromise the screen real estate of your iPhone with this fancy keyboard.

The restrictions of the iPhone's screen can be frustrating when typing lengthy emails or text messages. Thanks to Florian Kraeutli, a student at University of London's Godsmiths College, those restrictions have been lifted with Vibrative, a virtual keyboard that uses the iPhone's built-in accelerometer.

Kraeutil first trains the iPhone on the placement of the keys with special software. After calibration is completed he types a simple message on a paper keyboard. Very impressive, but it doesn't end there. The paper keyboard is removed, then Kraeutil demostartes Vibrative on the table. 

Unfortunately Vibrative has a long way to go before it can be released to the masses. Kraeuti told the Telegraph, the signals he's capturing are very weak and that the phone would need a more powerful accelerometer to work better. The software is "more of a proof of concept" he added. Presently, Vibrative types the correct letters 80% of the time, so maybe sooner than later we will be able to download this software out of the Apple App Store.

Check out Vibrative in action in the above video. 

[via Huffington Post]

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