I'm sure you've anticipated the criticism that the egg's two functions are out of step with the complex home systems of today. My TV functions haven't been limited to channel & volume for 25 years, nor do I change the colors of my single home lightbulb.

Neat concept, though.

I like the concept. Just wondered how you switch between sources (TV, light, radio, CD). By the way there has been a buttonless remote for years, the

beocool wrote:

I like the concept. Just wondered how you switch between sources (TV, light, radio, CD).

Crack it open?

BTW, whatever happened to this?

All in all, nice concept... keep us posted! 🙂

burantek wrote:

beocool wrote:

I like the concept. Just wondered how you switch between sources (TV, light, radio, CD).

Crack it open?

BTW, whatever happened to this?

How could I forget?! I really liked that one. It was used as a graduation project and after that I haven't heard anything about it anymore.

I agree, a lot of living rooms are clutered with remotes doing al sorts of functions but which start to look quite ugly.

Most companies tried to solve it with "universal remotes" but in that proces the loose the simplicity.

They start with an empty box. Sometimes it is good to think one step back litterally out of the box.

I believe this consept is a gimick for youngsters, and a dream for the elderly.

As it was with black and white TV's we still live in the black or light area. However with the arrival of powerfull LEDs, finaly we will step out of the ages were light controlls were limited to dimmers. The first colour adjustable lights are entering the market (e.g. Living colours lamp).  They need to be controlled somehow. This remote is an elegant option.

TripEnglish wrote:

complex home systems of today

It is a neat concept.

I wonder whether a multi-touch device offers more potential:

• two dimensions
• up to 4 fingers in each dimension (8 commands)
• tap and double-tap
• pinch and expand

Be nice to see this concept built into PhilLondon's new interface for the BeoPort ...

? one light bulb ?

Bikkel, Beo already have a very good universal remote. I only have one remote on my coffee table.

I'm not criticizing your remote, but in all fairness, I can't see how it would get any attention. It's a computer mouse. Limited control. 

-I need access to Radio, DTV, DVD, CD and AUX inputs weekly,

-I need access to my DVR almost daily,

-I switch between "Speaker1" and "Speaker3" options daily,

-I set recordings from my EPG and need to display additional info from the EPG daily,

-I pause, play, stop,

-Turn lights off, on and choose preset light levels in my living room daily.

-I Change between picture formats weekly,

-I don't have a motorized stand, but many of us here do.

-I do countless other controls, and mentioning 10 more of these commands is easy: numbers 0-9.

Let me defend Bikkel's remote a little more than I was initially inclined to:

My wife and I are in the very early stages of building a house. We agree that the house should be a reflection of how we want to live. It may be five years or more before we actually move in, but in the design process we have decided to do a sort of survey as to how we currently live, how we would like to live, and the best path (architecturally speaking) to make that happen. 

It has lead to some astonishing concessions and a sever departure from how we live today. One of the things that we started with was a quote from Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, where a client of the architect describes "A house he has to live up to."

So when I hear about switching from Speaker 2 to Speaker 4 on a daily basis and other such fiddling I can't help but to think if we could all hit the pause button and rearrange the pieces on the board, our lives would look nothing like today where we've slowly become accustomed to fuss and complexity like the proverbial frog in the boiling water.

While the Bikkel concept may seem incompatible with our lives at present, it's a bold statement as to what life should be and speaks to the very definition of what "better" truly means.

Trip,

I agree, yes, Bikkel is definitely trying to make our life easier, by simplifying things. (I think) Just as Apple has been trying to simplify computers to be more customer friendly, making a product ready-out-of-the-box, with a super UI. However, in Apples case they managed to simplify across the board, not just the remote. If we want to make our Beogear more user friendly, "thinking out of the box" shouldn't start with the remote. It's like making Windows easier to use by changing our mouse to a Mighty Mouse, won't help.

In my case, I switch between speaker options, simply because living in a flat, with neighbors all around, and continuing booming after 11pm with Beolab5's on wouldn't be too kind to neighbors. 😂