Logitech is bringing a keyboard built for virtual reality

Logitech, a manufacturer of personal computers and mobile accessories is bringing a keyboard built for virtual reality. Logitech unveiled its BRIDGE SDK that is designed to make it easier for developers to implement keyboard or text inputs into their VR apps.

The kit, which costs $150 and is right now only designed for the HTC Vive, includes a Logitech G gaming keyboard, an accessory that helps correctly place the Vive Tracker on the keyboard, and the necessary software to tie it all together.

The kit is made of three parts- a keyboard, a sensor that tells Vive where the keyboard is and an SDK to let developers start tinkering.

Guy Godin, Virtual Desktop said, “Whether you’re doing work or surfing the web you sometimes need the ability to enter text, and Logitech has made it easier to use your keyboard in VR. With Bridge, you can see your physical keyboard, your hands, and type without having to take your headset off.”

The combination of hardware and software gives you a 3D model of the keyboard in your VR environment, offering a fully ‘real’ and natural typing experience, enabling you to look down and see your (virtual) hands on the (virtual) keyboard.

Logitech has priced the kit at $150 (around £115, AU$195), but note that at this point, the company is still testing the solution, and only supplying it to a limited number of developers (50 devices to begin with – applications to be involved close on November 16). Depending on how the testing goes and the level of interest the kit generates, more keyboard VR kits may then be produced.