Atomic Keyboard has offered an replace on the event of its MDR Dasher Keyboard–what most individuals would possibly in any other case name the Severance keyboard–that was introduced again in April. After receiving enter from potential clients, the corporate has revealed its worth: a whopping $599 for early adopters, and an eye-widening $899 retail worth. And that doesn’t embrace a waffle get together.
Nevertheless, the MDR Dasher Keyboard isn’t any extraordinary keyboard. Moreover being impressed by the hit Apple TV+ present (Severance received 27 Emmy nominations), Atomic Keyboard appears to have taken the shopper suggestions to coronary heart, and so they created one thing very distinctive. The primary characteristic is that it has a swappable structure. It provides three of them:
- Innie Structure: that is the structure that greatest resembles the one utilized by the Macrodata Refinement division in Severance. It lacks an Escape button, Possibility button, and Management button. (In the event you watch the present, then you’ll be able to’t assist however see the symbolism in that.) It additionally has these six unusual buttons atop and under the arrow keys, and a trackball.
- Outie Structure: A 60 p.c keyboard structure that you simply’d use often.
- Dasher Layout: this structure is identical because the one on the Knowledge Basic Dasher 200, the keyboard that’s the inspiration for the MDR Dasher Keyboard.
The keyboard has a magnetic mid-frame that permits for the structure swapping, which Atomic Keyboard says may be finished “in seconds.”
within the keyboard? Atomic Keyboard is accepting reservations for $10, which is able to lock within the $599 worth as soon as the Kickstarter occasion goes stay, and also you’ll additionally get a free deskmat. After the early adopter, the tier 1 Kickstarter worth is $649, the tier 2 Kickstarter in $699, and the retail worth is $899. The keyboard is anticipated to start out delivery in November.
