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(04-01-2014 09:43 PM)colinh Wrote:  Clearly, what we need is something like this: http://de.mouser.com/new/NKK-Switches/nkk_oled/ :-)

What about something like Castar?

Castar press kit PDF

The requirements should be more simple than the fully immersive 3D environment, for example:

• closer working distance, calculator to user's eye
• retroreflective material only on keycaps or on face plate
• simulating 2D+ labels, not fully 3D objects
  

This is no doubt "out there", but it is actually probably less expensive and easier to implement that dozens of tiny OLED displays.
You would have a calculator with blank, retroreflective keys, necessary for proper haptic feedback. Castar would map custom labels onto the key surfaces that you can see. As your veiwpoint changes, Castar dynamically updates the view of the labels.