Back in 2023, an Australian team created a Kickstarter campaign for the radically customizable Flux keyboard. While they’re heading toward the finish line, a less ambitious project has tackled taking a similar approach to a Steam Deck-style macro keypad. Embedding a full display below the buttons allows the use of photos or video loops below the button labels. You can even show a spectrograph under music controls or play mini-games. Since one reason the Stream Deck stays ahead of the pack is its application support. the VSD team has created a cloud platform called Space; the creators say the M3 should be compatible with 500 plugins, more than 300 scenes, over 200 icon packs, and over 100 dynamic backgrounds at launch as it promotes an open developer ecosystem.
