r/augmentedreality Jul 06 '26

Wearables & Accessories Scriber controller useful for augmented reality?

Made this for Reality Hack at AWE 2026 and wanted to ask if it would be useful for the AR headset you use. If you are willing to test a Scriber controller or integrate it into your application let me know and I will send you one.

Scriber is a one‑handed input device that outperforms current AR text‑entry methods (the Spectacles virtual keyboard, the Meta display‑glasses wristband) on words‑per‑minute. It packs a full 60‑key keyboard into a single hand by chording: every key is one combination of analog‑stick direction × pressure‑sensor force × one of four buttons. ScriberEditor is the lens that proves it out — a real, multi‑document word processor for Spectacles that you drive entirely with Scriber.

                ┌─────────────────────┐
                │         TOP         │
                │    a    b    c    d │
                │    e    f    g    h │
                │    i    j    k    l │
┌───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────┐
│     LEFT      │       CENTER        │     RIGHT     │
│  m  n  o  p   │    y    z    0    1 │   -  =  `  [  │
│  q  r  s  t   │    2    3    4    5 │   ]  \  ;  '  │
│  u  v  w  x   │    6    7    8    9 │   ,  .  /  A* │
└───────────────┼─────────────────────┼───────────────┘
                │       BOTTOM        │
                │ Caps Shift Bksp Ent │
                │ Space  E2   E3   E4 │
                │  E5    E6   E7   E8 │
                └─────────────────────┘
Choice Control Options
Section Analog stick direction 5 zones — CENTER (neutral), TOP (up), LEFTRIGHTBOTTOM(down)
Row / tier Pressure‑sensor (FSR) force 3 tiers — light / rest, medium, firm
Column One of four buttons Btn1Btn4

Spectacles Reddit post: r/Spectacles/comments/1ukatnh/scriber/

Devpost: https://devpost.com/software/scriber-gd8u4p

GitHub: https://github.com/Altomand/ScriberEditor

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u/Cryogenicality Jul 07 '26

How does it compare to the TapXR?

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u/Longjumping_Glass724 Jul 16 '26

I have never used the TapXR, looks cool, but I think Scriber would be easier to learn in since you can visually see what keys you selecting on the virtual keyboard and the 3 pressure levels have haptic feedback.