It was a bitter disappointment that the Regium automated chess board turned out to be a hoax. It was a chess player's dream.
The very high level of interest shows that there is a strong market for it if it is genuine. DGT announced that after appraisal, it would not be possible to make such a product economically. Square Off and its new product is just too clunky.
I will follow your progress with interest but Regium has cast a big shadow over anything that is financed by crowd funding.
Hi Everyone!!
For a few months, a friend of mine and me were working on a very exciting project: An automated chessboard that feels and looks like a traditional chess set. It has been a ton of work and we feel very happy whit our progress. We just launched our first Kickstarter campaign to share this awesome project with all the chess enthusiasts and fans of OTB playing.
You can visit the campaign at this Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wondersubstance/phantom-the-most-advanced-chess-board-in-the-world?ref=a3d8o6
Also, if you want to learn more about the whole process of design and engineering behind the Phantom board, you can check our post in Hackaday: https://hackaday.io/project/179268-automatic-chessboard