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The Leap Motion Controller Now Supports Linux

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Re: The Leap Motion Controller Now Supports Linux

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Post by rjdagost »

jamesbritt wrote: post #17
jblock wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It gets testy around walls. My experience is that in a moderately-lit situation (or a low-lit one) the thing works pretty great.

A few times I've had to move stuff out of the way because it would trigger a false hand presence. Lighting hasn't been an issue for me; I get assorted warning messages ("Bright light!" "Low light!") but it doesn't seem to make a noticeable difference in what I've been doing. I tried shining a laser pointer on but it didn't do anything. That was disappointing. :)

My understanding of it is that it uses near-infrared LEDs (slightly longer wavelength than visible light) to illuminate your hands, and that's why certain types of light sources that emit a lot of light at these wavelengths are alleged to cause trouble. It makes sense that a laser pointer wouldn't cause any interference because laser light is not in the passband that the cameras can see.

Re: The Leap Motion Controller Now Supports Linux

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Post by simcop2387 »

lvs wrote: post #22

Does anyone know why the Leap preorder page specifies a Phenom II or an i3/i5/i7 processor in the fine-print hardware requirements? Is it for a particular chip feature? Or is CPU overhead going to be a big issue?

Possibly for sse3, which i think was first in phenom ii for amd. For intel its likely just listing everything but atom

Re: The Leap Motion Controller Now Supports Linux

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Post by qdot76367 »

voltagex_ wrote: post #6
14113 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, specifically Ubuntu - it depends on a higher version of libc6 than is available in everything up to and including unstable in Debian repositories, it's only available in experimental.

Also known as Steam syndrome. Does this trend worry anyone else? Limiting usage to one distro can't be a good thing.

It usually relies on the libc of the system too, which means you are REALLY limited to bleeding edge ubuntu for these normally. OpenNI has been horrible about this.

Re: The Leap Motion Controller Now Supports Linux

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Post by felxh »

mindstab wrote: post #5

D: huh, kinda looks cool but I think I'd get tired of holding my hands up all day :P D: s'what keyboards, palm rests and elbow rests are for S: yeah, i hear you S: i played around with it for about 20 minutes and my arm was aching So yeah. this is me being skeptical

I hear ya. I imagine it more as an extra input device instead of the main one. Sort of like a remote control

Re: The Leap Motion Controller Now Supports Linux

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Post by skore »

mindstab wrote: post #5

D: huh, kinda looks cool but I think I'd get tired of holding my hands up all day :P D: s'what keyboards, palm rests and elbow rests are for S: yeah, i hear you S: i played around with it for about 20 minutes and my arm was aching So yeah. this is me being skeptical

You know what? A year ago, I would have shared the exact same scepticism.

Now, I have an infant daughter who likes nothing more than being carried around, which has exponentially increased the number of activities I do with one hand, standing up.

Being able to have a soundless controller that you don't need to pick up or fiddle around with in a way that disturbs a tiny human sleeping on your other arm sounds like absolute perfection.

Re: The Leap Motion Controller Now Supports Linux

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Post by yarrel »

voltagex_ wrote: post #6
14113 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, specifically Ubuntu - it depends on a higher version of libc6 than is available in everything up to and including unstable in Debian repositories, it's only available in experimental.

Also known as Steam syndrome. Does this trend worry anyone else? Limiting usage to one distro can't be a good thing.

It's bad. Ubuntu is the corporate partner for companies that don't want to do Free Software.
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