Cool, but still pretty useless. I'd like to see leap tackle a useful situation, perhaps commercial. I can think of dozens off the top of my head and none involve a consumer controlling a PC interface for which we already have multiple superior options.
Leap Motion sets a course for VR
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#12They will be bought by FB in less than a year..
But for how much ?
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, my first thought was "Does it work if you're not looking at your hands?" Not a deal breaker though. I could see this combined with some hand mounted sensors to track out-of-view gross movement and just augment with the fine movement when in view. EDIT: found this in the article: "It possesses greater-than-HD image resolution, color and infrared imagery, and a significantly larger field of view."
I like their approach for simple apps where you are just working with your hands in front of you. But definitely optical tracking tech can't compete with exoskeleton like gloves and other sensor approaches. Curious if people think otherwise, optical tracking without many markers and many trackers just hasn't been done well in any product that I've come across, save motion capture studios.
I've never seen a truly useful application of hand gestures to control a PC. Great for short demos, though.
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#14This is a killer peripheral for Oculus.
Re: Leap Motion sets a course for VR
#15They will be bought by FB in less than a year..
I will bet you $100 to the charity of the winners selection, that they won't.
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#16I've used the leap motion, and so far the accuracy is nowhere near what they show in the video. simply forming the index finger and thumb into an O-shape was enough for them to disappear from existence.
If this is an active demo of their next generation software, I'm very impressed with the improvements, but I suspect its a mock-up.
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#17I've used the leap motion, and so far the accuracy is nowhere near what they show in the video. simply forming the index finger and thumb into an O-shape was enough for them to disappear from existence. If this is an active demo of their next generation software, I'm very impressed with the improvements, but I suspect its a mock-up.
Nope, it's not a mockup, that's what the new SDK looks like. They really improved it.
Source: I have a Leap.
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#18The field of view makes me nervous. But wow, I hope they pull this off.
The article says that they are working on new hardware that will have a much larger fov and higher image quality. This current tech demo is using the existing hardware.
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#19This is a killer peripheral for Oculus.
Sadly no one's figured out how to adapt the DK1 mount to fit neatly on a DK2. I have a very nice holder printed off of Thingiverse, but it's a little tricky figuring out how exactly to get it onto the Oculus.
I really hope Oculus actually add some mounting threads or something to the front of the visor for this type of thing in the CV1.
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#20They had a hacky demo of this at the Leap booth at Unite in Seattle last week. The Leap Motion was taped to the front of the Oculus, and you could (sort of) interact with a floating sphere. It's a neat idea, but the tech has a long way to go if that demo was anything to go by.
I am excited for the advancement of input relating to VR though.