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Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#101

Did anyone get an email confirmation after applying for the dev kit? After I hit the button, it reloaded to the home page, and I haven't seen any emails.

Website is a little wonky at the moment. Bear with us guys. We'll get you your kits soon enough.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#102

No SDK love for Canadian developers?

Dev kits go to anyone internationally. Pre-orders are domestic only (for the moment).

And we've got nothing against our northern neighbors, nor is it some grand favoritism conspiracy. Pure rollout logistics. Lots of people are getting confused on this point, we'll announce more shortly.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#103

Already a lot of negativity here... To me this looks amazing and although LEAP seem to be pushing for you to get rid of your mouse/keyboard, personally I think this is probably best as an addition to it. Imagine if you had one of these built into the keyboard. You're typing an email need to add a location switch over to google maps, hands off keyboard as you manipulate it around to get a decent resolution, 'tap' the…

as a side note. Consider how many positions you can put your fingers into. Now both hands?

Now imagine if each position was mapped to a different shortcut...

How many unique positions could you map? (compare to keyboard).

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#104

I’d love to get one of these and play with it. Will the SDK and spec for talking to it be freely available after the initial batch of preorders and free dev kits? As a counterexample, Emoviv gave a TED talk a while ago showing off a headset that lets you control your computer with your mind. When you visit their website you discover that you can only develop with a $500 “developer edition” headset that comes with a s…

Contrast with Android where every device is a developer device - one tickbox in the settings is all that is required. No accounts, registration, handing over money, authorizing devices etc (yes I'm looking at you Apple).

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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ChrisFornof: What is the normal workflow after filling the dev kit application form? I got redirected to the homepage with no confirmation step or email. I wouldn't want to double-apply.

I was sent to a result page that read, "Your developer application has been confirmed. Thanks for your interest in Leap."

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#107

Did anyone get an email confirmation after applying for the dev kit? After I hit the button, it reloaded to the home page, and I haven't seen any emails.

I was taken to a confirmation page that read, "Your developer application has been confirmed. Thanks for your interest in Leap."

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#108

There's no perceptible latency in its response to gestures -- I'm very impressed assuming it's not a rigged demo. (In videos I've seen of the Kinect the software responds to a gesture only after a noticeable fraction of a second.)

It's not a rigged demo. (I saw them film it.)

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#109

Already a lot of negativity here... To me this looks amazing and although LEAP seem to be pushing for you to get rid of your mouse/keyboard, personally I think this is probably best as an addition to it. Imagine if you had one of these built into the keyboard. You're typing an email need to add a location switch over to google maps, hands off keyboard as you manipulate it around to get a decent resolution, 'tap' the…

as a side note. Consider how many positions you can put your fingers into. Now both hands? Now imagine if each position was mapped to a different shortcut... How many unique positions could you map? (compare to keyboard).

Imagine surgeons who can't touch a surface with his/her hands due to hygiene concerns using it to manipulate various images/scans of the patient on the table in front of him/her.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

#110

Already a lot of negativity here... To me this looks amazing and although LEAP seem to be pushing for you to get rid of your mouse/keyboard, personally I think this is probably best as an addition to it. Imagine if you had one of these built into the keyboard. You're typing an email need to add a location switch over to google maps, hands off keyboard as you manipulate it around to get a decent resolution, 'tap' the…

as a side note. Consider how many positions you can put your fingers into. Now both hands? Now imagine if each position was mapped to a different shortcut... How many unique positions could you map? (compare to keyboard).

I bet someone, somewhere is already planning an app where you downvote a post by flipping the finger.
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