First thing that came to my mind was Tony Stark's computer.
Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices
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#162Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even putting aside concerns about openness, the mere fact that they are talking this early about an app store is evidence that they're not focused on delivering value. Apple did not start talking about an app store for iDevices until they had millions of satisfied customers. I mean, why not use the Mac App Store? Maybe they have a good answer to that question, but if so, they should tell us what it is.
Why would they use the Mac App Store? To throw profits to Apple?
I was thinking Apple had this technology patented...maybe they have a licensing agreement that requires use of App Store.
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#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
Kinect is using stereo-vision using 2 cameras...I don't think they have the same technology here
Yeah, no. Kinect uses an IR emitter with an IR-based depth camera, there's nothing stereo about it. A regular RGB camera adds color, but that is all.
It is actually exactly stereo, except one of the cameras is replaced with an IR projector; you basically do the standard stereo math as though the projector is a camera 'seeing' the image that is being projected.
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#164I'm sad the word 'robot' hasn't appeared in this thread yet. Let's correct that. Visual slam is great for medium distances, but pointclouds aren't really that dense and are slow to update. Also the lidar to make the point clouds is stupid expensive. Add one of these guys onto your robot and you've got a really cool set of 'wiskers.' Short range, highly sensitive, super fast update. I'd love to put several of these on…
Great point. As far as openness, I'm concerned by this talk of an app store.
As long as the platform remains open to hackers, perhaps an app store is a good thing for something like this.
There's nothing more infuriating than a cool piece of tech with half hearted vendor supplied software that requires lots of kludging to use outside their thinly defined parameters.
An app store done right could encourage creation and easy distribution of novel uses if the kit to the non-hacker community.
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#165Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Surely that would be a thumbs up/down motion in the manner that Romans used to decide the fate of gladiators.
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#166Already 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…
Agreed. It reminds of when the iPhone introduced people to the idea of an on-screen touch keyboard. Many people said they didn't like it and would keep using their Blackberries. How's that working out for RIM these days? The point is that if the technology works (which is the important question, IMO), then users will adapt and embrace it.
The touch screen keyboard is still inferior to a hardware keyboard for typing. There are other reasons that companies produce more touch screen only devices and people buy them. Style, cost, simplicity, larger screen etc.
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#167Add some weight bracelets on your wrists and work out while using your computer:)
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#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
I bet someone, somewhere is already planning an app where you downvote a post by flipping the finger.
Surely that would be a thumbs up/down motion in the manner that Romans used to decide the fate of gladiators.
Honestly a lot of gestures based controls of the floating in mid air kind are prone to tiring you out.
I suspect that unless there is some form of support, this may be like drinking Pepsi: Sweet on the first sip, but after a while, not as great.
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#169I'm calling fake or very optimistic to say the least. The promo video doesn't show a physical device, the price point seems ridiculously low especially for a resolution of 0.01mm. And also there is this http://bit.ly/KOqDi2 the physical hand and the point cloud don't match. It's like someone is moving their hand(s) fast to mimic the movement of the visualization.
Been running a little through all the vids of it around.
I'm still undecided. Perspective on each supposedly "fake" screenshot could explain the mismatch. In your example, you actually don't see how far his fingers are apart. Also, it might be attributed to that particular finger going to the borders of the 3D interaction space of Leap.
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#170Surprised by the negative reactions here. If Kinect has shown us anything it is this thing will be used for a host of things not shown in their demo videos. Robots, Interactive Art, etc,