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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

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Post by pilgrim689 »

CubicleNinjas wrote: post #69

I'm happy that the team took their passion to execute one something so effectively. But not all ideas are good. It violates Fitt's law by placing all user interaction within a vertical band next to your computer. This is very uncomfortable and decreases the usefulness for most applications (because missing the interaction band is likely). If these were wireless gloves that I could more easily (with my arms in any loc…

"This is very uncomfortable and decreases the usefulness for most applications"

You are forgetting that "most applications" are designed for a mouse and keyboard.

A more useful critique would be to analyze the type of applications that can be built with LEAP in mind.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by mortenjorck »

danblick wrote: post #29

Not to be cynical, but this reminds me a little of Alan Kay's comment: """ By the way, Sketchpad was the first system where it was discovered that the light pen was a very bad input device. The blood runs out of your hand in about 20 seconds, and leaves it numb. And in spite of that it’s been re-invented at least 90 times in the last 25 years. """ from http://archive.org/details/AlanKeyD1987 around 7:10

This will take off once the user can rest his hands on the desk and gesture with his fingers. But not before.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by ChrisFornof »

Dev Kits (free) Ship international within 1-3 months.

Pre-orders ($70) only ship domestic (for now) around winter.

20,000 dev kits are being made. We want to ensure this tech becomes ubiquitous.

We're getting slammed with launch response. But if you guys have questions, we'll try to answer them here shortly.

-Chris Community Builder

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by pullo »

dclowd9901 wrote: post #34
pullo wrote: post #32

wonder what they thought about 'gorilla arm'.also the demo did not show a way to type information. but looks really cool :))

> also the demo did not show a way to type information I don't think people in the gesture interface market are looking for ways to replace the essential function of the keyboard. For all intents and purposes, it's probably the best way to input textual data into a machine.

Keyboards are the also the only way ( until now) to input textual data.not implementing that makes this at best a companion device to existing setup and not a replacement. [edit]. voice to text transcriptions can be an alternative..

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by dmvaldman »

ChrisFornof wrote: post #73

Dev Kits (free) Ship international within 1-3 months. Pre-orders ($70) only ship domestic (for now) around winter. 20,000 dev kits are being made. We want to ensure this tech becomes ubiquitous. We're getting slammed with launch response. But if you guys have questions, we'll try to answer them here shortly. -Chris Community Builder

Waiting for the load to drop so I can try to get a preorder!

Question: How can you render the "other side" of the hand at the 51+ second mark? If this is indeed possible, that's quite a remarkable technology you have.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by FuzzyDunlop »

CubicleNinjas wrote: post #69

I'm happy that the team took their passion to execute one something so effectively. But not all ideas are good. It violates Fitt's law by placing all user interaction within a vertical band next to your computer. This is very uncomfortable and decreases the usefulness for most applications (because missing the interaction band is likely). If these were wireless gloves that I could more easily (with my arms in any loc…

Maybe it could have a better use in a Minority Report style setting, recreating a large gesture based interface without requiring gigantic multi-touch screens.

Sat in front of a desk, with a keyboard and mouse in front of you, I can imagine it will have some pretty attractive uses, but might not be as comfortable long-term as gesticulating at a mounted whiteboard.

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