Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by travisglines » Mon, May 21, 2012, 12:01 PM UTC

Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices
leapmotion.com

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by mrsebastian » Mon, May 21, 2012, 12:44 PM UTC

Better start working on my arm muscles...

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by seshagiric » Mon, May 21, 2012, 12:51 PM UTC

Motions like they use in the fighter jet game or the shooting game (and some others) may not come naturally to everyone. In fact the one for continuous shooting specifically seems to be counter intuitive.

But the idea of bringing such gesture based interaction to just about any device is really great.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by simonbarker87 » Mon, May 21, 2012, 12:52 PM UTC

As a concept this is pretty awesome and it removes the need to touch your screen so I guess you can move the sensor closer to a more relaxed place, I can see it getting tiring pretty quickly. Just like a standing desk though I guess you just get used to it over time.

Aside from end use issues, the tech behind this is very nice

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by AndrewHampton » Mon, May 21, 2012, 12:56 PM UTC

The first thing I thought after watching the video was how much money will they make with pre-orders on this site and how much would they have made with a kickstarter campaign?

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by mrsebastian » Mon, May 21, 2012, 12:58 PM UTC

simonbarker87 wrote: post #4

As a concept this is pretty awesome and it removes the need to touch your screen so I guess you can move the sensor closer to a more relaxed place, I can see it getting tiring pretty quickly. Just like a standing desk though I guess you just get used to it over time. Aside from end use issues, the tech behind this is very nice

Any idea what the tech behind it is? They're very vague on the website, and my patent searches are turning up empty.

I guess some kind of infrared thing?

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by rapind » Mon, May 21, 2012, 12:59 PM UTC

mrsebastian wrote: post #6

simonbarker87 wrote: post #4

As a concept this is pretty awesome and it removes the need to touch your screen so I guess you can move the sensor closer to a more relaxed place, I can see it getting tiring pretty quickly. Just like a standing desk though I guess you just get used to it over time. Aside from end use issues, the tech behind this is very nice

Any idea what the tech behind it is? They're very vague on the website, and my patent searches are turning up empty. I guess some kind of infrared thing?

Some relative of Kinect if I had to guess.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by fldrog » Mon, May 21, 2012, 1:07 PM UTC

rapind wrote: post #7

mrsebastian wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any idea what the tech behind it is? They're very vague on the website, and my patent searches are turning up empty. I guess some kind of infrared thing?

Some relative of Kinect if I had to guess.

Kinect is using stereo-vision using 2 cameras...I don't think they have the same technology here

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by jachwe » Mon, May 21, 2012, 1:13 PM UTC

seshagiric wrote: post #3

Motions like they use in the fighter jet game or the shooting game (and some others) may not come naturally to everyone. In fact the one for continuous shooting specifically seems to be counter intuitive. But the idea of bringing such gesture based interaction to just about any device is really great.

Motions like using a mouse or a keyboard are not a single bit more intuitive for flying planes or shootings guns. It just an issue of familiarisation with the interface as it was with the mouse, as it was the keyboard.

Beside that, it really doesn't matter as these were only two examples of a large variety of possible applications. If it doesn't fit the need - don't use it. There are other interfaces. There is no need for one interface to rule them all but for interfaces that really hits the spot for particular applications.

Regarding Leap: Looks really promising. Though i would prefere if it would be "hidden". Anyhow, can't wait to get my on it. Or over it.

Re: Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices

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Post by simonbarker87 » Mon, May 21, 2012, 1:21 PM UTC

mrsebastian wrote: post #6

simonbarker87 wrote: post #4

As a concept this is pretty awesome and it removes the need to touch your screen so I guess you can move the sensor closer to a more relaxed place, I can see it getting tiring pretty quickly. Just like a standing desk though I guess you just get used to it over time. Aside from end use issues, the tech behind this is very nice

Any idea what the tech behind it is? They're very vague on the website, and my patent searches are turning up empty. I guess some kind of infrared thing?

Yeah, my guess is some kind of LIDAR type device and perhaps a mix of a couple of other things. A researcher friend of mine was musing over possible uses of LIDAR a couple of years ago and this was one of his end uses if my memory is correct.

I could of course be wrong, so if someone knows different