The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. Leap Motion has also been the first important company I have interviewed in this blog.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Today I have the pleasure of publishing an interview I had with Graham Atlee , a very smart guy that has developed the Triton Project, a DIY affordable AR headset with wide FOV and natural hands interactions! For the past 3 years I’ve been working on various AR/VR projects like Pumori.io Triton AR headset (Image by Graham Atlee).

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object. But it is thanks to research projects like this that in the next years, we will arrive at having AR glasses we can wear every day.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Another week, another roundup of amazing AR/VR news! but I have found some time anyway to read all the news I found about AR and VR and create this summary just for you! Not reading it would be a pity, so go on…. Facebook may be partnering with Luxottica to create consumer AR glasses. Top news of the week. Image by Ray-Ban).

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

Facebook reveals its work on the UX of AR of the future. Facebook has unveiled new details on the research it is performing on the UX of the AR glasses of the future. It comes as no surprise so the rumor of some weeks ago about Facebook developing its smartwatch … it can be a very previous device to pair to its future AR glasses.

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Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2018

Today we’re excited to share the second half of our design exploration along with a downloadable demo on the Leap Motion Gallery. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Martin is Lead Virtual Reality Designer and Evangelist for Leap Motion. Mode Switching and Pinch Interactions.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 25, 2023

The second was a small AR experience made with Vuforia : I could frame a marker and see some 3D objects on it. You can’t even go to the bathroom in peace at AWE that you find yourself in a picture on a blog… I think the visuals offered by the glasses were pretty interesting. And then there is another guy using the toilet.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The new Leap Motion Mobile Platform consists of hardware and software optimised for VR and AR hand tracking on mobile devices. Building on the success of the original Leap Motion device, the brand new hardware aims to be tightly integrated into future mobile VR headsets.

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Leapmotion

JULY 22, 2015

We’ve come a long way since we first launched the Leap Motion Controller two years ago. Since we released our technology to the world, we’ve been constantly working to bring new tools and assets to developers building with the Leap Motion platform. For 3D Jam 2015, teams will compete in two tracks – Open and AR/VR.

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VRScout

JULY 25, 2017

Lenovo’s new AR concept headset & Disney partnership, all the VR/AR goodies at Comic-Con, Steven Spielberg’s trailer for Ready Player One is finally here, new industry landscape shows 60% increase in enterprise augmented reality, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. ALL THE VR & AR AT COMIC-CON, OH MY!

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Lenses seem an evolution of the ones mounted on the Vive headsets and that are not very appreciated by us users, but we can bet that will be anyway Fresnels of Fresnel hybrids because at the moment they are still the best alternative on the market. The rightmost ones are clearly bigger.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Today we’re excited to announce the opening of our new design research studio in London with visionary VR/AR filmmaker Keiichi Matsuda, who will lead the new office and assume the role of VP of Design and Global Creative Director. Our vision is a world elevated by technology, with human input at the center.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 9, 2018

Leap Motion is a company that has always been focused on human-computer interfaces. In preparation for the coming flood, we at Leap Motion have built a ship, and we call it Project North Star. It's time to shift the conversation from what an AR system should look like, to what an AR experience should feel like.

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Leapmotion

JULY 21, 2015

Early last month, Leap Motion kicked off our internal hackathon with a round of pitch sessions. Our team of five ran with this concept to create AR Screen. Our team of five ran with this concept to create AR Screen. Leap Motion. You’ve probably heard the rest of the story. Core Concepts and Resources.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is why we’re pleased to announce a Leap Motion plugin for Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) – a new open framework that brings input devices, games, and output devices together. The post Leap Motion Introduces Support for OSVR: A New Open-Source Platform for AR/VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 4, 2021

You all know that I love Brain-Computer Interfaces, and so I have been very happy when NextMind has proposed to give me a sample of its brain-reading sensor to review here on my blog. BCIs are still in the early stages, and even if they are evolving at a good pace, the technology for “brain control” is still not here.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 6, 2018

At Leap Motion, we envision a future where the physical and virtual worlds blend together into a single magical experience. To explore the boundaries of interactive design in AR, we created Project North Star , which drove us to push beyond the limitations of existing systems. Let’s build it together.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 24, 2018

The name is self-explanatory, but since I like to write a lot of unnecessary sentences, I’ll tell you that it is an event focused on the applications of AR and VR in architecture, design, rendering and all related sector. Hello Fabio, it’s a true pleasure to host you on my blog. Can you introduce yourself to my readers?

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

It was hosted by Polaris AR. In support of the event, our team donated Leap Motion Controllers. Our CTO David Holz and engineer/ AR tennis champion Jonathon Selstad joined the workshop, along with former Leap Motion engineer Adam Munich. Had a really great first day building a Project North Star AR headset.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 21, 2017

Infographic: Universities lead in #VR #AR research, number of headsets is exploding, and 6/10 use #LeapMotion. Click To Tweet Universities are the earliest adopters of virtual and augmented reality. Highlights: VR/AR in Universities. 43% of those are the Microsoft Hololens. Click for larger version, or download the PDF.).

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Here are the top 10 stories from our blog in 2016. Click To Tweet Leap Motion goes mobile. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. You can join us on the showfloor or follow @LeapMotion to experience the future of VR/AR. The future of #VR is mobile.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As mainstream VR/AR input continues to evolve – from the early days of gaze-only input to wand-style controllers and fully articulated hand tracking – so too are the virtual user interfaces we interact with. In a sense, they are. From Flat Screens to VR Interfaces.

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Leapmotion

MAY 3, 2015

We all grew tired of talking about how we wanted to explore VR development, so we allocated several weeks to tinkering with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion — staffing one full-time developer and a few designers part-time. We got things started by downloading the most popular Oculus Rift / Leap Motion demos and giving them a try.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 20, 2018

At Leap Motion, we’re always looking to advance our interactions in ways that push our hardware and software. While AR’s true potential comes from dissolving the barriers between humans and computers, I also believe that it can help improve our abilities in the real world. That’s right – table tennis.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2017

With the next generation of mobile VR/AR experiences on the horizon, our team is constantly pushing the boundaries of our VR UX developer toolkit. Click To Tweet The Leap Motion Interaction Engine lets developers give their virtual objects the ability to be picked up, thrown, nudged, swatted, smooshed, or poked.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Developer group exiii shared their experience on their blog along with a build guide, which uses off-the-shelf components. Masahiro Yamaguchi (CEO, Psychic VR Lab), God Scorpion (Media artist, Psychic VR Lab), Keiichi Matsuda (VP Design, Leap Motion), Oda Yuda (Designer), Akihiro Fujii (CTO, Psychic VR Lab).

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Leapmotion

MAY 26, 2015

At last week’s SVVR conference, Leap Motion CTO David Holz talked about how the third generation of VR/AR devices will pipe everything from ultrasonic depth sensing to infrared night vision directly into our consciousness. David wrapped up by explaining that the VR/AR landscape is changing incredibly quickly.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2017

These rules are so fundamental that we design our digital realities to reflect human expectations about how things work in the real world. At Leap Motion, our mission is to empower people to interact seamlessly with the digital landscape. Now it’s in your hands – we can’t wait to see what you build with it.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

At the same time, hardware hackers have built their own versions of the AR headset, with new prototypes appearing in Tokyo and New York. But the most surprising developments come from North Carolina, where a 19-year-old AR enthusiast has built multiple North Star headsets and several new demos.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 22, 2014

At the same time, GetVu wants to bring a new level of control to augmented reality with Leap Motion technology. Architectural models standing in real cities, tabletop games, ancient ruins brought to life – the possibilities for developers and users alike are endless. This post originally appeared on the LEAP.AXLR8R blog.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 14, 2018

VR, AR and hand tracking are often considered to be futuristic technologies, but they also have the potential to be the easiest to use. The importance of this should be obvious to those working in training, education and industry, where countless hours are lost to learning complicated software and byzantine interfaces.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 31, 2019

With new community-created headsets appearing in Tokyo and New York , Project North Star is a compelling glimpse into the future of AR interaction. As you can imagine, this requires a high degree of calibration and alignment, especially in AR. 6] We’ll cover the North Star headset’s eye tracking capabilities in a future blog post.

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Leapmotion

JULY 18, 2015

Hackathons are a great way to jumpstart creativity, especially when honor and glory are on the line. Recently, Leap Motion kicked off one of our internal hackathons, where small teams pitch and develop quick demos over the course of two days. Next week, we’ll have more to share about the AR Screen project.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 23, 2019

Today we’re excited to share the latest major design update for the Leap Motion North Star headset. An ideal VR/AR headset is light yet strong, but 3D prints are anisotropic – strong in one direction, brittle in another. The post Project North Star: Mechanical Update 3 appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

MAY 15, 2015

At a recent Designers + Geeks talk , Jody Medich and Daniel Plemmons talked about some of the discoveries our team has made (and the VR best practices we’ve developed) while building VR experiences with the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller. What is AR/VR bad at? What is AR/VR good at? Legible text.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 31, 2015

At Leap Motion, we’ve seen our fair share of impressive motion-controlled robots that will one day bring about the robocalypse. Future videos will demonstrate the laser system, sonar, visual system and face recognition, and the Leap Motion input – including a future “snapshot” gesture. Happy Halloween!

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2015

One of the most powerful things about the Leap Motion platform is its ability to tie into just about any creative platform. Today on the blog, we’re spotlighting getnamo’s community Leap Motion plugin for Unreal Engine 4, which offers some unique capabilities alongside the official plugin. GET THE PLUGIN.

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