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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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

This doesn’t look like Oculus Quest” and in the text puts a link to an Imgur album with 4 photos featuring various half-assembled VR headsets. If this will happen, this device will be able to compete with the headsets by Oculus even on the price front and this would be great for competition of the VR ecosystem.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 31, 2016

Now officially integrated in Unreal Engine 4.11 , getnamo’s independent plugin for Leap Motion makes it faster and easier than ever to integrate Leap Motion Orion into your VR projects! After ordering the Rift in 2013, Jan released several VR experiments, starting with Rift Mountain in the first Oculus VR Jam.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

Leap Motion adds a whole new level of expression to your virtual avatar – so you can point, wave, or dance. UE4 has built-in Vive support, and with the new official plugin release in Unreal Engine 4.11 , it’s easier than ever to get started with Leap Motion + Vive. Have a question about Leap Motion + HTC Vive?

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Now featuring full head-mounted support for the Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2, Collider brings together raw infrared imagery with full 3D immersion – and it’s available free on the Leap Motion App Store. Whether you’re trying it on your computer screen or with the Oculus Rift, we’d love to know what you think. Trailer by Edwon.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 10, 2015

Today we’re excited to announce the winners of the Leap Motion 3D Jam – but first, we have a special surprise for all our top 20 semi-finalists. The top three winners were all VR experiences designed for the Oculus Rift – reflecting how virtual reality is opening up new possibilities for truly innovative and compelling experiences.

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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. This means that at the moment you can not use NextMind with the Oculus Quest standalone (you can use it with Quest + Link, of course).

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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’s video got shared on /r/oculus and led to a feature on Wired. Since we’ve heard from a lot of VR developers interested in the project, I thought I’d do a deep dive here on the blog. Leap Motion.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

DISCLAIMER: Before starting, I would like to acknowledge you that since some weeks Niels Bogerd has become a Patron of this blog. The finger tracking can be improved and it is worse than the one of Leap Motion, also because every finger has not all its DOF tracked. SenseGlove video review.

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Leapmotion

MAY 3, 2015

We at Thomas Street have been eyeing the Oculus Rift for quite some time, paying particular attention to demos featuring novel interfaces. Outcome aside, working with the Oculus Rift is, you know, working with the Oculus Rift , so the experience was a ton of fun. Leap Motion UI summary. Initial Research.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This weekend, we saw 50+ early submissions to the Leap Motion 3D Jam! Take a spooky ride through a haunted forest in this low-poly adventure for Windows on the Oculus Rift. Soundscape VR is available for Mac and Windows on the Oculus Rift. The post Who Will Win the Leap Motion 3D Jam? Mega Creature Smash.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

As we developed demos and prototypes with the Oculus Rift internally, several UX insights sprung forth. For instance, with the Oculus Rift, cords make it difficult to design a game where you turn 360 degrees. The post Inside Leap Motion: 5 Hands-On Tips for Developing in VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 25, 2014

You can read more about James’ work in his guest post on designing Diplopia for the Oculus Rift, which he built using our Unity Demo Pack ( update: now deprecated ). Want to see more projects with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion Controller? Update: Diplopia is now Vivid Vision. Update: Diplopia is now Vivid Vision.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

63 for the Leap Motion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. The experience within the headset will be at least a couple of frames behind what you would experience on the Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. If you’re sensitive to motion sickness, the added latency may cause you to feel uncomfortable.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 30, 2016

With the recent release of the Oculus Rift CV1 and 1.3 SDK, you’ll also want to check out Oculus’ migration guide. Unreal Engine 4.11 doesn’t currently have Oculus 1.3 Once it arrives, the new official Leap Motion UE4 plugin should work with it right away. Do Leap Motion demos work with the 1.3

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 23, 2016

Using the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift, you’ll be able to throw spells with varying force and speed to battle the unknown evils ahead. A full bodied experience – Loop uses a Leap Motion Controller, Oculus Rift, and a treadmill. Read more about the upcoming project here project here.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Designed for the Oculus Rift, it’s available free for Mac and Windows on the Leap Motion App Store. Over time, my interest shifted to Unity3D, and now I love to tinker with new hardware like the Leap Motion, Oculus Rift, or Kinect – which led to experiments like Hoverboard VR , Polyrider , and Soundscape VR.

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Peter Graham

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has kicked off Oculus Connect 6 with several exciting announcements, the biggest being an update for Oculus Quest which will see hand-tracking added to the system in 2020. Facebook Reality Labs has achieved this using AI and neural networks to recognise your hands.

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

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. He had experience building homebrew data gloves and mocap systems for years before discovering Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2017

At Leap Motion, our mission is to empower people to interact seamlessly with the digital landscape. Last year, we released an early access beta of the Leap Motion Interaction Engine , a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics. Contact, Grasp, Hover. The post Interaction Engine 1.0:

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Leap Motion Orion tracking was designed with simple physical interactions in mind, starting with pinch and grab. Oculus Story Studio’s Henry and Lost begin with dark, quiet scenes that draw your attention – to an adorable hedgehog or whimsical firefly – setting the mood and narrative expectations. Core Orion Interactions.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Leap Motion hacks and mashups, plus lots more photos from a weird, wacky, and wild weekend. (By Team RiftWare’s winning Leap Motion hack lets you leverage the power of the Oculus Rift, Leap Motion, and Android Wear – so you can reach into virtual reality and control it with voice commands.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 14, 2018

That application became Cat Explorer , which you can download now for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. This is the core of our mission at Leap Motion. The post Designing Cat Explorer appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. On the surface it’s a fun, slightly twisted tech demo.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

For their Select 3D Jam submission, Chad Toprak and Yang Ho are developing a unique two-player experience for the Oculus Rift – dualcyon , a blind co-op puzzle experience. In dualcyon , each player is equipped with a Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift, but there’s a twist: you can only see the interactions of the other player.

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Leapmotion

MAY 2, 2015

The department had done quite a bit of animation interface design with Leap Motion and and 2D screens, so he said maybe I could do the same, but this time with the Oculus Rift.”. When I was calibrating the Oculus Rift for each user, they always looked at their hands. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 22, 2015

This means it won’t interfere with any applications using traditional Leap Motion tracking. To integrate Quick Switch, Leap Motion, and the Oculus Rift into a new Unity3D application, just drag the QuickSwitchPlayerController into your scene and delete the old “main camera.” How to use it. Ready to get started?

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Leapmotion

APRIL 30, 2015

While the Leap Motion Controller can track more than 2 feet away, the “sweet spot” for tracking is roughly 1 foot from the device. However, with headsets like the Oculus Rift, the user’s eye lenses remain focused at infinity. For example, the Oculus Rift DK2 recommends a minimum range of 75 cm. Further Reading.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Wetzold Studios, the developer behind Adit Rush, posted an extensive overview of the project on their blog. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. At expos like VRLA, I got to see what a powerful pairing the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus are and believe there is still so much left to explore!”.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

If you want to adapt your older kit to the Oculus Rift CV1 and HTC Vive, here’s a quick guide that will help: Thicker Adhesive Strips. If you have an Oculus Rift, you’ll want to get a longer extender as well. Unlike the Oculus Rift CV1, the HTC Vive has an onboard USB port that’s fully compatible with the Leap Motion Controller.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Please try a new text input interface using Leap Motion!” Requires: Windows, Oculus Rift. Leap Commander. Build Chinese. Who knows what’s next for me as a VR developer!”. CAD & OBJ Viewer.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I’m Bastien Bourineau, project manager and lead developer at OpenSpace3D, and I’m back to introduce the new OpenSpace3D release with improved Leap Motion support – including how we got around the perennial indexing issue. The post 3D App Design and Easy Finger Indexing with OpenSpace3D appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 25, 2014

of Airspace Home and the Leap Motion software. The Leap Motion Software and Airspace Home v1.2 We caught up with Diplopia creator James Blaha to discover how his work with the Oculus Rift and the Leap Motion Controller could change how we see the world. Oculus Rift image courtesy of Oculus VR.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 22, 2014

Experimental headsets are changing how we see the world, either by creating the virtual worlds of our imaginations, like the Oculus Rift, or adding ghostly layers on top of the real world, like Google Glass. At the same time, GetVu wants to bring a new level of control to augmented reality with Leap Motion technology.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 5, 2015

These are just some of the videos that you can dive into with Kolor’s 360° video player Kolor Eyes, now featured on the Leap Motion Developer Gallery. Better yet, download the HD videos for Kolor Eyes, which includes VR support for the Oculus Rift. And, of course, a paraglider dressed up as Batman, complete with Batmobile.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 11, 2015

As part of our global tour for the Leap Motion 3D Jam , we’re at Berlin’s Game Science Centre to take developers through our SDK and building with the latest VR tools. Let’s take a light-speed look at VR development with Leap Motion in Unity and JavaScript. and Oculus 0.5 Hey everyone! Why Hands in VR? JavaScript.

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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. On another level, a high school student’s robotics project is combining the Oculus Rift and motion control to create an experience that takes you wherever the robot goes. Happy Halloween!

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