The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Ultraleap is the company born from the acquisition of Leap Motion by Ultrahaptics and it has always worked towards offering optimal hands tracking solutions for the XR market. With this system, you can have proper bimanual interactions and a totally natural interface in virtual reality.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Robust to handling objects: Hyperion offers superior hand tracking while holding an object in your hand, making it perfect for mixed reality. Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Leap Motion has announced it’s to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine , a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking. Originally I was going to make a standalone device which hooked everything up to a Nvidia Jetson Nano that could be worn on your belt (think Magic Leap One). You will have to buy the pieces separately and assemble it.

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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.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 24, 2016

Leap Motion shows off Interaction Engine for their VR hand-tracking tech VR makes the most sense when you don’t have to learn the controls and stuff just works. In a blog post, the company calls the engine “a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics.”

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 21, 2021

It seems cool, but I would like to try it to believe in it: all the times that someone promised me some kind of sensory magic, it never turned out so good as they told me (like with the phantom touch sensation that Leap Motion told me about ). More info (Official Nreal website with purchase link) More info (Post on Vodafone DE blog).

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Leapmotion

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Leap Motion and OSVR announced that the upcoming OSVR Hacker Dev Kit will feature an optional faceplate embedded with Leap Motion hardware. The addition of the OSVR faceplate with Leap Motion will make the HDK the first-to-market virtual reality headset with fully integrated motion control technology.

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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. 28th, developers around the world will build innovative experiences for virtual reality, desktop, mobile, and beyond. Augmented and virtual reality experiences built on tethered HMDs 1st Prize: $10,000. AR/VR TRACK.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 9, 2017

In theory, the gloves could paired with other technologies like a Leap Motion sensor to simulate a wide range of activities. Kayla Matthews writes about artificial intelligence, virtual reality and other tech for websites like VentureBeat and MakeUseOf. Tagged with: gloves Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 27, 2015

From the operating room to virtual reality, here are 5 ways that people are using Leap Motion tech for medical and assistive applications. Solution: One of TIME Magazine’s Top 25 Inventions of 2014, MotionSavvy’s UNI is a two-way communication tool for the deaf using Leap Motion and speech technologies.

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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. I n the remaining 30% of cases, the feedback is mostly wrong , and when it happens, you have a disconnection from the magic of virtual reality. SenseGlove video review.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2016

He frequently shares his views and knowledge on his blog. Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. An avalanche of new virtual reality devices has arrived. We see headsets, motion trackers, haptics, eye trackers, motion chairs, and body suits.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The headsets are something we have never seen before and one of them clearly features a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) with the Valve logo on and from that moment on, the hype regarding an upcoming Valve virtual reality HMD has risen. The photos. This is what lots of people think, but honestly, I don’t agree that much.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 31, 2016

Bringing hands into virtual reality just got a major upgrade. 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! Visit developer.leapmotion.com/unreal to get started.

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Leapmotion

MAY 27, 2015

We believe that augmented reality and virtual reality are just waypoints along a spectrum of possible experiences. It starts with pure reality, which can be augmented with virtual objects that respond to real-world actions. When every real object has been hidden, you’ve entered virtual reality.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

“The Interaction Engine is designed to handle object behaviors as well as detect whether an object is being grasped,” reads a recent blog post introducing the Interaction Engine, “This makes it possible to pick things up and hold them in a way that feels truly solid. Read more here.

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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. NextMind has been of the most popular gadgets at CES 2020 and it is for sure one of the most interesting startups in the BCI landscape. Hands-on with the demos.

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Leapmotion

JULY 12, 2018

Animate from fingers to forearms with @LeapMotion and Reallusion iClone 7 for professional motion capture animation. This week we’re excited to share a new engine integration with the professional animation community – Leap Motion and iClone 7 Motion LIVE. Click To Tweet. Animate with Detailed Hand Performance.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Starting on October 19th, Leap Motion and IndieCade are kicking off a six-week global competition for developers to build innovative experiences for desktop, virtual reality, and beyond. Featured spot in a Leap Motion marketing campaign and (of course!) a free Leap Motion Controller for each team member.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Could virtual reality retrain our brains to reverse some types of vision problems? As an adult, James decided to try retraining his brain using a combination of Leap Motion hand tracking and VR. Using Leap Motion hand tracking, the game lets the player navigate various controls and play six different games.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

AltspaceVR is a virtual social space where you can strap on your Vive and meet people from around the world. Leap Motion adds a whole new level of expression to your virtual avatar – so you can point, wave, or dance. Have a question about Leap Motion + HTC Vive? Does it work with the Vive Controllers?

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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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Leapmotion

APRIL 9, 2018

Leap Motion is a company that has always been focused on human-computer interfaces. The coming of virtual reality has signaled a great moment in the history of our civilization. It will spill out like a great flood, uniting what has been held apart for so long: our digital and physical realities.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 23, 2014

How pervasive will virtual reality be? Mozilla’s recent experiments combining VR and the web pave a path towards virtual presence – pushing beyond disconnected feelings of immersion and bringing us into new places with a life of their own. We’ve been working with Mozilla to make the web a killer app for VR.

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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. What do you think about Collider and the possibilities of audioreactive reality? Trailer by Edwon. leapmotiondeveloper.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Click To Tweet “Virtual and augmented reality are at a critical point in their evolution,” said Michael Buckwald, Leap Motion CEO. The post Leap Motion Announces Keiichi Matsuda as VP of Design and Global Creative Director to Lead New London Design Research Studio appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Click To Tweet When you reach out and grab a virtual object or surface, there’s nothing stopping your physical hand in the real world. The Leap Motion Interaction Engine handles these scenarios by having the virtual hand penetrate the geometry of that object/surface, resulting in visual clipping.

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Leapmotion

JULY 21, 2015

Early last month, Leap Motion kicked off our internal hackathon with a round of pitch sessions. One of our tracking engineers suggested using our prototype Dragonfly module to augment a physical display with virtual widgets. Leap Motion. Our team of five ran with this concept to create AR Screen.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

More info (My predictions for OC6) More info (All Michael Abrash’s predictions in the Oculus Connects) More info (How to watch Oculus Connect 6 in streaming) More info (Official blog post on how to watch Oculus Connect 6) More info (Portal 2). HTC has a new CEO: Yves Maitre.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This weekend, we saw 50+ early submissions to the Leap Motion 3D Jam! With the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift, explore a bioluminescent world full of magic and beauty to create a synesthetic experience combining music, sound, art, and hand interaction. The post Who Will Win the Leap Motion 3D Jam?

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Leapmotion

MAY 17, 2015

In the process of building applications and various UX experiments at Leap Motion, we’ve come up with a useful set of heuristics to help us critically evaluate our gesture and interaction designs. The team at Leap Motion is constantly working to improve the accuracy and consistency of our tracking technology.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

From gaming to big data, virtual reality gives us the chance to build and explore whole new worlds beyond the screen. Maintain a comfortable distance between the viewer and layered virtual objects. The post Inside Leap Motion: 5 Hands-On Tips for Developing in VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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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

DECEMBER 5, 2016

That’s why I think all of us work in technology, and why we at Leap Motion are always very much living in the future. Today I’m going to be talking about the Leap Motion Mobile Platform. We needed to build a whole new Leap Motion sensor with higher performance and much lower power.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 31, 2016

2016 was a landmark year for virtual reality, but 2017 will be nothing short of surreal. 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. The future of #VR is mobile.

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