Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2018

Over the last few weeks, Leap Motion has been teasing some very compelling AR interface prototypes, demonstrated on an unknown headset. Leap Motion plans to open-source the design of the device, which they’re calling Project North Star. ” Image courtesy Leap Motion. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 21, 2017

strLast time, we looked at how an interactive VR sculpture could be created with the Leap Motion Graphic Renderer as part of an experiment in interaction design. The Leap Motion Interaction Engine provides the foundation for hand-centric VR interaction design.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 9, 2018

What does hand tracking need to be like for an augmented reality headset? How fast does it need to be; do we need a hundred frames per second tracking or a thousand frames per second? We started by constructing a computer model of the system to get a sense of the design space. We decided to build it around 5.5-inch

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 25, 2022

Ultraleap Stratos Explore is the product for which Ultrahaptics (which later became Ultraleap after the fusion with Leap Motion) was famous. It is a little box you could put on your table to feel haptic sensations on your hands without wearing any kind of gloves. Ultraleap Stratos Explore.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 11, 2016

One of the goals of our module releases is to provide you with the tools for interpreting and using hand tracking data to make building hand-enabled experiences faster and easier. By using the new LeapEventSystem prefab, developers can easily use their old worldspace user-interfaces and menus with hand tracking.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

I modestly felt as if I could construct a more approachable and miniaturized AR platform. Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking. There’s actually a blog post that you published in 2018 about the importance of ergonomics in virtual reality that I really agree with.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 18, 2015

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. You can also experiment with combining hand tracking with other forms of input. For example, take Double Fine’s construction-action game Autonomous.

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