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Ultraleap launches Leap Motion Controller 2

The Ghost Howls

Before AWE even started, Ultraleap has already announced an amazing piece of news: the launch of the Leap Motion Controller 2. The Leap Motion controller was able to bring your hands into virtual reality, making VR interactions more natural. The Leap Motion Controller has been mostly Windows-only.

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Ultraleap Leap Motion Controller 2 Unboxing

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A few weeks ago, Ultraleap announced the Leap Motion Controller 2 , the successor of that Leap Motion Controller that got much recognition from makers and research centers. In any case, I appreciated a few features of this mount: The controller snaps in it and then it got stuck.

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New Leap Motion 2 Brings High-end Hand-tracking to Standalone Headsets

Road to VR

10 years after the launch of Leap Motion—which garnered praise for offering some of the best hand-tracking in the industry—the company has announced a next-generation version of the device which now supports standalone XR headsets in addition to Windows and MacOS.

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Leap Motion Update Improves Physics, Supports Rift And Vive Controllers

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Fully functioning hand-tracking might be a ways off from becoming the standard form of VR input, but Leap Motion is making a big step toward that future today, taking its Interaction development engine to 1.0 Perhaps the most exciting addition to the engine, though, is Oculus Touch and Vive controller support.

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Exclusive: Leap Motion Explores Ways to Make Controller-free Input More Intuitive and Immersive

Road to VR

There’s an intuitive appeal to using controller-free hand-tracking input like Leap Motion’s ; there’s nothing quite like seeing your virtual hands and fingers move just like your own hands and fingers without the need to pick up and learn how to use a controller. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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Leap Motion Teases ‘Augmented Office’ With Project North Star AR Dev Kit

VRScout

With Leap Motion’s Project North Star set to hit the streets in the coming months, the American-based hand-tracking depth sensor manufacturer has officially begun teasing the various ambitious design concepts made possible by the open source AR development kit. pic.twitter.com/SB8SNidbCG.

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Leap Motion Announces Open-Source AR Dev Kit ‘Project North Star’

VRScout

If you’re looking to add accurate hand-tracking technology to your VR or AR experience, there are few options outside Leap Motion technology. The post Leap Motion Announces Open-Source AR Dev Kit ‘Project North Star’ appeared first on VRScout. We’ve got a long way to go still, so let’s go together.”.