The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Traditionally, leading tech vendors have invested in distributed network infrastructure, but many of them (such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft) are adapting to a new paradigm to support localized, persistent, collaborative, shared, multiuser interactions. Header image by Leap Motion). There are broad possibilities here.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The World Map in this world therefore isn’t a 2D street map like we have with Google Maps or Open Street Map, nor is it a 3D map with terrain and building volumes. Both Azure Spatial Anchors and Google Cloud Anchors are leveraging existing strengths in mapping towards the AR Cloud. Insane, yet companies are mapping it already.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 1, 2015

You’ve built incredible things this year, and along the way, we’ve based many of the experiments, resources, and examples found in the Developer Portal on your feedback and feature requests. While we love to chart new territory, the monthly SFHTML5 meetup at Google SF holds a special place in our hearts. It’s visually stunning.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

With Paper Plane , we studied the basic features of Leap Motion using fairly simple mechanics. What was it like incorporating Leap Motion into your Unity workflow? On our YouTube channel , for example, we show how to combine the Oculus and iPhone , turning it into the input device. How did each idea come about?

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

Motion tracking is either done by the smartphone’s sensors or built-in headset sensors; thus, there are no cables hindering free movement. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Google Daydream.

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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. Here’s what we’ve learned building menus for Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 15, 2018

Check out our results below or download the example demo from the Leap Motion Gallery. The advanced hand-based physics layer of the Leap Motion Interaction Engine makes the foundational elements of grabbing and releasing virtual objects feel natural. Stacking in particular is a good example. The Challenge.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Some months ago, we all read that letter where Zuckerberg claimed wanting to get complete control of the hardware and software stack so that Facebook shouldn’t depend on external companies, like Google or Apple for the SO, or phone manufacturers for the hardware. More info (Example n.1 3 of post about this on Reddit).

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Despite being an emerging concept for the last few years, Google’s April Fools-joke-turned-into-reality made the technology a mass hit. Picking up awards at two industry shows, VR Roulette combined Oculus Rift and Leap Motion controller s to plunge players into a virtually interactive casino. UCI Google Glass.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 10, 2016

This is the philosophy behind the Leap Motion Interaction Engine , which is built to handle low-level physics interactions and make them feel familiar. The classic example of an affordance is the handle on a teapot, which is designed to be easy to hold, and exists to prevent people from scorching their fingers. See also Fast Co.

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Delight XR

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Motion tracking is either done by the smartphone’s sensors or built-in headset sensors; thus, there are no cables hindering free movement. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. Google Daydream.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 1, 2016

The Oculus Best Practices , Designing for Google Cardboard , and other resources cover this issue in great detail, but no guide to VR design and development would be complete without it. As a result, designing interactions for human beings means that you’ll need to be fairly forgiving of inaccurate motions.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Some examples of this category of glasses: Intel Vaunt (project abandoned); North Focals; Vuzix Blade; Snap Spectacles v2 (they are just cameras to share videos); Bose AR glasses (these are not for visual, but for audio augmented reality). Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Google makes Tilt Brush opensource. Google has just announced that the VR painting program Tilt Brush has been put opensource on GitHub. The bad news is that this means that Google has abandoned it. Google is becoming well-known for abandoning the interesting project it creates. This is both bad and good news.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. Are things like midair haptics-- I know-- I guess Leap Motion would be a competitor to you guys, even though they're using a hardware solution to do that. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now. Alan: We actually did it.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. Are things like midair haptics-- I know-- I guess Leap Motion would be a competitor to you guys, even though they're using a hardware solution to do that. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now. Alan: We actually did it.

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XR for Business Podcast

APRIL 28, 2020

We did a project just using Google's hand tracking library. Are things like midair haptics-- I know-- I guess Leap Motion would be a competitor to you guys, even though they're using a hardware solution to do that. But things like midair haptics, with the Ultra Haptics or the Ultra Leap now. Alan: We actually did it.

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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. To explore the video in 360 degrees, you’ll need to watch the video in Google Chrome. An example of the “little planet” projection effect. Image courtesy of subblue.

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VRGuy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Acer, NVIDIA, Valve, Ubisoft, Leap Motion and many others joined the ecosystem. For example, head tracking can come from optical trackers or inertial ones. For example, DAQRI integrated a plugin that detects objects in a video stream. Google Glass has not been as successful as hoped.

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