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63 for the LeapMotion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. Since VRidge and our Unity Core Assets both take advantage of OpenVR, it’s possible for you to build and test your project using this minimal setup. Additional latency. Setup your Google Cardboard with LeapMotion Controller.
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