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JUNE 8, 2017

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 The combination of these two technologies is very interesting. Tagged with: leap motion Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Leap Motion , a maker of hand-tracking software and hardware, has been experimenting with exactly that, and is teasing some very interesting results. Leap Motion has shown lots of cool stuff that can be done with their hand-tracking technology, but most of it is seen through the lens of VR.

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JUNE 11, 2018

Leap Motion builds the leading markerless hand-tracking technology, and today the company revealed a update which they claim brings major improvements “across the board.” Image courtesy Leap Motion. Updated Tracking. Better hand pose stability and reliability. More accurate shape and scale for hands.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Leap Motion, the optical hand-tracking firm, was acquired by Bristol, UK-based haptics company Ultrahaptics earlier this year. Before the acquisition of Leap Motion and the subsequent rebranding, Ultrahaptics was best known for its mid-air haptic technology which uses ultrasound to project tactile sensations onto users’ hands.

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JULY 17, 2017

Leap Motion is one possible solution, with its hand and finger tracking technology offering one route for VR and AR headsets to let people make selections and interact with virtual worlds. This potential likely figured into the $50 million Series C funding raised by Leap Motion. The round was led by J.P.

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JULY 16, 2018

Leap Motion dreams big with an ambitious new project that could open ‘alternative dimensions of reality, layered over the physical world.’. Leap Motion hopes the ambitious concept will provide high levels of social interactivity within immersive technology, as opposed to more isolating VR experiences. “At

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

According to a report from Business Insider , earlier this year Apple was on the verge of acquiring Leap Motion, but the deal fell through days before it was expected to close. Founded in 2010, Leap Motion develops leading optical hand-tracking software. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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JULY 11, 2024

When I was at AWE, one of the demos I was the most curious about was the one of Distance Technologies, the company that promises to offer glasses-free augmented reality. Side view of the optical setup, with a horizontal surface and a reclined glass In front of this setup, there was a Leap Motion Controller 2 sensor.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

What an exciting week for technology, with the Facebook Connect, PS5 price announcement, Apple event and the release of RTX30 graphics cards! You can finally buy the Leap Motion v2 accessory. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come. What a time to be alive! Become my 10th supporter!!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Thankfully, the team at Leap Motion have been working tirelessly to deliver hand tracking and late last year launched their much more compact hand tracking solution specifically aimed at mobile form factors. Now that their technology has been miniaturized, it can be integrated into platforms.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the first accessories for AR/VR I had the opportunity to work on is the Leap Motion hands tracking controller : I made some cool experiments and prototypes with it and the Oculus Rift DK2. Leap Motion has also been the first important company I have interviewed in this blog. If you want, you can find it here below!

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DECEMBER 28, 2021

TactGlove is compatible with hand tracking systems like the Meta Quest and Leap Motion. Recently, the company announced TactGlove, its first consumer-friendly haptic gloves designed for use with compatible camera-based hand tracking systems like Meta Quest and Ultraleap’s Leap Motion. Image Credit: bHaptics. “We

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JUNE 20, 2018

Hand tracking technology company Leap Motion has built a stunningly fluid augmented reality ping-pong game that not only showcases the capabilities of its open source Project North Star augmented reality headset, but also demonstrates how artificial intelligence can elevate immersive experiences.

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VRScout

JUNE 29, 2017

Leap Motion just dropped a major upgrade—Interaction Engine 1.0—to Last year, digital-physical interaction pioneer Leap Motion released an early access beta of Interacton Engine. That is a really profound part of the feeling — of the sense of immersion and presence that has created Leap Motion technology.”.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

Qualcomm and Ultraleap today announced a “multi-year co-operation agreement” that will bring Ultraleap’s controllerless hand-tracking tech (formerly of Leap Motion) to XR headsets based on the Snapdragon XR2 chipset. Ultraleap claims to have the “fastest, most accurate, and most robust hand tracking.”

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MARCH 10, 2017

Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and Leap Motion tracking module was shown off during last week’s GDC 2017.

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JUNE 28, 2024

Ultraleap, the company behind the Leap Motion hand-tracking module, informed staff on Wednesday that it was proposing a layoff amid a potential restructuring of the business that could see the company split in two. Initially released in 2013, Leap Motion was one of the first viable hand-tracking modules to come to market.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In my unboxing video, you may see that I’ve found an additional Leap Motion v1 controller + Leap Motion mount for RealMax + USB-C cable for Leap Motion. The motion blur is very noticeable, and I don’t know if it is due to a problem in the tracking or in the display technology.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

Pimax, the Chinese VR technology company responsible for the first commercially available 4K VR headset, was center-stage at CES this morning presenting the latest production versions of their new Pimax 5K & 8K ultrawide VR headsets alongside their knuckles-style open-palm motion controllers. Image Credit: Pimax VR. and 2.0. “As

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MAY 31, 2023

Leap Motion 2 is a $140 accessory that adds ultra high quality hand tracking to PC VR and standalone headsets. The original Leap Motion was a desktop hand tracking accessory launched in 2014 that could be mounted to the front of early modern VR headsets like the Oculus DK2.

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JUNE 28, 2024

The startups formerly known as Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion appear to be heading in separate directions again after 5 years together ended in significant layoffs. In May 2019, Ultrahaptics bought Leap Motion to merge their complementary ideas – a haptic effect produced through ultrasound with industry-leading hand tracking.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XTAL is an enterprise headset with incredible specifications, like for instance: 5120 x 1440 display resolution (2560 x 1440 per eye); OLED display Custom non-Fresnel lenses 180° diagonal FOV Spatial 3D sound from a built-in sound card Embedded microphone Embedded eye tracking Auto-IPD adjustment Embedded Leap motion v2 sensor.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2020

Because FingerTrak uses thermal images to track your hand movements, the system is capable of more precise hand tracking when compared to options such as the Leap Motion Controller or the Oculus Quests. The video also shows how FingerTrak gives you the ability to control a robotic hand in real-time.

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JULY 17, 2017

Leap Motion, Inc., the leading creator of motion tracking technology for natural input in virtual and augmented reality, today announced $50 million in Series C funding led by clients advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Private Equity Group, has joined Leap Motion’s board of directors.

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MAY 10, 2018

For new computing technologies to realize their full potential they need new user interfaces. However, the team at Leap Motion has also investigated more exotic and exciting interface paradigms from arm HUDs and digital wearables, to deployable widgets containing buttons, sliders, and even 3D trackballs and color pickers.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Finally jumping the hurdle of VR input will eventually require a combination of many different technologies currently in their infancy. Hand-tracking looks likely to play a big part in that future, and Leap Motion is one of a few companies leading the charge in this department. Hopefully, great software will follow suit.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ultraleap (previously Leap Motion), a company focused on developing haptics technology for the immersive experiences industry, has recently launched Gemini. Hand Tracking – a Critical Element for XR Technology. Immersive technologies need a powerful hand tracking platform to offer users increasingly realistic experiences.

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MAY 13, 2024

Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object. This technology is still at a prototype stage, and in fact, its field of view is just a ridiculous 11.7 I believe there will be many use cases for this.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Additionally, a leap motion 3D controller enabled them to interact with it. VR is a young, emerging technology. It let consumers discover Hatton’s banking solutions in a fun and engaging way. High-resolution imagery and low-latency head-tracking brought people into a virtual environment. Source: Widiba.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

So by that measure, Pimax over-delivered at CES 2019 with its Leap Motion bundle featuring 8K VR headset with built-in speakers, 200° FOV and optional eye tracking being developed in partnership with 7invensun. Pimax holds the Guinness World Record for the most successful crowdfunded VR project with over $4m in funding.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

The addition of Bionic Display technology improves the experience even further with enhanced peripheral vision and color consistency. The Varjo VR-2 Pro is the best integration of the two technologies and sets a new standard for natural user experience in VR. Image Credit: Varjo.

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JULY 8, 2018

While there’s certainly a range of exciting games and other VR software coming soon to first-generation hardware, it feels like the market is steadily turning its attention toward next-generation technologies, and fostering a renewed sense of excitement and momentum. Leap Motion North Star. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

Other companies like Leap Motion have developed similar technologies, employing computer vision processing to understand the position and movement of a user’s hands without any special gloves or attachments. HTC also indicates that the capability can track individual finger movements too. Image courtesy HTC.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Brekelmans’ years of expertise in professional motion capture projects lead to the development of the Brekel tool set for simple markerless motion capture using Kinect, and he has experimented with various projects in the VR/AR space using Kinect, Leap Motion and HoloLens technology.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Combining three discrete technologies, researchers at UC San Diego have created a glove that simulates real-life force in virtual worlds. Just don’t expect the technology to transform you into an overnight Liberace). “By

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

According to the very famous market analysis company Gartner, Augmented Reality is no more an “emerging” technology, but it has graduated as a mature one. This meant that for Gartner, VR was not an emerging and experimental technology anymore, but it had already become something usable and useful. Gartner Hype Cycle 2019.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Today, as more companies enter the VR headset game and input devices continue to see rapid technological advancement, there are now more ways than ever to get your hands into VR. From left to right: LEAP Motion motion tracking, flex sensor based motion tracking, exotendon based motion tracking. LEAP Motion.

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