Road to VR

DECEMBER 8, 2017

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.

Leap Motion 279

Leap Motion Controllers Immersion How To 279

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Apart from the splendid Cathedral and the tasty Trdelnik, Prague also features an interesting Virtual Reality startup: VRgineers. Having a tour inside VRgineers, that is a startup that is trying to develop almost all the main parts of its headset , made me understand how creating a Virtual Reality headset is incredibly difficult.

Virtual Reality 396

Virtual Reality Leap Motion Eye Tracking Video 396

VRScout

JULY 16, 2018

Leap Motion dreams big with an ambitious new project that could open ‘alternative dimensions of reality, layered over the physical world.’. The result is a theoretically-endless virtual playspace that incorporates anything and everything into the experience. “As We can pick up a pencil, and use it as a magic wand.

Leap Motion 229

Leap Motion AR Technology Hardware 229

The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

You can finally buy the Leap Motion v2 accessory. The time for us XR developers to buy a Leap Motion 2 has finally come. Leap Motion 1 has been used by almost every developer and researcher , both in VR and not. Yes, the price is higher than the cheap Leap Motion 1, but this is also a far better device.

Leap Motion 296

Leap Motion Machine Learning Sony Data 296

The Ghost Howls

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!

Leap Motion 545

Leap Motion Hand tracking Unity Controllers 545

The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

I have appreciated it a lot, so I thought it could have been a cool idea to make a post for you to describe how it is and compare it with the previous Leap Motion controller. Some weeks ago, I have reviewed the new Leap Motion Gemini (v5) runtime , and I have appreciated its robustness. Are you in?

Leap Motion 546

Leap Motion Hand tracking Hardware Controllers 546

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. and their new graphic renderer earlier this month—a move that will fundamentally transform our interactive capabilities in immersive reality.

Leap Motion 286

Leap Motion Controllers Virtual Reality Unity 286

The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Ultraleap is the company born from the acquisition of Leap Motion by Ultrahaptics and it has always worked towards offering optimal hands tracking solutions for the XR market. With this system, you can have proper bimanual interactions and a totally natural interface in virtual reality.

Hand tracking 545

Hand tracking Leap Motion Controllers Software 545

Road to VR

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.

Hand tracking 279

Hand tracking Leap Motion Gesture Control Controllers 279

The Ghost Howls

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. Since having a 3DOF controller with a 6DOF headset is weird (HTC and Lenovo know this well), RealMax has decided to add also support for Leap Motion.

AR 533

AR Leap Motion Augmented Reality Controllers 533

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. Ultraleap Stratos presents itself as a square box with a lot of tiny cylinders on it and a Leap Motion controller to track the hands. Ultraleap Stratos Explore.

Haptic 530

Haptic Leap Motion Hand tracking Magic Leap 530

Road to VR

MAY 10, 2018

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. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion.

Leap Motion 279

Leap Motion AR Wearables Tips 279

Road to VR

JANUARY 21, 2018

But there are times when virtual objects will be farther away than arm’s reach, beyond the user’s range of direct manipulation. As part of its interactive design sprints, Leap Motion , creators of the hand-tracking peripheral of the same name, prototyped three ways of effectively interacting with distant objects in VR.

Leap Motion 279

Leap Motion Hand tracking Controllers Virtual Reality 279

Road to VR

MARCH 6, 2018

Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Martin is Lead Virtual Reality Designer and Evangelist for Leap Motion. He has created multiple experiences such as Weightless, Geometric, and Mirrors, and is currently exploring how to make the virtual feel more tangible. The Challenge.

Leap Motion 279

Leap Motion Simulation Examples AR 279

VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In a recent scientific publication entitled VRHapticDrones: Providing Haptics in Virtual Reality through Quadcopters , researchers from LMU Munich, TU Darmstadt, Wellesley College, the University of Duisburg,-Essen, and the University of Regensburg offer a solution to body-free VR haptic feedback in the form of a programmable quadcopter system.

Haptic 314

Haptic Leap Motion Motion Capture Virtual Reality 314

ARPost

APRIL 4, 2023

AR and VR Content Creation With Integrated Ultraleap Hand Tracking Ultraleap was founded in 2019 when Leap Motion was acquired by Ultrahaptics , and the two companies were rebranded under the new name. VR is part of education and training , medicine, business, banking, and, actually, any kind of work.

Hand tracking 300

Hand tracking AR Training Leap Motion 300

Road to VR

AUGUST 31, 2016

Leap Motion has announced it’s to early access to the beta of its Interaction Engine , a set of systems designed to help developers implement compelling, realistic and hopefully frustration-free input with just their hands.

Leap Motion 179

Leap Motion Hand tracking Latency Unity 179

Road to VR

JULY 8, 2018

It was once thought that controller-less glove & finger tracking technology would be the ideal input for virtual reality, but over the last few years the benefits of having a physical, tracked controller for VR input have become quite apparent. Leap Motion North Star. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

AR 280

AR Leap Motion Eye Tracking Oculus 280

Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Sensic, a long-time player in virtual reality and co-founder of OSVR , finally released their VR headset destined to make its way to public venues such as theme parks and arcades. Front IR window for optional embedded Leap Motion controller. pre-production model, image courtesy Sensics. image courtesy Sensics.

Leap Motion 279

Leap Motion Motion Capture Head Tracking Unreal 279

Road to VR

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The most recent hardware revisions brought automatic IPD adjustment, an embedded Leap Motion sensor for wide FOV hand-tracking, and reduced weight and size. We’ve getting ever closer to our goal – which is to make virtual reality indistinguishable from reality itself.”

Czech Republic 273

Czech Republic Las Vegas Leap Motion Hand tracking 273

Road to VR

JUNE 8, 2018

Today we’re excited to share the second half of our design exploration along with a downloadable demo on the Leap Motion Gallery. Barrett is the Lead VR Interactive Engineer for Leap Motion. Martin is Lead Virtual Reality Designer and Evangelist for Leap Motion.

Leap Motion 267

Leap Motion Tools Examples Haptic 267

The Ghost Howls

APRIL 1, 2024

AI reconstruction of how the launch of the Deckard may happen The controllers are an optimized version of Valve Index Controllers , smaller and more reliable, even if I’m told that the headset can also track the hands thanks to an integrated Leap Motion controller.

Leap Motion 463

Leap Motion Apple Controllers Virtual Reality 463

The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 9, 2021

Triton works with Leap Motion (now Ultra Leap) hands tracking. Originally I was going to make a standalone device which hooked everything up to a Nvidia Jetson Nano that could be worn on your belt (think Magic Leap One). You will have to buy the pieces separately and assemble it.

AR 545

AR Unity Leap Motion Unreal 545

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2024

If you use a Leap Motion controller, you should be able to grab the feed of its cameras according to its docs. And recently Leap Motion has become compatible with standalone headsets like Pico ones.

Leap Motion 438

Leap Motion Data Tools Unity 438

Road to VR

MAY 4, 2020

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) researchers unveiled a prototype motion controller recently which showcases experimental techniques into full hand tracking using machine learning and capacitive sensors.

Hand tracking 309

Hand tracking Sony Controllers Leap Motion 309

Road to VR

JULY 15, 2017

First demonstrated to theme park executives at the Asian Attractions Expo in Singapore last month, Holovis ’ R3ex (Rideable Realtime Robot Experiences) project combines virtual reality with four/six-axis robot arm amusement rides.

Simulation 279

Simulation Leap Motion Hand tracking Singapore 279

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Virtual Reality does not have many comprehensive award shows, but the Proto Awards just might be the closest thing the industry currently has to The Oscars many of the VR scene’s most elite designers and personalities gathered toghether at the AVALON theater in Hollywood for one purpose: to name the most impressive experiences of the year.

Education 273

Education Leap Motion Google Virtual Reality 273

The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

The sentence with which they have started the tease is “Big things are in motion here at Ultraleap”, which makes me think about something big that moves… may it be a new device to perform body tracking? In any case, it’s interesting to see an endorsement to the Apple headset from the guy the started the new virtual reality renaissance.

Google 537

Google Samsung Apple Virtual Reality 537

The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2019

When I asked her about the Index, she told me that is hard to get info about it, but what she has heard is that: It is really an upgrade for this generation of virtual reality headsets. This may be the purpose of the two baseline cameras… or there may also be an embedded Leap Motion v2.

Hand tracking 404

Hand tracking Leap Motion Virtual Reality AR 404

ARPost

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ultraleap (previously Leap Motion), a company focused on developing haptics technology for the immersive experiences industry, has recently launched Gemini. Now, thanks to a new and improved hand tracking platform developed by Ultraleap, these interactions will become even more improved and realistic.

Hand tracking 334

Hand tracking Leap Motion Unity Haptic 334

The Ghost Howls

MAY 13, 2024

Robust to handling objects: Hyperion offers superior hand tracking while holding an object in your hand, making it perfect for mixed reality. Object tracking : Hyperion allows the Leap Motion Controller 2 camera to track AR Markers (also known as fiducial markers) enabling tracking of any object.

Leap Motion 369

Leap Motion Hand tracking Apple Data 369

ARPost

JUNE 18, 2021

Leap Motion. The VIRTUOSO SDK for XR development is available as a full open-source release for the Unity game engine on Github. It currently supports the following devices and XR systems: SteamVR: HTC Vive and Windows MR headsets. Oculus Rift and Oculus Quest. Sense Glove. bHaptics TactSuit.

Unreal 371

Unreal Leap Motion Unity Haptic 371

VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Also announced was the judging panel that includes virtual reality experts such as Josh Naylor of Unity Technologies, Jenn Duong of Shiift, and CEO of Spiral Media Megan Gaiser. Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience.

Leap Motion 227

Leap Motion Virtual Reality Latency Training 227

Road to VR

MARCH 11, 2019

SEE ALSO Report: Apple Nearly Acquired Leap Motion but the Deal Fell Through. Kuo doesn’t mention whether this connection will be a wired or wireless at this point, although the latter would require a compelling leap in streaming tech to say the least.

Apple 273

Apple AR Leap Motion Latency 273

AllThingsVR

JULY 18, 2017

He’s being assigned to work closely with the Paramount and Viacom technology teams to explore all forms of new and emerging technologies, with an emphasis on virtual reality and augmented reality. He will report jointly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Gianopulos and Chief Operating Officer Andrew Gumpert.

Leap Motion 70

Leap Motion Real Estate Hand tracking Augmented Reality 70

VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2016

Launched back in 2012, Leap Motion first introduced us to their new way of interacting with computers in three dimensions. At the time, the Leap Motion sensor sat on your desk or was built into your keyboard, allowing for natural hand and finger movement tracking. There was one thing — the device never really caught on.

Leap Motion 150

Leap Motion Hand tracking Virtual Reality Controllers 150

AllThingsVR

AUGUST 24, 2016

Leap Motion shows off Interaction Engine for their VR hand-tracking tech VR makes the most sense when you don’t have to learn the controls and stuff just works. In a blog post, the company calls the engine “a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics.”

Leap Motion 70

Leap Motion Unity Hand tracking Tools 70