Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2018

Bolstered by growing interest in wearables and augmented reality, DigiLens recently announced the closure of a $25 million Series C investment to grow the company which has developed what it says is a proprietary, low cost waveguide manufacturing process. Image courtesy DigiLens.

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Eye Tracking : 200 Hz with sub-degree accuracy; 1-dot calibration for foveated rendering Comfort & Wearability : 3-point precision fit headband Replaceable, easy-to-clean polyurethane face cushions Active cooling. Also, Leap Motion tracking or the mixed reality cameras of Varjo XR-3 are not part of this model.

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VRScout

JULY 17, 2018

Dallas-based spatial experience company Spacee has come up with a technology that can deliver an AR experience that doesn’t require a phones, tablet, glasses or any other type wearable to operate. Custom storefront windows provide an intuitive shopping experience without even having to even step inside the store.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

As the layers are built and projected so are the full 3D images and animations; no headset, special glasses or other wearables are needed. The VX1 is also compatible with Xbox controllers, Leap Motion, and hands-free gesture camera options; it’s like using the force to interact with your favorite holograms.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 21, 2015

Last week at SFHTML5, Leap Motion CTO David Holz shared his educated guess on what we’ll see with upcoming generations of virtual reality headsets and sensors. Along the way, he talks about what Leap Motion needs to achieve for truly seamless VR hand controls.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 28, 2022

The STRATOS solution can track the motion of a user’s hands using the Leap Motion control, then project tactile effects to provide unique feedback. Ultraleap Leap Motion Controller. More than just a hand tracking solution, this system comes with the ability to built haptic feedback into your XR interactions.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 5, 2016

That’s why I think all of us work in technology, and why we at Leap Motion are always very much living in the future. Today I’m going to be talking about the Leap Motion Mobile Platform. We needed to build a whole new Leap Motion sensor with higher performance and much lower power.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Click To Tweet When someone first puts on a Leap Motion-enabled VR headset, it often seems like they’re rediscovering how to use their own hands. Even examples of hand-based, wearable UIs and dynamic deployable UIs. The post Design Sprints at Leap Motion: A Playground of 3D User Interfaces appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 16, 2014

At the LEAP.AXLR8R, GetVu is exploring the boundaries of augmented reality with a platform that combines computer vision with human vision in a wearable device. With Leap Motion interaction, they envision a future where virtual games, architectural models, and 3D designs can live in the real world.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2017

At Leap Motion, our mission is to empower people to interact seamlessly with the digital landscape. Last year, we released an early access beta of the Leap Motion Interaction Engine , a layer that exists between the Unity game engine and real-world hand physics. Widgets and Wearable Interfaces.

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Leapmotion

JULY 11, 2019

In support of the event, our team donated Leap Motion Controllers. Our CTO David Holz and engineer/ AR tennis champion Jonathon Selstad joined the workshop, along with former Leap Motion engineer Adam Munich. He had experience building homebrew data gloves and mocap systems for years before discovering Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Leap Motion Orion tracking was designed with simple physical interactions in mind, starting with pinch and grab. Virtual reality gives us the power to augment our digital selves with capabilities that mirror real-world wearable technologies. Core Orion Interactions. Change the block shape. We are all cyborgs in VR.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Masahiro Yamaguchi (CEO, Psychic VR Lab), God Scorpion (Media artist, Psychic VR Lab), Keiichi Matsuda (VP Design, Leap Motion), Oda Yuda (Designer), Akihiro Fujii (CTO, Psychic VR Lab). Alex Colgan (Leap Motion): What inspired you to build a North Star headset? To me the wearable UI thing is something we want to try.

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Leapmotion

MAY 26, 2015

At last week’s SVVR conference, Leap Motion CTO David Holz talked about how the third generation of VR/AR devices will pipe everything from ultrasonic depth sensing to infrared night vision directly into our consciousness. Virtual wearable interfaces. The trend we’re seeing is virtual wearable interfaces.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 9, 2018

Sliding the reflectors slightly out from your face gave room for a wearable camera, which we threw together created from a disassembled Logitech (wide FoV) webcam. The post Our Journey to the North Star appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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AR Insider

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Starting with the Device itself: today we use smartphones, and tomorrow we may be using some kind of headset, glasses or audio-only wearable, with different kinds of control or head/gaze tracking. What kind of devices and software will we need to participate in this AR Cloud?

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JULY 11, 2022

The company offers a range of modules, including the Stratos Inspire, and Leap Motion controller. The hand-tracking technology offered by Ultraleap gives businesses, developers, and users new access to a world of opportunities in the XR space.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The XR-4 series also supports UltraLeap’s Leap Motion 2 hand-tracking module for custom requirements. They also feature dual DTS spatial audio speakers and noise-cancelling microphones for streamlined collaboration. Tracking options: Users can configure their headset for SteamVR tracking, as well as ART and Optitrack via API.

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Leapmotion

MAY 7, 2016

While working on demonstration projects here at Leap Motion, we’ve found ourselves wanting to use different sets of hands for a variety of reasons. Using the Debug hands in this way can be help for – wait for it – debugging your other hands to verify they’re lining up with Leap Motion data!

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 2, 2016

With the Leap Motion Unity Core Assets and Modules , you can start building right away with features like custom-designed hands, user interfaces, and event triggers. Leap Motion Core Assets. The Leap Motion Unity assets provide an easy way to bring hands into a Unity game. Links: Example Demo / Download.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Wearable Interfaces. At Leap Motion, we’ve been experimenting internally with a range of different interfaces that are part of the user. At Leap Motion, we’ve been experimenting internally with a range of different interfaces that are part of the user. Next week: Storytelling and Narrative in VR.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 28, 2016

For narrative purposes, you may want to preserve this distinction – with a wearable interface changing your own state, and an environmental interface changing the environmental state. …while a broad sweeping motion turns off gravity – a force that exists outside yourself and “in the world.”. Next week: Avatar Design.

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

MAY 11, 2022

Several devices such as integrated hand-tracking headsets from Varjo or Lynx, Leap Motion Controllers, or even the company’s VR Developer Mount can used the device as an added peripheral. Flexible integration options. Gemini is not limited to a single headset range, unlike other hand-tracking solutions.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 29, 2019

You probably have heard about Leap Motion’s Project North Star , that should be able to offer people affordable augmented reality. Notice a Leap Motion sensor installed on top of it. Project North Star is an opensource augmented reality headset that Leap Motion has designed and gifted to the community.

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