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.”

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Road to VR

APRIL 9, 2018

Over the last few weeks, Leap Motion has been teasing some very compelling AR interface prototypes, demonstrated on an unknown headset. Leap Motion plans to open-source the design of the device, which they’re calling Project North Star. ” Image courtesy Leap Motion. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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Leapmotion

JULY 12, 2018

Animate from fingers to forearms with @LeapMotion and Reallusion iClone 7 for professional motion capture animation. This week we’re excited to share a new engine integration with the professional animation community – Leap Motion and iClone 7 Motion LIVE. Click To Tweet. Animate with Detailed Hand Performance.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

As an adult, James decided to try retraining his brain using a combination of Leap Motion hand tracking and VR. Leap Motion hand tracking also makes it possible for patients to interact in 3D – enabling them to practice eye-hand coordination skills in a life-like environment.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 25, 2015

Today, Leap Motion and OSVR announced that the upcoming OSVR Hacker Dev Kit will feature an optional faceplate embedded with Leap Motion hardware. The addition of the OSVR faceplate with Leap Motion will make the HDK the first-to-market virtual reality headset with fully integrated motion control technology.

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Leapmotion

JULY 22, 2015

We’ve come a long way since we first launched the Leap Motion Controller two years ago. Since we released our technology to the world, we’ve been constantly working to bring new tools and assets to developers building with the Leap Motion platform. The Leap Motion team. The post Leap Motion 3D Jam 2.0

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Leapmotion

APRIL 27, 2015

From the operating room to virtual reality, here are 5 ways that people are using Leap Motion tech for medical and assistive applications. Solution: One of TIME Magazine’s Top 25 Inventions of 2014, MotionSavvy’s UNI is a two-way communication tool for the deaf using Leap Motion and speech technologies. Medical Imaging.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 31, 2016

Now officially integrated in Unreal Engine 4.11 , getnamo’s independent plugin for Leap Motion makes it faster and easier than ever to integrate Leap Motion Orion into your VR projects! The post Leap Motion VR Support Now Directly Integrated in Unreal Engine appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Starting on October 19th, Leap Motion and IndieCade are kicking off a six-week global competition for developers to build innovative experiences for desktop, virtual reality, and beyond. For the Select and Open 3D Jam first-place teams, $5,000 USD and up to $2,500 in travel costs to exhibit with Leap Motion at IndieCade East 2015.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The Leap Motion Interaction Engine handles these scenarios by having the virtual hand penetrate the geometry of that object/surface, resulting in visual clipping. Object Interactions in the Leap Motion Interaction Engine. Earlier we mentioned visual clipping, when your hand simply phases through an object.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Here are the top 10 stories from our blog in 2016. Click To Tweet Leap Motion goes mobile. Our team will be at CES January 5-8 with our Leap Motion Mobile Platform reference design. VR prototyping for less than $100 with Leap Motion + VRidge. The future of #VR is mobile. See you in the new year!

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 10, 2015

Today we’re excited to announce the winners of the Leap Motion 3D Jam – but first, we have a special surprise for all our top 20 semi-finalists. The winners were chosen from the semi-finalists by a special jury drawn from Leap Motion and the IndieCade community. #1. The post Announcing the Leap Motion 3D Jam Winners!

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Click To Tweet “Virtual and augmented reality are at a critical point in their evolution,” said Michael Buckwald, Leap Motion CEO. The post Leap Motion Announces Keiichi Matsuda as VP of Design and Global Creative Director to Lead New London Design Research Studio appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 5, 2016

Leap Motion adds a whole new level of expression to your virtual avatar – so you can point, wave, or dance. UE4 has built-in Vive support, and with the new official plugin release in Unreal Engine 4.11 , it’s easier than ever to get started with Leap Motion + Vive. Have a question about Leap Motion + HTC Vive?

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 15, 2015

Today on the blog, we’ve handpicked six assets that will take your Leap Motion VR demo to the next level. Avatar Hand Controller for Leap Motion – $5. With tons of options you’ll find everything you need to build unique materials for your Leap Motion VR scenes. iTween – Free.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The new Leap Motion Mobile Platform consists of hardware and software optimised for VR and AR hand tracking on mobile devices. Building on the success of the original Leap Motion device, the brand new hardware aims to be tightly integrated into future mobile VR headsets.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Now featuring full head-mounted support for the Oculus Rift DK1 and DK2, Collider brings together raw infrared imagery with full 3D immersion – and it’s available free on the Leap Motion App Store. Post a review on the Leap Motion App Store or write a comment below! LHC images by Maximilien Brice © CERN via Boston.com.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

63 for the Leap Motion Controller and VR Developer Mount , now on sale in our web store. Setup your Google Cardboard with Leap Motion Controller. Once the Leap Motion Controller is properly mounted, use the USB extender to plug the controller into your computer. Install the Leap Motion Orion software.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This weekend, we saw 50+ early submissions to the Leap Motion 3D Jam! With the Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift, explore a bioluminescent world full of magic and beauty to create a synesthetic experience combining music, sound, art, and hand interaction. The post Who Will Win the Leap Motion 3D Jam?

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 23, 2014

library, Mozilla has created a stereoscopic camera and provided a WebGL API that pulls sensor data into the experience – including Leap Motion hand tracking and head orientation/positioning. The post Building the 3D Web with Mozilla + Leap Motion appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 8, 2015

With 25,000 new developers registered since August, there are now over 150,000 developers in more than 186 countries building with Leap Motion technology. The post Leap Motion + VR 2015: A Look at the Year Ahead appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. New Widgets for VR.

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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.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 20, 2015

At Leap Motion, we believe that the next wave of technological interfaces will rely on the original human operating system: your hands. With HackingEDU just around the corner, Leap Motion is sponsoring the world’s largest education hackathon with over 100 Leap Motion Controllers for attendees to use.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 12, 2015

This is why we’re pleased to announce a Leap Motion plugin for Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) – a new open framework that brings input devices, games, and output devices together. The post Leap Motion Introduces Support for OSVR: A New Open-Source Platform for AR/VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 16, 2014

With Leap Motion interaction, they envision a future where virtual games, architectural models, and 3D designs can live in the real world. The post Inside the Leap Motion AXLR8R: 90 Seconds with GetVu appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 21, 2017

strLast time, we looked at how an interactive VR sculpture could be created with the Leap Motion Graphic Renderer as part of an experiment in interaction design. The Leap Motion Interaction Engine provides the foundation for hand-centric VR interaction design. SculptureInteraction: Using Interaction Engine Callbacks.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

When the Leap Motion Controller is mounted on a VR headset, it can see beyond your virtual field of view, but your hands will occasionally fall out of sensor range. The open-sourced Leap Motion VR Intro uses interactions designed to work seamlessly when your hands are in view – from flying in space to playing with floating spheres.

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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. The post Design Sprints at Leap Motion: A Playground of 3D User Interfaces appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. From Flat Screens to VR Interfaces.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 25, 2014

Want to see more projects with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion Controller? The Oculus Developer forums are a great place to explore how motion control and virtual reality can work together – from games to educational and therapeutic tools. Update: Diplopia is now Vivid Vision. Update: Diplopia is now Vivid Vision.

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AllThingsVR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

“The Interaction Engine is designed to handle object behaviors as well as detect whether an object is being grasped,” reads a recent blog post introducing the Interaction Engine, “This makes it possible to pick things up and hold them in a way that feels truly solid. Read more here.

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The Ghost Howls

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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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Leap Motion Orion tracking was designed with simple physical interactions in mind, starting with pinch and grab. The post Building Blocks: A Deep Dive Into Leap Motion Interactive Design appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. Core Orion Interactions.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 25, 2023

You can’t even go to the bathroom in peace at AWE that you find yourself in a picture on a blog… I think the visuals offered by the glasses were pretty interesting. (They were a gadget given as a gift, but thinking that I was stealing them was more exciting) This is my trying the glasses.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

A lot has been going on behind the scenes here at Leap Motion. Because the shift is so stark, we’re making the software available today for Windows on the Leap Motion Controller. We’ll update this post with more details – stay tuned to the blog or follow us on Twitter @LeapMotion.

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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? The New World Notes blog made a good job of highlighting some of the flaws of that piece, and why it is full of nonsense.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 9, 2017

In theory, the gloves could paired with other technologies like a Leap Motion sensor to simulate a wide range of activities. To read more posts from Kayla, read and subscribe to her tech blog, Productivity Bytes. Tagged with: gloves Facebook Twitter Reddit More.

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