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!

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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. Until then, be sure to download the Orion beta and reach into a new reality. And we’re only getting started.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 22, 2015

DOWNLOAD ASSETS ». This means it won’t interfere with any applications using traditional Leap Motion tracking. To integrate Quick Switch, Leap Motion, and the Oculus Rift into a new Unity3D application, just drag the QuickSwitchPlayerController into your scene and delete the old “main camera.” How to use it.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 20, 2014

Today we’re thrilled to announce the top 20 semi-finalists for the Leap Motion 3D Jam: Presented by IndieCade – our six-week global competition for $75,000 in cash and prizes. If you haven’t played them yet, they’re all available for download (along with over 120 others) on the jam site. Download for Windows ».

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Leapmotion

JULY 10, 2015

Leap Motion is a great tool for this.”. In the beginning, I wanted to develop a haptic glove that I could use with Leap Motion in a virtual reality scenario, allowing me to feel the stuff I touched.” I’m loving working with Leap Motion so I’ve postponed the glove component of the project a bit.”.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 30, 2016

Using our latest Unity Core Assets , just download Unity 5.3.4p1 and install the OVRPlugin for Unity 1.3.0. Once it arrives, the new official Leap Motion UE4 plugin should work with it right away. Do Leap Motion demos work with the 1.3 The post Oculus Rift Consumer Edition FAQ appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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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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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 16, 2018

This is because Leap Motion has announced its v4 version of the tracking runtime and with it three demos to showcase the new tracking functionalities: Cat Explorer, Particles, and Paint. Cat Explorer is an educational app made to show you all the anatomy of a cat and it obviously employs Leap Motion as the only medium of interaction.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 23, 2019

Today we’re excited to share the latest major design update for the Leap Motion North Star headset. You can download the latest designs from the Project North Star GitHub. The post Project North Star: Mechanical Update 3 appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 11, 2015

As part of our global tour for the Leap Motion 3D Jam , we’re at Berlin’s Game Science Centre to take developers through our SDK and building with the latest VR tools. Let’s take a light-speed look at VR development with Leap Motion in Unity and JavaScript. Hey everyone! Why Hands in VR? Escaping from Flatland.

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Leapmotion

MAY 27, 2015

DOWNLOAD THE DEMO. The part of the mesh that you can see is covered by the passthrough from the twin Leap Motion cameras. The Image Hands are also designed to provide users with dynamic feedback on the Leap Motion Controller’s tracking confidence. The Image Hand is available now as part of our Unity Core Assets.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller. MRTK offers scene instances that explain how to utilize its capabilities found in the Assets/MRTK/Examples/Demos folder after downloading the package from the Microsoft website or GitHub. Oculus (Unity 2019.3 or newer) – Oculus (now Meta) Quest.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Hand Viewer , a brand-new release in our Examples Gallery , gives you an arsenal of onscreen hands to experiment with as you build new desktop experiences with Leap Motion. DOWNLOAD NOW ». Once you’ve downloaded and installed the assets, you’ll want to follow along with the first few minutes of this video.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 14, 2018

That application became Cat Explorer , which you can download now for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. This is the core of our mission at Leap Motion. The post Designing Cat Explorer appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. On the surface it’s a fun, slightly twisted tech demo.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

I’m Bastien Bourineau, project manager and lead developer at OpenSpace3D, and I’m back to introduce the new OpenSpace3D release with improved Leap Motion support – including how we got around the perennial indexing issue. To get started, download our open-source platform and start playing with the demos. Hello again!

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VRGuy

APRIL 25, 2015

Examples of such peripherals could be head trackers, hand and finger sensors (like Leap Motion and SoftKinetic), gesture control devices (such as the Myo armband and the Nod ring), cameras, eye trackers and many others. Provide optimized connectors to popular engines such as Unity and Unreal.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

site to download the latest demos and vote for your favorites. The post #ScreenshotSaturday Challenge: VR Musicality and Shopping Spree appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. Your ratings will count alongside the 3D Jam Jury in choosing the finalists in the VR/AR and Open tracks. Head to our itch.io

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Leapmotion

APRIL 23, 2016

Using the weather and fire packs, Fnordcorps from Spectacular-Ocular.com has been working on integrating different particle effects into Leap Motion hand controls. It’s an incredible example of how you can optimize for 90-frames-per-second VR, and the whole project is free for download, including its content library.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Sci-fi space odysseys and mysterious forests, quirky puzzles and addictive games, action-packed thrills and artistic experiments – there’s an incredible range of beta demos for you to download and play. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. The post 150+ New Demos: Cast Your Vote for Community Favorite!

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Create a developer account to download the SDK and integrations you’ll need to start building. With APIs for six programming languages and dozens of platform integrations, the Leap Motion SDK has everything you need to get started. The Leap Motion software also includes support for modern browsers through a WebSocket connection.

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Leapmotion

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Their Mind the Arrow and Gelato Flicker titles have been featured under “Best New Games” on the Apple App Store, with over 350,000+ downloads between the two. We’ve worked with Leap Motion before, but we were surprised by how easy it was to integrate Leap Motion and Oculus and get started with development.

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 27, 2016

Interacting with Leap Motion. I chose to work with optical hand tracking using the Leap Motion Controller in order to perform gestures that were natural to our culture. The Leap Motion Controller worked well and everyone reacted naturally with the gestures. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 8, 2016

The demo is available free for download on our Developer Gallery. ” The post Defeat Your Enemies with Rock-Paper-Scissors in RPS Island appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. Created by ISVR, it took third place in this year’s 3D Jam VR Track for addictive gameplay and solid interaction design.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 26, 2015

You can try the demo here for desktop, or download Mozilla’s beta browser to try it in virtual reality. The post 4 Ways to Hack Your Brain with VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. The visuals and the music are intimately connected, so that it feels like both senses are connected by a common texture. The Illusion of Touch.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Both demos are available free for download on our Developer Gallery. The post Cast Spells, Summon Meteors, and Unleash Your Inner Warlock appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. Inside a massive castle hall, you can bring down massive meteors, shoot fireballs, and summon lightning.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The demo is available free for download on our Developer Gallery. The post Build Webs of Music with Lyra VR appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. You can create visual symphonies connected by ghostly strings that can be triggered at a touch. Lyra is the creation of Metanaut, an indie studio founded in August 2015 in Taipei.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

You can download it here. The post 3D Jam Let’s Play: Demos to Haunt, Puzzle, and Delight You appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. Just in case you’re wondering, it’s a mashup of nine paintings called “Planetary Suite” by artist Steve Gildea. Which demo is your favorite? leapmotiondeveloper.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Let’s start there—let’s download Unity and set it up for hand-tracking. Download Unity from the Unity website. Wait for Unity to download to your device. Once your download is complete, you should see the option to Launch Unity. Click on the Download button at the bottom right-hand corner of the Package Manager.

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Leapmotion

MAY 3, 2015

We all grew tired of talking about how we wanted to explore VR development, so we allocated several weeks to tinkering with the Oculus Rift and Leap Motion — staffing one full-time developer and a few designers part-time. We got things started by downloading the most popular Oculus Rift / Leap Motion demos and giving them a try.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 15, 2018

Check out our results below or download the example demo from the Leap Motion Gallery. The advanced hand-based physics layer of the Leap Motion Interaction Engine makes the foundational elements of grabbing and releasing virtual objects feel natural. The Challenge. Now it’s time to play with our blocks!

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

A report on Next Reality highlights how AR mobile apps account for over half of the top 10 most downloaded apps for 2019. I suggest you give it a read. Mobile AR apps are now very popular (maybe). When I read it, I was very happy about it: finally, AR is becoming mainstream! The Matrix trilogy may be a game in the Matrix 4.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Following up on last week’s release of the Leap Motion Interaction Engine , I’m excited to share Weightless: Remastered , a major update to my project that won second place in the first-ever 3D Jam. Within the Leap Motion Interaction Engine, developers can assign Interaction Materials to objects which contain ‘controllers.’

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Leapmotion

AUGUST 23, 2016

Download the Module , check out the documentation , and share your feedback in the comments below or on our community forums ! The post Introducing the Interaction Engine: Early Access Beta appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. Ready to experiment?

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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.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2020

In this tutorial, I will teach you how to download the SDK and create a mesmerizing application where you can change the color of a cube by touching it with your index fingers (left index will make it blue and the right one will make it green) and by pinching the middle with the thumb fingers of the left hand (that will make the cube red).

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Leapmotion

JUNE 11, 2016

You can try the new inputs in our latest Developer Gallery demo , or download the Module from our Unity page. The post New Unity Module for User Interface Input appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. The module also provides “CompressibleUI” scripts that enable UI elements to pop-up and flatten in response to touch. What’s Inside?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2016

In my perfect world though, I would probably do away with both of them (for the purposes of playing arcade cabinets) and opt for an arcade joystick set-up at the height of one of the cabs so I could really get into it, and have optical tracking like a Leap Motion to track my hand movements.

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