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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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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

From gaming to big data, virtual reality gives us the chance to build and explore whole new worlds beyond the screen. For instance, with the Oculus Rift, cords make it difficult to design a game where you turn 360 degrees. Be sure to check out the full VR example gallery – we’ll have more starter resources for VR development soon!

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

As described in the video, the software can record to the FBX file format used in industry standard 3D apps, with support for up to 16 simultaneous devices, for example the headset, two hand controllers, two Vive base stations and eleven Vive Trackers.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 2, 2019

Some examples of this category of glasses: Intel Vaunt (project abandoned); North Focals; Vuzix Blade; Snap Spectacles v2 (they are just cameras to share videos); Bose AR glasses (these are not for visual, but for audio augmented reality). Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here.

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Leapmotion

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For example, pushing an on/off button in virtual reality.). For example, pinching the corners of an object and stretching it out. For example, pointing at oneself when referring to another person would feel strange.). It’s the feeling of being “in the zone” on the sports field, or becoming immersed in a game.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

This is impressive Photorealistic 3D Tiles and Aerial View API instead lets you put inside your game (3D or VR) the 3D maps of the cities of the world, that is the 3D reconstruction of Google Earth. According to Upload VR, for instance, “in UK, it’s now available at GAME , Amazon UK , ShopTo , Currys , Argos and more.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 24, 2017

If you imagine shuffling the soundtracks in these three examples, you can understand how it would fundamentally change the experience. Sound communicates the inception, success, failure, and overall nature of interactions and game physics, especially when the user’s eyes are drawn elsewhere. Building and Reinforcing Interactions.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2018

If you’ve seen the movie ‘Ready Player One’ or have been to CES or other recent gaming/technology trade show, then odds are you’re at least somewhat familiar with the concept behind omnidirectional treadmills. An immersive VR locomotion solution that ditches the omnidirectional treadmill design in favor of a swivel chair.

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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. Our final goal is to create a device that provides a richer experience in VR…but you could imagine it being used for surgery and video games, among other applications.”.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 12, 2021

Dubbed “Waiting for App Lab”, the bundle was meant to unite the powers of little game studios so that to perform together a more powerful marketing campaign and gain more visibility for the apps they provided. As players, I think we all love bundles , they are a fun way to spotlight different sorts of games, to mix them.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 2, 2017

With my left motion controller (in this case Oculus Touch) I can change the tools in my hand to suit a variety of different needs. For example, I can use two hands to pull through the air, creating surfaces with curves in them, making it easy to create a bend in the front of a shoe, for example.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 29, 2022

The MRTK is a set of components with plugins, samples, and documentation designed to help the development of MR applications using gaming engines from either Unreal Engine or Unity, providing two versions of the solution – MRTK-Unity and MRTK for Unreal. Ultraleap Hand Tracking – Ultraleap Leap Motion controller.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Battlespace 3 isn’t a game that you simply pick up from Steam, it’s a full blown simulator intended for training and professional use. One example of this provided by the company was users being able to move their heads independent of aiming when manning vehicle-mounted turrets.

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AR Insider

DECEMBER 9, 2019

. — There were some high-profile flameouts in 2019, including Meta, ODG and Daqri, while others exited below previous funding totals (a veritable down-round), including Leap Motion. A historical example is the 2000’s dot-com bubble. Our research arm ARtillery Intelligence’s recent AR and VR forecasts characterize this.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 20, 2018

At Leap Motion, we’re always looking to advance our interactions in ways that push our hardware and software. Click To Tweet With this demo, we have the magic of Leap Motion hand tracking combined with a handheld paddle controller. In other words, its motions must to be physically correct to play the game.

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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. Each section includes links to more information, including high-level overviews, documentation, and examples. Leap Motion Core Assets. Hands Module.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2018

showcased one year ago (Image by Cloudhead games). Owlchemy Labs, Cloudhead Games, etc…). The handle and one of the top buttons can sense the force you’re applying on the controller : this is a game changer for games UX. Until today. Valve Knuckles v1.3, And they are amazing info.

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Upload VR

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Matsuda himself subsequently began working in AR following the film's release, leading design teams at both Leap Motion (now Ultraleap) and Microsoft. For now, however, basic examples are already operational via mobile AR, created and viewable using the Styly platform. Which brings us back to Hyper-Reality.

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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. Another example would be playing piano with notes corresponding to the fingers. Hello again!

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 29, 2015

These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward. A mix between endless runner and shoot ’em up, Studio 17’s Corridor 17 blends old-school and new-school game design tactics in a VR environment. It’s available free for Windows on the Leap Motion App Store.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 14, 2016

But before the dinosaur apocalypse, there was A Vox Eclipse – a desktop game that lets you design block creations by combining hand gestures with traditional button controls. “A few friends and I spent the next day or so kicking around ideas that focused on some of the bigger points made during Leap Motion’s presentation.

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Leapmotion

JUNE 7, 2015

One of the most powerful things about the Leap Motion platform is its ability to tie into just about any creative platform. With the rising popularity of PC gaming and VR, there’s never been a better time to start building with one of the world’s most powerful game engines. GET THE PLUGIN. Rigged Character.

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Leapmotion

APRIL 17, 2015

Weightless and Hollow , for example, both include tracks that influence how we experience them. The soft piano tracks of Weightless feel elegant and contemplative: While Hollow puts us in the rural world of Washington Irving with a growing sense of dread: Switch those tracks, and you have two seriously different games. Extra Reading.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It seems that the latest version creates some stuttering while playing VR games , and this is creating discomfort for some users and making the devices unusable for others. More info (Example n.1 1 of post about this on Reddit) More info (Example n.2 2 of post about this on Reddit) More info (Example n.3

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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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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Before the game’s release in July 2016, the words “augmented reality” probably didn’t mean much to the average consumer. According to the numbers, Pokémon Go has a database of more than 500 million , with an average of 20 million players in the US alone powering up the game every day. billion to $50.65

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Leapmotion

OCTOBER 8, 2016

Martin Schubert is a VR Developer/Designer at Leap Motion and the creator of Weightless and Geometric. Instead, we might want to look at what we’re trying to achieve with this virtual spoon and then use the tools within the game engine to achieve that goal. Scoops’ by Reddit user /u/Cinder0us.

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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. The post All Hands on Deck: Explore Your Options with Hand Viewer for Unity appeared first on Leap Motion Blog. Plus, it’s half the fun.

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Leapmotion

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward. Today’s spotlight is a double-feature, as development studio VRARlab have two games in the top 20! Hauhet is a futuristic VR puzzle game, while Paper Plane lets you fly a plane through golden rings.

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Leapmotion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

With APIs for six programming languages and dozens of platform integrations, the Leap Motion SDK has everything you need to get started. Unity is a powerful game engine that makes it easy to rapidly build and develop VR and desktop projects. Thinking Outside the Mouse. The Sensor is Always On. Get started with Unreal.

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Leapmotion

JANUARY 1, 2015

You’ve built incredible things this year, and along the way, we’ve based many of the experiments, resources, and examples found in the Developer Portal on your feedback and feature requests. Most Game-Changing Tool for Self-Expression. The post 2014: A Year in Virtual Superlatives appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 16, 2020

Let me explain this better with an example: if you grab a bottle in real life, your fingers can’t trespass the bottle, because the material of the bottle exerts a force towards your fingers which prevents them to enter. It has not been thought for games, but more for enterprise uses like training. Comparison with Dexmo Gloves.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 14, 2017

Click To Tweet To bring Leap Motion tracking into a VR experience, you’ll need a virtual controller within the scene attached to your VR headset. Our Unity Core Assets and the Leap Motion Unreal Engine 4 plugin both handle position and scale out-of-the-box for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Multiple Frames Of Reference.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 6, 2015

I got my Leap Motion Controller at the start of 2014, and quickly went about making demos. Aside from this, my major work with Leap Motion is my game Robot Chess , a relatively simple game which allows you to use your hands to pick up and move around chess pieces as you play against a robotic AI opponent.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 8, 2015

So I switched to the Leap Motion Controller and quickly got my hands in my application. The new Arm HUD Widget by Leap Motion looked good, but I knew it wouldn’t be released for some time. For example, I released an “update” early on that horribly crippled the framerate of the application.

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Leapmotion

MARCH 15, 2018

Arranging or assembling virtual objects is a common scenario across a range of experiences, particularly in education, enterprise, and industrial training – not to mention tabletop and real-time strategy gaming. Check out our results below or download the example demo from the Leap Motion Gallery. The Challenge.

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