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. Today the company reveals that the headset is a prototype dev kit, designed in-house, offering a combined 100 degree field of view, low latency, and high resolution. Image courtesy Leap Motion.

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Leap Motion AR Hand tracking Latency 83

Leapmotion

JUNE 13, 2015

Simply gazing upon the Internet is starting to look a bit ‘90s – but how do you go about constructing a digital universe where 2D and 3D content can coexist in a way that is both seamless and satisfying? Things like resolution, latency, accuracy – all of these are important for being able to give people a seamless suspension of disbelief.”.

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Leap Motion Latency Construction Virtual Environment 35

Leapmotion

APRIL 9, 2018

We started by constructing a computer model of the system to get a sense of the design space. Putting this headset on, the resolution, latency, and field of view limitations of today’s systems melt away and you’re suddenly confronted with the question that lies at the heart of this endeavor: What shall we build?

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