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Leap Motion Raises $50 Million For Its Finger Tracking Technology

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What’s unclear is just how you’ll be able to interact with the virtual worlds and objects produced inside these headsets. Leap Motion is one possible solution, with its hand and finger tracking technology offering one route for VR and AR headsets to let people make selections and interact with virtual worlds.

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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

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Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Well, during 2018, Leap Motion has announced the North Star reference design : a cheap augmented reality connected to PC, that is able to detect your hands very well thanks to Leap Motion’s sensor.

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Design Sprints at Leap Motion: A Playground of 3D User Interfaces

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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. When we bring our hands into a virtual space, we also bring a lifetime’s worth of physical biases with us. A trackball seemed like a prime candidate for virtual recreation.

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11 New #3DJam Demos: Droids and Discovery

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I’ve been using Unity for over 5 years for developing 3D simulations and virtual world applications, data visualization solutions, and more recently for game projects.”. They form part of the unofficial Leap Motion Jp developers group. Requires: Windows, Mac. Earth Elevator. HomeBright. Laser Tanks!

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2014: A Year in Virtual Superlatives

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One of the best things about having our HQ nestled right in the heart of SOMA is that on any given night of the week, there’s always a new meetup group assembling to feast on the developer trifecta – pizza, beer, and ideas. ík delivered a brand-new way to wrap our hands around our world. It’s visually stunning.

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SIF: Mandala mixes interactive theater with VR, my experience with redirected walking and much more!

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She asked us who was going to lead the group and after some seconds in which we all looked in the eyes of the others hoping for someone else to propose, I decided to be the leader. Because I told that I was the leader, throughout the whole experience I thought that I had to lead the group, take initiative and protect my team.

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Twist the Gears of a Massive VR Music Engine with Carillon

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In order for students to think about how to create pieces of music and pieces of software, we enable groups to get together and make music as an ensemble. Using technology like the Leap Motion Controller allows us to use our hands to directly engage virtual instruments, from the plucking of a virtual string to the casting of a sonic fireball.