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We Tried Leap Motion’s New Hand Tracking Module On Gear VR

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Leap Motion is a young technology company that is perhaps best known at this point for what it sells at your local Best Buy. virtual reality peripheral that can be mounted onto an Oculus Rift headset. This device then uses infrared scanning technology to detect the position of your hands in 3D space.

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Experiential Technology Event Shows How Far VR Has To Go

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I attended the Experiential Technology Conference (XTech) in San Francisco this week to hear talks about creating virtual experiences that truly immerse you in another world. David Edwards, cofounder of Onotes , is making digital scent technology that is like a speaker for your sense of smell. It’s a bit unfortunate.

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Look and Reach into Another Layer of Reality

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Experimental headsets are changing how we see the world, either by creating the virtual worlds of our imaginations, like the Oculus Rift, or adding ghostly layers on top of the real world, like Google Glass. At the same time, GetVu wants to bring a new level of control to augmented reality with Leap Motion technology.

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Twist the Gears of a Massive VR Music Engine with Carillon

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On the one hand, it’s a live performance ensemble that uses technology to explore new ways to create and perform music. Rob: Computer interfaces for creating and performing music have come a long way from early technologies like Max Mathews’ GROOVE system. What’s the idea behind the Stanford Laptop Orchestra?

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Can VR Change How Your Brain Works?

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Recently, we caught up with Vivid Vision co-founder James Blaha to ask him how he’s retraining people’s brains using VR and hand tracking technology. We are also still planning on releasing a game for home use when the Oculus Rift CV1 comes out. appeared first on Leap Motion Blog.

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Weightless Creator Martin Schubert on Designing a Zero-Gravity Sci-Fi Playground

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It’s available free for the Oculus Rift on the Leap Motion App Store. Alan Watts was an influential philosopher in the ‘60s in San Francisco who popularized Eastern philosophy to a Western audience. These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward.