This would be sweet if this device worked with Surgeon Simulator. That way I wouldn't have to deal with the awkward keyboard or mouse mechanics it currently has.
There is a mod but sadly it doesn't make the game to easy since, if u want it to work perfectly you will need to sync/configure it and that's pretty hard... And it destroys all the fun xD
I got it mine 1 hour ago and I can't tell you it doesn't tire you that much. Also you can use it with your arms down as long the hand is visible. I'm totally satisfied with this.
Raised close to $100M in investment money and never launched a decent product or impacted the tech industry as a whole. Not even the actual "Metaverse" efforts include them, and now the founder went to build an AI company Midjourney because, well that's where VC money is right now. Epic failure in all senses
Just wow! So many times I was dreaming about this kind of human/pc interface and now its getting done. I think it's opening new ways for professional and entertainment software. I even can't imagine in how many new incredible ways this technology can be applied.
SPOILER ALERT: the wow factor wears off after a couple of hours of use and you'll revert to using a mouse and keyboard again after putting the leapmotion back in its box, never to be seen again.
I've asked the creators of this device many times, and they have told me that you can keep your arm on the desk, so it won't get tired. I wish I could tell you that I have used it, but I would have preordered it if I had to keep my arm up the whole time. I hope I answered your question!
They probably announced it a little too early but it gave developers time to invent new ways to use the technology, write a fully-functional SDK and finalize/mass-produce the hardware (a few hundred thousand devices). Preorders ship July 22nd and they should be available in Best Buy later that week.
Sorry for the glibness - I appreciate the differences in the two products, and your response. I am curious to see this in actual use. My point was really to express skepticism, as the Kinect seemed like a really cool device that might be revolutionary, but its abilities as a primary user interface are wanting. Please prove me wrong though!
I never really thought about modding it. But now that you say it, I could see that happening. As well, this also means we get competition with Kinect. Competition is always good.
just now ordered one for work, this is too awesome. my ten year old is like I have to have that for my birthday, Dad. so we might get another soon. we are thinking it could be very awesome for Minecraft and maybe same for my in-laws who have never used the computer, a totally different way of interfacing.
you put your hands down if you're not doing anything! And you can still use the mouse and keyboard too if you want to. You pretty much have to in the beginning. Once it gets everything down and devs get more into it, everyone will have one of these everywhere. In the living room to change channels and managing the user interface from the couch w/o a remote and as a password you have to write out to get into your home. And at their computer too ofc. This will work awesomely with OS X.
I just pre-ordered mine! I've been anxiously awaiting this product since Augustish last year. I would assume for the video game you could either program gestures, or you could program in gestures, so that your left hand would control movement, jump/crouch, weapon swap, etc.
@@gadget00 hahaha, yes I did! It was awesome but was also kinda glitchy. It was a precursor to VR technology, today all mainstream VR headsets utilize this technology for user positioning in 3D space!
I am hoping as well and I really want to get one too, but the features they have shown here are rarely used. It looks really cool but I am going to hold off on buying it until i see more practical applications.
Can't wait to rush to my nearest Best Buy on May 19th and get my hands on one of these! Imagine building a system which includes a Leap Motion and vapor based holographic display and then tie that all in to my existing voice operated dorm room. Iron Man's jarvis is soon to be a reality and I can't wait.
Guys I really need an answer: what is the operational distance from the LEAP surface. if it is less than a meter, than please let me know what motion sensor technology has operational distance of 10+ meters? (kinect for example?)
The latency depends on hardware, so if the hardware is capable of fast processing there's no noticeable latency. It'll tire your arms if use them in a demanding position, e.g. your arms above or too far from your chest. If your elbow is next to your ribs you probably won't get your arm tired. And you haven't used it to know whether it is smooth or not...
Found the Leap Motion on the MacBook Pro my son lent me and got intrigued. Current tasks on the ToDo list are abstracting from the current paper patient charts and interacting with the present staff on GoLive from the ICU during the process....................
Looks great and the price if it stays like that is pretty good too. A bit bizarre they used a Apple monitor but then run the demo on Windows 7 just ride the Apple cool aid.
How have you solved the fatigue problem? I can't imagine that using a computer for long periods of time by holding your hands/arms up in the air will be very comfortable. After all, there's a reason that people rest their wrists on the desk while typing or using the mouse.
I wonder how will it will be in heavy use? I saw a bit of HL2 being played but I guess movement with keyboard and firing with hand? also what about easy scrolling and aiming? Looks very interesting might be worth a go :D
could it be possible using more than one device to eliminate the issue in vertical hand palm position? Maybe you can actually make a higher definition camera so you can actually put it somewhere in the corner of the room and make a 3D projection of anything
Hi, could you try this as a "remote controller" for XBMC please. This looks perfect as a way to jump around in the menus and selecting things. XBMC supports touchscreen
Will it be possible to chain 2 or more devices together to create a larger field are? As I recall each device allowed for about 8 cf of sensing volume. Will it be possible to expand that to maybe 32 cf?
I don't like how sometimes it gets hard to run my fingers across a touchscreen. Occasionally there's so much friction. Will look into this depending on the cost.
@Leapmotion, I'm wondering... Could this possibly work with a multi-monitor set-up... So say you turn around and use the same leap to control something on another monitor?
AMAZING INVENTION!!!!!! ALL THE BEST LEAP TEAM!. ITS REALLY A GAME CHANGER.. Now No more MSD trouble using Keyboard and Mouse which a 5 decades old input devices!!!... I wanna be a leap Developer will create a leap world!!!..
ive got a projector a 1080p projector with a 120 inch screen, is there a way i could use this for that? i use a laptop with my projector but i use a wireless keyboard and mouse
Do you have to have a certain operating system, processor, or computer to use this? I have a Windows 7 Lenovo laptop with a core i3 processor and when I can buy this (if I can buy it with my current laptop), I would love to.
I think you might want to ask software developers that question once this thing is released. If the software requires you to constantly keep your hands up above the sensor it would become uncomfortable, but that is not something you can change through hardware. People creating software for this just need to figure out a way of using it without overdoing it.
I see myself heading towards a time on the desktop, where I'll have the Leap, my mouse, keyboard and touch screens. Then just move between them depending on what I'm doing. You can probably throw voice control in the mix too. I find myself Google searching with my voice more than I ever thought I would on my Nexus 7, but right now I never use voice on the desktop. 3D gamings a tough one, that mouse/keyboard combo or controller is really hard to beat.
this reminds me of the kinect/pseye/move/wiimote but as an enhanced version that's now for pc. I'd love to use that since I'm all for control mechanisms like this
does it work just like a mouse? does any software need some kind of adaptation or to be made to be used with this product? the video shows what seems to be an apple led cinema display, but does it work with any OS?
Have you guys adapted it to navigate 3D space in viewports, for products such as Autodesk 3Ds Max, Autodesk Maya, etc? Seems really useful and easy compared to a 3D space navigator.
Technology which is? The technologies to scan surfaces that I'm aware of are the ultrasound and infrared emission/reception, or a video camera that makes real time image processing. Is it one of those?
actually, is it possible for it to emulate keyboard key by using simple hand signs? E.g. lifting your hand of the keyboard to initiate a 'n'-input? Because that really would help in competitive, keyboard heavy games like dota/lol etc.
This would be sweet if this device worked with Surgeon Simulator. That way I wouldn't have to deal with the awkward keyboard or mouse mechanics it currently has.
ur in luck there is a mod for that !
whoaa you're a surgeon!
There is a mod but sadly it doesn't make the game to easy since, if u want it to work perfectly you will need to sync/configure it and that's pretty hard... And it destroys all the fun xD
Thats half the fun
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Aw yeah this is definitely the technology what Tony Stark would've used!
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@@Keitan97 Wow, this is old (but gold). I remember when I used to get so excited about tech like this, those were the days.
very nice!
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I got it mine 1 hour ago and I can't tell you it doesn't tire you that much.
Also you can use it with your arms down as long the hand is visible.
I'm totally satisfied with this.
Raised close to $100M in investment money and never launched a decent product or impacted the tech industry as a whole. Not even the actual "Metaverse" efforts include them, and now the founder went to build an AI company Midjourney because, well that's where VC money is right now. Epic failure in all senses
Actually interesting to so see you recent comment :) I came here to see what happened with them.
Hey but is this really working well ?! That’s all that matter to me 😅
@@arnassepetys6606now they are called Ultraleap.
Not a lot of device still selling 11 years later .
VR revived this, luckily for us you can now buy them for just 20$ because it failed and have huge stocks left
I can see many people using this in the future.
I can't
Banned From Life Why not? I just used it to play an episode of Outlast. It works great for horror gaming.
VictorSeven Link the video please I'd really like to see it
2 years after, not many people use this
The future? I saw this in stores for, like, thirty bucks about four years ago.
It is much more than a normal touch screen, that is two-dimensional. This is fully 3-D. Simply fantastic!!!
Oh Man!! That's so cool. I might get that for my iMac.
9 years ago... And where is this awesome tech to buy now with this precision?
Go to their website. You can buy it
isn't that exhausting for the arm
it's better to move your hands instead of using mouse, mouse is destroying your arms
God forbid you should do any exercise, fat fuck.
arancibia82ma don't be an ass.
you are right because there is no muscle feedback
Just wow! So many times I was dreaming about this kind of human/pc interface and now its getting done. I think it's opening new ways for professional and entertainment software. I even can't imagine in how many new incredible ways this technology can be applied.
I love how whenever somebody makes a peripheral like this and they want to demonstrate some games with it... They ALWAYS pick Half-Life 2.
It costs $80 I don't have. Otherwise I would jump all over this. I've been wanting one for about a year now.
HALF LIFE 3 confirmed!!!
Well you got half life alyx now
its a compliment, same way with touchscreens on laptops. Even with a mouse hooked up to my surface I still scroll through pages with the touchscreen.
SPOILER ALERT: the wow factor wears off after a couple of hours of use and you'll revert to using a mouse and keyboard again after putting the leapmotion back in its box, never to be seen again.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!
did they ripped you off in the end??
taking porn to the next level XD
I've asked the creators of this device many times, and they have told me that you can keep your arm on the desk, so it won't get tired. I wish I could tell you that I have used it, but I would have preordered it if I had to keep my arm up the whole time. I hope I answered your question!
This has to be oneo the best S&P items i think i have ever seen. I definitely pre-ordered mine
I imagine one day we will be able to interact with our phone's with a bluetooth medallion projecting an interactive holograph.
They probably announced it a little too early but it gave developers time to invent new ways to use the technology, write a fully-functional SDK and finalize/mass-produce the hardware (a few hundred thousand devices). Preorders ship July 22nd and they should be available in Best Buy later that week.
Great idea, that avoids the silly notion of a touch screen computer. Seriously excited about this!
Sorry for the glibness - I appreciate the differences in the two products, and your response. I am curious to see this in actual use. My point was really to express skepticism, as the Kinect seemed like a really cool device that might be revolutionary, but its abilities as a primary user interface are wanting. Please prove me wrong though!
I could see this being practical for artists and architects.
I never really thought about modding it. But now that you say it, I could see that happening.
As well, this also means we get competition with Kinect. Competition is always good.
This looks alot more intresting for Desktop use than greasy touch screens that you have to lean forward to reach!
just now ordered one for work, this is too awesome. my ten year old is like I have to have that for my birthday, Dad. so we might get another soon. we are thinking it could be very awesome for Minecraft and maybe same for my in-laws who have never used the computer, a totally different way of interfacing.
We have one of these at work. It's awesome. Can't wait to see what we're going to do with it!
"with Linux being on the agenda."
Okay, i am officially stoked now!
Can't wait to get mine! Will it be available in different colors such as a black aluminium finish opposed to the Apple esque silver finish shown.
you put your hands down if you're not doing anything! And you can still use the mouse and keyboard too if you want to. You pretty much have to in the beginning. Once it gets everything down and devs get more into it, everyone will have one of these everywhere. In the living room to change channels and managing the user interface from the couch w/o a remote and as a password you have to write out to get into your home. And at their computer too ofc. This will work awesomely with OS X.
Leap has their own API for making the usage of their applications more immersible with leap products
I just pre-ordered mine! I've been anxiously awaiting this product since Augustish last year. I would assume for the video game you could either program gestures, or you could program in gestures, so that your left hand would control movement, jump/crouch, weapon swap, etc.
it's been 10+ years now. Did you ever received anything?
@@gadget00 hahaha, yes I did! It was awesome but was also kinda glitchy. It was a precursor to VR technology, today all mainstream VR headsets utilize this technology for user positioning in 3D space!
I simply cannot wait to apply this to racing games.
It seems like you would eventually be able to turn any screen into a touch screen with this, THAT would be cool.
I just got an email from the Leap Motion team saying that preordered Leap Motions will be shipping out on May 13! I can't wait.
so it's like touch, but without you greasing up the screen with your fingers... AWESOME!
I know many people would love to see this type of technology in smartphones and such.
I wanted to make a tool such as this. I thought this tool will be able to be made in future. but this idea came true very early. Wonderful
The force is strong with this one.
It works on Windows, Linux and OS X. They may also add android support later.
I am hoping as well and I really want to get one too, but the features they have shown here are rarely used. It looks really cool but I am going to hold off on buying it until i see more practical applications.
At the moment, we can't access the point cloud data. It may become available later on, but it's supposed to be an HID rather than a laser scanner.
It's actually a mac screen with a windows 7 computer hooked to it.
(According to the description and the video 0:07.)
Can't wait to rush to my nearest Best Buy on May 19th and get my hands on one of these! Imagine building a system which includes a Leap Motion and vapor based holographic display and then tie that all in to my existing voice operated dorm room. Iron Man's jarvis is soon to be a reality and I can't wait.
Guys I really need an answer:
what is the operational distance from the LEAP surface. if it is less than a meter, than please let me know what motion sensor technology has operational distance of 10+ meters? (kinect for example?)
You know what's so cool about it, it is not being shown on a PC it is being shown on a Mac
This is insane! Great job on the motion detection and such!
The latency depends on hardware, so if the hardware is capable of fast processing there's no noticeable latency.
It'll tire your arms if use them in a demanding position, e.g. your arms above or too far from your chest. If your elbow is next to your ribs you probably won't get your arm tired.
And you haven't used it to know whether it is smooth or not...
Found the Leap Motion on the MacBook Pro my son lent me and got intrigued. Current tasks on the ToDo list are abstracting from the current paper patient charts and interacting with the present staff on GoLive from the ICU during the process....................
Looks great and the price if it stays like that is pretty good too. A bit bizarre they used a Apple monitor but then run the demo on Windows 7 just ride the Apple cool aid.
How have you solved the fatigue problem? I can't imagine that using a computer for long periods of time by holding your hands/arms up in the air will be very comfortable. After all, there's a reason that people rest their wrists on the desk while typing or using the mouse.
Hey @leapmotion are there any new updates on when you guys are planning on shipping the preorders?
when do we get access to the full 3d capture at 0:51?
I wonder how will it will be in heavy use? I saw a bit of HL2 being played but I guess movement with keyboard and firing with hand? also what about easy scrolling and aiming? Looks very interesting might be worth a go :D
Chopsticks were possible and the sensitivity is insanely good so I don't see why not. Mapping the control would be used before doing it I'd assume.
wow. looking forward to getting one. I just preordered it on the site.
What happens to leap motion now?
does anyone know that if this can be used on a projector screen to move slides on a power point presentation?
could it be possible using more than one device to eliminate the issue in vertical hand palm position? Maybe you can actually make a higher definition camera so you can actually put it somewhere in the corner of the room and make a 3D projection of anything
Did you change the accompanying music? Love the product by the way, what about consumers in the UK?
Hi, could you try this as a "remote controller" for XBMC please. This looks perfect as a way to jump around in the menus and selecting things. XBMC supports touchscreen
I assume it will only work in close proximity, if so presenting to a crowd won't be an issue.
Just preordered mine! Seriously can't wait to get my hands on this :D
Will it be possible to chain 2 or more devices together to create a larger field are? As I recall each device allowed for about 8 cf of sensing volume. Will it be possible to expand that to maybe 32 cf?
I don't like how sometimes it gets hard to run my fingers across a touchscreen. Occasionally there's so much friction. Will look into this depending on the cost.
I got my hands on a developer model the other day from a family friend. Too cool, yo.
read the description, in this video they only used an apple display. They used windows vista.
It's a pre-made model. It's applying it from the position of the hand.
Gee, this video was Published on May 21, 2012 and the product still isn't on the shelf at Best Buy on June 11, 2013 ?
@Leapmotion, I'm wondering... Could this possibly work with a multi-monitor set-up... So say you turn around and use the same leap to control something on another monitor?
AMAZING INVENTION!!!!!! ALL THE BEST LEAP TEAM!. ITS REALLY A GAME CHANGER.. Now No more MSD trouble using Keyboard and Mouse which a 5 decades old input devices!!!... I wanna be a leap Developer will create a leap world!!!..
Preordered as soon as I saw the video. How awesome!
Corel Painter Freestyle does have that - Z-axis movement can control simulated pen pressure.
ive got a projector a 1080p projector with a 120 inch screen, is there a way i could use this for that? i use a laptop with my projector but i use a wireless keyboard and mouse
I wonder Leap Motion can detect vertically? Cause I saw the video only shown motion of hand at horizontal.
Do you have to have a certain operating system, processor, or computer to use this? I have a Windows 7 Lenovo laptop with a core i3 processor and when I can buy this (if I can buy it with my current laptop), I would love to.
so do i have to position my hand above the rectangular thing? and how far away can i put it from the display? where do i connect it?
I think you might want to ask software developers that question once this thing is released.
If the software requires you to constantly keep your hands up above the sensor it would become uncomfortable, but that is not something you can change through hardware.
People creating software for this just need to figure out a way of using it without overdoing it.
Yep! It will be counted as a Pointable object. But it has to be straight and long all the time for good detection
Leap Motion has surpassed The tech in Minority Report! Pretty amazing!
Are we going to get some conformation email about our preorders from earlier last year? I haven't really had any communication on that.
I see myself heading towards a time on the desktop, where I'll have the Leap, my mouse, keyboard and touch screens. Then just move between them depending on what I'm doing. You can probably throw voice control in the mix too. I find myself Google searching with my voice more than I ever thought I would on my Nexus 7, but right now I never use voice on the desktop. 3D gamings a tough one, that mouse/keyboard combo or controller is really hard to beat.
When are these going to be available?? I preordered mine like a year ago. =(
this reminds me of the kinect/pseye/move/wiimote but as an enhanced version that's now for pc.
I'd love to use that since I'm all for control mechanisms like this
Can i play first person shooters (any type of games?) with this,!!!?? if so how do i set it up,!?
Product is excellent, using Microsoft Xp Sp3. Can I use this device?
does it work just like a mouse? does any software need some kind of adaptation or to be made to be used with this product? the video shows what seems to be an apple led cinema display, but does it work with any OS?
I'm wondering if these will be sold in Apple Stores in the future, since this demo is done on a mac?
Hey, what size apple cinema display is this? 24 or 27? This looks the perfect display for this product so i am going to buy both at the same time.
It will be included in some Asus AiO and Ultrabooks with Windows 8 later this year!
I definitely want to buy this but I can't find out what software is supported.
Have you guys adapted it to navigate 3D space in viewports, for products such as Autodesk 3Ds Max, Autodesk Maya, etc?
Seems really useful and easy compared to a 3D space navigator.
Technology which is?
The technologies to scan surfaces that I'm aware of are the ultrasound and infrared emission/reception, or a video camera that makes real time image processing. Is it one of those?
actually, is it possible for it to emulate keyboard key by using simple hand signs? E.g. lifting your hand of the keyboard to initiate a 'n'-input?
Because that really would help in competitive, keyboard heavy games like dota/lol etc.
in context of multiple display support:
do I have to have two of them (one for each screen) or simply one will do?
Can you provide any info on how this handles dual monitor setups?
So guys, any news on a release date yet? I think 'early February' is pretty much over now...