We’re not ashamed of admitting we’re huge fans of the Leap Motion 3D controller. The original video blew us away but after getting a developer demo we were perhaps a little more skeptical if the company could meet its lofty goals as soon as it expected.
Today we took some time out from Macworld to head over to the Leap offices in SoMa San Francisco to check out their latest builds of the device, and more importantly, the software (which is the company’s secret sause) that goes along with it.
The device turns on immediately and you’ll only see two small red lights from the top. The device is very iPhone like in design as you’ve probably noticed.
The ability to pick up five fingers was there immediately unlike in our developer demo and the motion was fast enough to play games like fruit ninja without a hiccup. Here’s a quick 3 minute demo:
What the video probably can’t show you is how responsive and accurate the device actually is. It picks up and detects microscopic movements from all 10 fingers. The software parses the data so that developers can incorporate the movement into their UIs with the SDK.
Leap is incredibly excited about working with developers and we’re already seeing some great applications.
Check a video of the point cloud of raw data, below:
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