That means it’ll take time before developers wrap their head around what kind of software experience fits this mould. “What they’re offering is an entirely new paradigm for thinking about digital interaction. Leap Motion could also be “a ticking time bomb of innovation,” Darrell Etherington at TechCrunch writes. Another lets you mold a piece of virtual clay. One app, for instance, gives you the chance to learn about a frog’s heart as if it were in your hand. Leap Motion is not about to replace the mouse that we have relied on for the past 30 years.īut it certainly has great potential, particularly in education. A template mapping method is applied in the gesture. And, although reviewers say the navigation technology is mostly precise, there are still some bugs that need to be worked out. Leap Motion Controller is used to capture hand gestures of users to operate CAD models and model components. Many of the 75 apps currently available are games like Fruit Ninja and Cut the Rope. Much like Kinect for Xbox, Leap Motion (sold for $79.99) enables users to control their computer screens using waves, pokes, reaches, and grabs.Īfter plugging in the small motion-sensing box, users need to download or buy specific apps from Leap’s Airspace Store. Who needs a computer mouse when you have your hands? The much-anticipated Leap Motion, which brings gesture control to Mac and Windows computers, started shipping this week, ABC News Reports.
