HP to Embed Leap Motion's Gesture Control Technology

[RedundantInk]

HP joins a growing list of OEMs who will be embedding Leap Motion's highly anticipated gesture control technology.

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[myromance123]

The cool thing about the Leap Motion is that the developers are open-minded. They're even working on Linux support, so hopefully this cool piece of hardware can be usable on many platforms. I'm curious whether it will increase productivity or not.

 

[SlitWeaver]

Well...that's cool and all, but rather than spending 1000s of dollars and not learning anything, I'd rather just do this: http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/how-to/build-your-own-kinect-like-3d-tracking-interface-with-cardboard-foil-and-arduino-0138735/

 

[teh_chem]

I'm not sure if gesture technology will become a standard, but operating systems definitely need a long way to go to enable its practical use. But I don't know, I don't want to be waving my hands and arms in front of my computer. Call me lazy...

 

[grz09]

Some hack with the range and this could replace TrackIR + u dont have to use the mouse + its 290 fps!. Gonna be awesome to play flightsim. Yeah i'll take one!

 

[grz09]

Some hack with the range and this could replace TrackIR + u dont have to use the mouse + its 290 fps!. Gonna be awesome to play flightsim. Yeah i'll take one!

 

[soundping]

Eye tracking technology would be more interesting.

 

[warezme]

I have on on pre-order for May. I have a 3D printe and I'm hoping that with it's high resolution, someone will eventually come out with either an app or development kit to do high res object scanning. It would be cool to just scan and print with this little device.

 

[warezme]

I have on on pre-order for May. I have a 3D printe and I'm hoping that with it's high resolution, someone will eventually come out with either an app or development kit to do high res object scanning. It would be cool to just scan and print with this little device.

 

[jhansonxi]

I have on on pre-order for May. I have a 3D printe and I'm hoping that with it's high resolution, someone will eventually come out with either an app or development kit to do high res object scanning. It would be cool to just scan and print with this little device.

There's a better way to do 3D scanning: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/photon-3d-scanner

 

[ojas]

Brilliant, if anything, this and the MYO should really bring people back to the PCs. First true ultrabook worth its name will be the one that integrates the Leap.

 

[biggestinsect]

I was thinking about getting a Kinect, A friend showed me some impressive animations using one with 3D Max. But Leap might be the ticket for gesture control, would prefer it over touch screens for my set-up.

 

[dalethepcman]

I'm not sure if gesture technology will become a standard, but operating systems definitely need a long way to go to enable its practical use. But I don't know, I don't want to be waving my hands and arms in front of my computer. Call me lazy...

You don't have to wave your hands and arm, thats the beauty of gestures. You could place one of these behind your keyboard, and when an email pops up, just point with your finger to open it, or swipe to the side to dismiss notifications. Both of these seem much more simplistic than mousing down to a pop up and clicking on it.

 

[alidan]

I'm not sure if gesture technology will become a standard, but operating systems definitely need a long way to go to enable its practical use. But I don't know, I don't want to be waving my hands and arms in front of my computer. Call me lazy...

put it on its side, and calibrate it, ta daa, you got a tablet. hell, raise your arm a bit off the keyboard and there you go, move your fingers and you got another command... would be nice to have if the software is flexable enough to handle what i want it for

I have on on pre-order for May. I have a 3D printe and I'm hoping that with it's high resolution, someone will eventually come out with either an app or development kit to do high res object scanning. It would be cool to just scan and print with this little device.

There's a better way to do 3D scanning: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/photon-3d-scanner

this is sub 100$
that is over 500$ and only has one function.

I was thinking about getting a Kinect, A friend showed me some impressive animations using one with 3D Max. But Leap might be the ticket for gesture control, would prefer it over touch screens for my set-up.

get the kinect, if you want to do animations for things, the kinect is the way to go... this may be good for hand animations and such if people write the software, but the kinect already has long distance applications.