All finger input devices. Looks like more of the same to me.
TOUCHLESS. Gestures, not touching. This is a big difference, all previous methods involved touch; and touchless, wait for it.... does not.
Of course, with sufficient experience and wisdom, there is little real difference between any of the old ways and any of the new ways. But I am inexperienced and naive, and see new opportunities each time I turn.
I read this thread a couple days ago, went to the leap website, browsed the apps, almost decided to order but then didn't. I figured I would wait and see...
Today I get a package from UPS, with a Leap inside! Checking my emails I discover I had ordered it on June 27th?!
Hey Rich: You never repaid the $1000 I loaned you at Parallax Expo last year...
Yes touchless may be cool for some uses. I'm just not seeing any paradigms shifting though.
You overlooked one. There is undoubtedly a greater propensity of users willing to flick their haptic finger one last time at a computer with the notorious Microsoft Windows installed.
My initial impressions are that it would be better suited to a kiosk, something where you are standing and can use your hands closer to waist level rather than holding them out in front of you.
It works fairly well but it could be better. It is jumpier than I expected. For it to recognize all five fingers I need to spread them apart slightly more than is comfortable.
For the first iteration of a new product it is actually pretty impressive.
I read this thread a couple days ago, went to the leap website, browsed the apps, almost decided to order but then didn't. I figured I would wait and see...
Today I get a package from UPS, with a Leap inside! Checking my emails I discover I had ordered it on June 27th?!
Don't worry it comes to all of us eventually, I've forgotton how many times I've looked all over for something and it's in my hand or pocket!
I always like to tear apart things to see how they work. Thanks to SparkFun I didn't have to tear apart my Leap Motion. So far the only use I have for it is playing with the fancy graphic demos.
Am I the ONLY one that finds nothing (hardly anything) intuitive about touch interfaces???
It took my wife and I half a day to get past the padlock on her new Nexus tablet - after that it was all ???? ????
And as for windows 8.........:frown:
Dave
I have refused to use Windows 8 and rarely use Windows 7 as I prefer to be in Linux. As for security in portable computing devices, the sensitive material is on a USB memory stick in my pocket... not in the computer.
If someone were to steal my out-in-public notebook, it would just be a rather large pile of clutter to them.
I suspect that in the world outside of the USA and Europe, it someone wants to hack into your fingerprint protected Apple iPad or iPhone, they will just chop off your finger and take that with them.
Some features do attract trouble. Don't wear a genuine Rolex in Asia for similar problems... thieves just seem to take the whole hand to get at one. Try Timex.
+1. Lots of lag, and watching the gestures it doesn't seem very intuitive to control the arm. Hopefully it can be improved over time. But for now I'll stick to my assertion that different ain't always better. It shall be left as an exercise to the reader to prove that the tactile (AKA "haptic", the new buzzword) feedback from a joystick is desirable for numerous reasons, fine control and arm strain among them.
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TOUCHLESS. Gestures, not touching. This is a big difference, all previous methods involved touch; and touchless, wait for it.... does not.
Of course, with sufficient experience and wisdom, there is little real difference between any of the old ways and any of the new ways. But I am inexperienced and naive, and see new opportunities each time I turn.
Hey Rich: You never repaid the $1000 I loaned you at Parallax Expo last year...
You overlooked one. There is undoubtedly a greater propensity of users willing to flick their haptic finger one last time at a computer with the notorious Microsoft Windows installed.
Bravo. I must get one.
It's like my mom always told me, "I'd rather owe it to you than beat you out of it".
It works fairly well but it could be better. It is jumpier than I expected. For it to recognize all five fingers I need to spread them apart slightly more than is comfortable.
For the first iteration of a new product it is actually pretty impressive.
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/leap-motion-teardown
I have refused to use Windows 8 and rarely use Windows 7 as I prefer to be in Linux. As for security in portable computing devices, the sensitive material is on a USB memory stick in my pocket... not in the computer.
If someone were to steal my out-in-public notebook, it would just be a rather large pile of clutter to them.
I suspect that in the world outside of the USA and Europe, it someone wants to hack into your fingerprint protected Apple iPad or iPhone, they will just chop off your finger and take that with them.
Some features do attract trouble. Don't wear a genuine Rolex in Asia for similar problems... thieves just seem to take the whole hand to get at one. Try Timex.
I think I'll stick with joysticks for now.
+1. Lots of lag, and watching the gestures it doesn't seem very intuitive to control the arm. Hopefully it can be improved over time. But for now I'll stick to my assertion that different ain't always better. It shall be left as an exercise to the reader to prove that the tactile (AKA "haptic", the new buzzword) feedback from a joystick is desirable for numerous reasons, fine control and arm strain among them.
This one is controlling all digits of a hand.
I still think it still needs more speed tracking objects.
Of course, for 99 cents, I can buy a real ball and push it around for free. No wifi, bluetooth, Pc, app, Leap sensor, or power required!