pouët.net

http://www.leapmotion.com/

A "cheap" state of the art natural interaction thing. At some point in the video it shows a point cloud of both hands. I couldn't find any technical information on how this works, or what kind of data it gives you. It probably works by sensing elctromagnetic fields.

The whole thing is fake, but clever of them to get investors involved in the project by fooling the world.

From their faq:


It reminds me one of the past Moogmusic April fool's prank, when they unveiled a polyphonic Theremin.
Specs and tech or didn't happen

Perhaps is based in micro-changes in air density.

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Looks like a near range kinect to me. Nothing special.

Looks too compact to be real. kinect has loads of hardware in it.
Checkout: http://www.grandmax.net/2010/11/microsoft-kinect-full-specs-and.html

People saying this is fake: why? It takes far too much time and effort to fake this for too little reward. There is not too much inside the Kinect sensor btw. Also: it's the first generation.

There is little to no chance this is fake.

I know a lot about Kinect (but albeit mostly from a coders perspective).

Leap is:
- IR camera
- IR projector
- a USB controller

And it is maybe:
- IR map to depth controller (I seriously hope so, it would be waaaay too performance demanding without it!)

Kinect has similar compenents as leap, but has following additions:
- a normal camera
- 4 microphones
- audio controller
- motor
- motor controller
- accelerometer

I think it's pretty real.

8 feet^3 = 2.4384 m^3 ~= 1.35 * 1.35 * 1.35 m^3

With 0.01 mm precision... Even if it only returned a single point within that volume with that precision it sounds too much for such a small $69.99 box.

Unless it has some calibration, I don't see how the device knows the position of the screen relative to the hand... I stay with fake - but don't take my word for it.

I love how you guys make such assumptions and then just blindinly go "Fake!" for no logical reason what-so-ever. It's so deliciously "internet!!!111" :)

gloom, one of us will have to eat his hat in a month or so... let's wait and see.

They mention calibration in the video.

Who wants to bet about how real it is?

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Does it means I can finally use my dick to shoot enemies in the last FPS game (or control looking direction) ?

In the site they say that first devices will be released in a month, I'm willing to bet that no devices what-so-ever will be available within a month.

Amiga spam \o/

TLM: I'll take a bet on whether or not this device is real. How much shall we say? €1000? Feel free to put your money where your mouth is. :)

[qoute]In the site they say that first devices will be released in a month, I'm willing to bet that no devices what-so-ever will be available within a month.[/quote]That would be a pretty stupid/cowardly bet, seeing as what the site actually says is this:

gloom, that's your today's quest?

cool stuff indeed :)

Bloom, sorry, you're right got confused with the dev-kits (faq says: 1-3month).

Fake or not, who would seriously want to interact with their computer in this fashion? Sure, playing an FPS game for an hour or so, I'd love to hold my fingers up pointing at the screen like an idiot. Then again, I've had similar thoughts about touch screens, and I'm really genuinely interested in what applications a device like this could have. Kiosk computers? For home/office use it doesn't seem ergonomically sound at all.

The examples shown in their video, though, just look an awful lot like things one would rather use a mouse or a drawing tablet for.

linde: add glasses-free 3D screen and 3D modelling software. You can now model your object with your hands... just make sure you sit very,very still ;)