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Dev Kits (free) Ship international within 1-3 months. Pre-orders ($70) only ship domestic (for now) around winter. 20,000 dev kits are being made. We want to

Dev Kits (free) Ship international within 1-3 months. Pre-orders ($70) only ship domestic (for now) around winter. 20,000 dev kits are being made. We want to ensure this tech becomes ubiquitous. We're getting slammed with launch response. But if you guys have questions, we'll try to answer them here shortly. -Chris Community Builder

dmvaldman 14y ago
Waiting for the load to drop so I can try to get a preorder! Question: How can you render the "other side" of the hand at the 51+ second mark? If this is indeed possible, that's quite a remarkable technology you have.
- acgourley 14y ago
  I suspect it's an illusion and that does not represent their true 3d point cloud. It's probably a skinned 3d mesh of a hand which is then moving in sync with the detected hand.
  - Schwolop 14y ago
    Their webpage suggests they can handle multiple devices connected to the one PC, so I was wondering whether they had another sensor out of shot above the scene pointing downwards. Actually - scrap that. A better hunch is that it's not structured light at all, but actually an electric field sensor. See this Quora answer (disclaimer, by someone who "knows shit all about this"): http://www.quora.com/Leap-Motion/What-is-the-technology-behind-Leap-Motion http://www.quora.com/Leap-Motion/What-is-the-technology-behi...
georgieporgie 14y ago
Please give us some technical details to satisfy our curiosity. Perhaps I missed it on the website, but I didn't notice any mention of how it functions (IR? Sound waves?), what sort of range of distances it works in, etc.
vibrunazo 14y ago
How will you license the technology for others to reproduce? Will you be aggressive at licensing trying to profit , or will you be permissive and partner with other manufactures to make this truly ubiquitous? Any partnerships on the way already?
jarin 14y ago
Does it have enough active area to cover two monitors side by side?
falling 14y ago
Will it be able to emulate a trackpad and OS X Lion gestures?
neilk 14y ago
What is the API of the dev kit like? Does it give the programmer events translated into hand kinematics (like, 'right index finger pointing forward') or is it just a cloud of points? What language bindings will it ship with?
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theambiapps 14y ago
Yes, I couldn't find any API or technical information. Do you have any developer guide or something?

dmvaldman 14y ago

Waiting for the load to drop so I can try to get a preorder! Question: How can you render the "other side" of the hand at the 51+ second mark? If this is indeed possible, that's quite a remarkable technology you have.

acgourley 14y ago
I suspect it's an illusion and that does not represent their true 3d point cloud. It's probably a skinned 3d mesh of a hand which is then moving in sync with the detected hand.
- Schwolop 14y ago
  Their webpage suggests they can handle multiple devices connected to the one PC, so I was wondering whether they had another sensor out of shot above the scene pointing downwards. Actually - scrap that. A better hunch is that it's not structured light at all, but actually an electric field sensor. See this Quora answer (disclaimer, by someone who "knows shit all about this"): http://www.quora.com/Leap-Motion/What-is-the-technology-behind-Leap-Motion http://www.quora.com/Leap-Motion/What-is-the-technology-behi...

georgieporgie 14y ago

Please give us some technical details to satisfy our curiosity. Perhaps I missed it on the website, but I didn't notice any mention of how it functions (IR? Sound waves?), what sort of range of distances it works in, etc.

vibrunazo 14y ago

How will you license the technology for others to reproduce? Will you be aggressive at licensing trying to profit , or will you be permissive and partner with other manufactures to make this truly ubiquitous? Any partnerships on the way already?

jarin 14y ago

Does it have enough active area to cover two monitors side by side?

falling 14y ago

Will it be able to emulate a trackpad and OS X Lion gestures?

neilk 14y ago

What is the API of the dev kit like? Does it give the programmer events translated into hand kinematics (like, 'right index finger pointing forward') or is it just a cloud of points? What language bindings will it ship with?

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theambiapps 14y ago

Yes, I couldn't find any API or technical information. Do you have any developer guide or something?