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Leap, A New Gesture Control Computer Peripheral

May 22, 2012 / but i have bad circulation in my arms and they get cold, cheap, cool, count me in, did you just flip me off?, having a great time, i don't like having to keep my hands raised though i'm lazy and that takes energy, motion control, suck it kinect!, the future is now, what happens when you get tired?, yes that was a titanic quote and i'm not deleting it, you'll be minority report-ing before you know it

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I'm flying, Jack!

This is a video demo of Leap, a $70 gesture control computer peripheral coming out next year and tracks motion within a 4-foot cube with accuracy down to 1/100th of a millimeter. That...is pretty accurate. If I were that accurate at catching mini-marshmallows in my mouth I would be way fatter right now and with less marshmallows ground into the carpet.

Best of all, Leap isn't part of a closed loop system like the Kinect or WiiMote, so it can control any regular on-screen activity much like you do with a mouse. All you do is connect the Leap sensor to your computer via USB, and it will detect motion within a four cubic foot space. Leap Motion is currently seeking developers who can create apps specifically for the interface, but even without special apps this looks like a very cool new way to control your computer.

Here's an app idea: Mike Tyson's Punchout. No? That's cool, I'm full of ideas (plus a leftover sub that's making me gassy). How about a sex app that moves the picture of the dinosaur on screen up and down in rhythm to the peenor in your hand? "Who's peenor?" A friend's. But seriously, I think that might be my first trillion dollar idea.

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  • utera

    Take what you can do with a mouse and keyboard, make it harder...= win!

  • Shut up and take my money !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Hazakabammer

    Time to buy a funky cyberpunk headset and a pair of minority report looking gloves.

    Time to get my shit on.

  • Totoro

    I think this is meant to be a replacement to the mouse so far. Nothing keyboard related as far as I saw in this demo video. Nevertheless, it could make me levitate and I would still not buy it simply because it's an apple product.

  • Enjoy living in the stone age once you get pissed at google and microsoft as well.

    Narrow-minded fool

  • SHOUTING

    Something apparently answering an unasked question, contributing nothing innovative or of value demoed on an Apple product.

    I don't know what to say. It's beautiful.

  • It's mac only isn't it?
    Windows has kinect :)

  • I cannot say how much I think gesture computing is a terrible idea.

    Things like this should be left to what ever specialized niche it is applicable for. Just like I don't use my bamboo tablet to play games, I don't want to use gestures to do what is better done with a keyboard and mouse.

    Likewise, sitting up, leaning towards my computer, with my arms straight out in front of me would get uncomfortable really quick.

  • Ry Keener

    I've always wanted to play Angry Birds with chopsticks.. now I can!! The future is here!

  • $18922249

    Tom Cruise will probably think that he had something to do with this.

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