Leap Motion - control your PC with your hand movement video

[froggyboy604]

Tech : motion capture control has come leaps and bounds in recent years. Mainly of recent with the Microsoft Kinect. But next year is looking to fine tune our control, nearer and then beyond that of 'Minority Report' style tech (minority report used special gloves, Kinect and this don't).

Check out this video from hardware & software developer 'Leap Motion', showcasing their current input device that can recognise individual fingers with ease in a 4 foot 3D space. Especially note the visuals (in the accompanied video) the device generates when showing its recognised input. Just wow.

Apparently when released next year the hardware looks to be around the £70 mark. (I know it says $70, but with the UK tax / import it normally is around the same in direct currency switch around .)

co - CNET

Leap Motion reminds me of MS Kinect, but for lazy people who prefer sitting down on a chair to control the video rather then standing up. I wonder if this means in the future we make a gun shape with our hand and move the thumb to shoot in a first person shooter game, or hold an imaginary disc to play driving, and flying games.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

looks like the kinect just became outdated.

 

[froggyboy604]

But, you can't use your legs to control the avatar/character on the screen by moving/kicking your legs like Kinect, so people who want to use their legs to control their Xbox 360 and PC will still choose the Kinect.

This also has less embarassment/fun factor, so I think it won't be as fun as watching people use this as the Kinect. The Kinect can capture your hip thrust, and weird dance moves for your family and friends to record on a camera to later upload to youtube lol.