Leap Motion Mobile Platform Embraces Virtual and Augmented Reality
The Leap Motion Mobile Platform, created specifically for untethered devices, promises to meet the next-generation needs of VR and AR users when it comes to tracking hand and finger movements.
"We needed to build a whole new Leap Motion sensor with higher performance and much lower power," he said. "We needed to make the most sophisticated hand-tracking software in the world run at nearly 10 times the speed, all while making it smoother and more accurate than ever before."
Leap Motion currently boasts a PC hand tracking peripheral of the same name with a field of view of 140 by 120 degrees. This new, untethered system will feature the "absolute maximum" range for a single sensor: 180 by 180 degrees.
Leap has also built a reference design (above), made to work on top of the Samsung Gear VR; the system will be on display at major VR events this month.
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