• Leap Motion - What the Kinect should have been.
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[QUOTE=Phsykotik;36062612]But his movements in that make no sense, so why bother posting it? The touch screens on NCIS: LA would have been a better post.[/QUOTE] Um because that was an awesome scene from a 12 year old movie. So what it didn't make sense?
This would be useful for a 3D modeler too, think about the object scanning opportunities. My instructor showed us how the Kinect can be used to scan objects and turn them 3D models, it's cool stuff.
[QUOTE=Gmod4ever;36062551]This hasn't been posted yet? For shame, Facepunch. For shame. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwVBzx0LMNQ[/media][/QUOTE] That's actually the first thing I thought of.
My teacher just introduced me to this.
If this just goes off distance from the sensor, you could mount one of these to a rotating arm and build a really cheap 3D scanner
[QUOTE=Most wanteD;36047132]Forgive me if this seems daft but honestly how the hell do they manage to view and model the top of the hand? I'd really like to know some of the technical background of this. It's awesome and even if it isn't very practical I want one![/QUOTE] I think you'll find it's just a pre-rendered model of a hand that has some sort of bone structure enabling it to be manipulated by detected movements.
This is actually practical.
Here is a hands on article by engadget: [url]http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/25/leap-motion-gesture-control-technology-hands-on/[/url]
[QUOTE=DanTehMan;36104798]Here is a hands on article by engadget: [url]http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/25/leap-motion-gesture-control-technology-hands-on/[/url][/QUOTE] Holy shit, that video. Please let this take off.
I instantly thought of the ARI from heavy rain when I saw this
[QUOTE=DanTehMan;36104798]Here is a hands on article by engadget: [url]http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/25/leap-motion-gesture-control-technology-hands-on/[/url][/QUOTE] Well, that's cleared me of any doubts. Certainly not regretting my pre-order.
From the way it showed a picture of your hands I guess that it will be easy to use this as a 3d scanner!
[QUOTE=DanTehMan;36104798]Here is a hands on article by engadget: [url]http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/25/leap-motion-gesture-control-technology-hands-on/[/url][/QUOTE] It seems that whoever owns that computer plays Warsow. [QUOTE=Buck.;36107842]From the way it showed a picture of your hands I guess that it will be easy to use this as a 3d scanner![/QUOTE] That would be amazing and worth the price by itself.
[QUOTE=Buck.;36107842]From the way it showed a picture of your hands I guess that it will be easy to use this as a 3d scanner![/QUOTE] I don't think it works quite like that. As said before in the thread, it seems to use a predictive model of your hands and it uses that model to make the "top" of the hand. If you put in an item to scan, it wouldn't recognize it that well. I doubt it can magically see the other side without having the model in it already (like the hand models)
Looks incredible, but I don't think I have a practical use for it
[QUOTE=Orkel;36108814]I don't think it works quite like that. As said before in the thread, it seems to use a predictive model of your hands and it uses that model to make the "top" of the hand. If you put in an item to scan, it wouldn't recognize it that well. I doubt it can magically see the other side without having the model in it already (like the hand models)[/QUOTE] You can link multiple, can you not? Put one on the top and with a bit of custom code I think its doable. they probably would interfere with each other though :|
it's a device to track movement, based on the human hand. it's a device that scans it's environment for movement not shapes. it's not going to work as a 3d scanner
[QUOTE=BassB;36109920]it's a device to track movement, based on the human hand. it's a device that scans it's environment for movement not shapes. it's not going to work as a 3d scanner[/QUOTE] They showed the user using chopsticks to play angry birds, so it looks like it won't be entirely hand motions. Same thing with the pencil that they had in the demo. Even then, I bet some modder is going to figure out how to exploit the hardware to do 3D modeling. [editline]28th May 2012[/editline] Also, I preordered on Day 1, so hopefully I get one before everybody else, and I can do some sort of review. [editline]28th May 2012[/editline] Also, the engadget article showed some of the tech inside it, mainly the cameras and leds. It looks like this will get integrated into monitors and tablets pretty quickly if this takes off.
[QUOTE=Kaliber;36049376]this looks like it would be pretty sweet to use, but only for stuff designed for it if you could use it properly in everyday computing like browsing the web or something then i'd buy it[/QUOTE] Well if you wanted to learn sign language you could just put in custom commands for words/letters.
[QUOTE=BassB;36109920]it's a device to track movement, based on the human hand. it's a device that scans it's environment for movement not shapes. it's not going to work as a 3d scanner[/QUOTE] Doesn't seem like that at all. It seems to be scanning an certain area for any object. If it moves inside this scanned area the motion is detected. If you look at the video a hand is represented by several small dots. These dots represents a point in a 3D space. If you have 10000 points, each with a unique coordinate in 3D space, making a model of it shouldn't be such a big problem. [editline]29th May 2012[/editline] The basic principle behind this shouldn't differ much from Kinect. Kinects works by shooting a shit ton of IR dots all over your room to get a 3D representation of it by calculating the time difference it takes for the light reach the surface of an object and bounce back to the Kinect. I would die for the Leap patent. [editline]29th May 2012[/editline] "[I]Leap Motion’s Eliotte weighs in on the tech “the camera is not a time-of-flight camera. The device is actually using camera sensors that are basic off-the-shelf hardware found in smartphones and webcams today. The 3D magic comes in the software –the mathematical analysis of the light bouncing off images.[/I]" Wow this is sick.
I emailed them asking if it could be used as a scanner. In case anyone's curious: [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/email4.png[/img]
Garry's mod.
Fuck, I want one of these things now. I don't know what I would actually use it for but it just looks cool.
That would be awesome if let's say it could scan your hand while holding an airsoft pistol then would fire (Your weapon in game) each time you pulled the trigger. It really would make FPS games more immersive.
Preordered, hope it takes off c: [editline]3rd June 2012[/editline] [quote]If I stick my penis above the device, will it generate a 3D image* (0:50) of my penis? More importantly, will it make the head of my penis a different color? [/quote] The dilemma of Youtube
[QUOTE=Novangel;36169373]The dilemma of Youtube[/QUOTE] How do you make a 0:50 scale of anything? Doesn't that make the size of the model 50*infinite? [editline]2nd June 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Bredirish123;36169110]That would be awesome if let's say it could scan your hand while holding an airsoft pistol then would fire (Your weapon in game) each time you pulled the trigger. It really would make FPS games more immersive.[/QUOTE] I can imagine you getting quite numb in your finger when using a semi-automatic weapon in a dire situation.
I want to play Black and White with this thing
[QUOTE=DrasarSalman;36170027]How do you make a 0:50 scale of anything? Doesn't that make the size of the model 50*infinite? [/QUOTE] I think the comment was just saying a time on the video where it mentions the device generating a 3D image.
Man, there are so many games and other applications this could be used for (fingering simulator)
i want one just so i can more conveniently lie down and watch youtube videos on my couch
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