News - Leap Motion video demonstrates Windows 8 usage

[HEXUS]

Just two more months until pre-order customer units ship.

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[wyte_w0lf]

Kinda curious if this will work well, if at all, on a multi-monitor setup. Either way, still interested.

[DeludedGuy]

As cool as it is, the biggest flaw is that your arms will tire fairly quickly, I haven't seen anyone rest there arms and use this thing...its cool but it's going to flop.

[jimbouk]

If only there was some device that tracked the relative movement of your hand without having to keep your arm in the air. Say, you could even have this new thing resting on your desk. And when you move your fingers it could register it as a 'click' and do things. I think I'm on to something!

[crossy]

Kinda curious if this will work well, if at all, on a multi-monitor setup. Either way, still interested.

According to this Twitter post the answer is "yes". Although there's some (looney?) talking about using a pair of LM's to drive his dual quad monitor setup - one for each quad.

I watched that video and it's just confirmed what I thought before - that a Win8+LM combo is definitely going to be a brilliant way to use MUI. Certainly been impressed with the (very similar) UI on XBox once Kinect is added into the equation.

Also means that Asus and HP made a very sensible decision to license LM's tech!

As cool as it is, the biggest flaw is that your arms will tire fairly quickly, I haven't seen anyone rest there arms and use this thing...its cool but it's going to flop.

I've seen a video (which I can't lay my hands on at the moment) where the user had his elbow resting on a desk and was driving his controller that way. When I'm using the Kinect I don't tend to sit there like a scarecrow - instead it's a case of only raising the "controller" (your hands/arms) when you need to give a command/do-an-interaction. The rest of the time you can let it/them rest easy. And no, I don't agree that this is a flop - there's too much enthusiasm for that to be the case (oh, and it also supports Ubuntu Linux as well as Mac OS X)

[SciFi]

Can't Wait for my pre-order to arrive :-)

[stilkun]

Very nice! The preorder price for Leap Motion is $79.99 on their site.

[Animus404]

Pretty sure that if MS marketed this way of interacting with Win8 they wouldn't have had such a backlash about ModernUI.

People would have said things like "Cool, it's just like the Minority Report"

[MrBozack]

Imagine the chaos when a cat jumps in range? There goes last month's spreadsheet!

[avi8tor]

This is so cool!... I use the motion control on my new Samsung tv which is great but leaves a lot to be desired... This product seems to fill a lot of those gaps.
Yes, its a promo video but if it does do as illustrated it'll revolutionize win8 access - in my opinion of course!

[Pleiades]

Genuinely excited by a new gadget, for once!

[wyte_w0lf]

@ crossy thank you. And i agree, looney. Twin quad display?! I wonder what size the screens are. But its good to know you can use multiple LM's and have no cross talk. Or use one and still navigate multi-monitors. Makes it a more interesting buy, keep your low latency panels and get touch instead of replacing your rig's setup.

[wyte_w0lf]

Thanks

[Percy1983]

Can I combine this with my 3d tv for the the full minority report experience?

I does look rather interesting I must say.

[Noli]

As cool as it is, the biggest flaw is that your arms will tire fairly quickly, I haven't seen anyone rest there arms and use this thing...its cool but it's going to flop.

I know what you mean - just like touch screens for your desktop can fatigue your arm. However, initially there was just a keyboard. Then, the mouse, while revolutionary, didn't supplant it. And I think the same will be true of touch screens and the leap motion - they will become additional ways to interact with your pc - and suited to certain tasks in particular no doubt - whilst your good ol' keyboard and mouse will still be there and in constant use too...

[ajax2061]

leap motion + oculs rift + skyrim I need this setup now !