February 18, 2016 at 10:05Leap made a portable gesture control sensor for virtual reality glasses
Over the past few years, Leap has been working on adding hand gestures to virtual reality. Using your hands, you can already transfer digital objects in applications instead of using joysticks. But for this you will need another motion sensor for virtual reality glasses - Orion.
One of the first successful experiments was to add motion control to games.was the Power Glove that Nintendo released in 1982. Special receivers were mounted on the TV, and a glove connected to the NES reflected the sound from the receivers, after which the system calculated the position of the device in space by triangulation. The system perceived finger movements - for example, it was possible to shoot by bending the index finger. In the next quarter century, a number of other systems appeared, but Microsoft Kinect was the first that did not require additional devices on the body and hands - that is, focused on the human body.
Leap Motion appearedas a competitor to Microsoft Kinect. The system added gestures to computer control, since Kinect at that time could only distinguish movements of large joints, arms and palms. Motion works with infrared sensors and could initially perceive each finger at a distance of up to one meter.
And enthusiasts have already tried to attach this sensor to virtual reality glasses.
To help developers who are experimenting with Leap Motion in virtual reality, the company decided to make a separate version of the sensor specifically for VR glasses. Leap is now talking to eyeglass manufacturers to integrate Motion Orion sensors into their equipment.
One of the first successful experiments was to add motion control to games.was the Power Glove that Nintendo released in 1982. Special receivers were mounted on the TV, and a glove connected to the NES reflected the sound from the receivers, after which the system calculated the position of the device in space by triangulation. The system perceived finger movements - for example, it was possible to shoot by bending the index finger. In the next quarter century, a number of other systems appeared, but Microsoft Kinect was the first that did not require additional devices on the body and hands - that is, focused on the human body.
Leap Motion appearedas a competitor to Microsoft Kinect. The system added gestures to computer control, since Kinect at that time could only distinguish movements of large joints, arms and palms. Motion works with infrared sensors and could initially perceive each finger at a distance of up to one meter.
And enthusiasts have already tried to attach this sensor to virtual reality glasses.
To help developers who are experimenting with Leap Motion in virtual reality, the company decided to make a separate version of the sensor specifically for VR glasses. Leap is now talking to eyeglass manufacturers to integrate Motion Orion sensors into their equipment.