I'm going to look into one too; they were demoed on an iMac in their videos.
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 6, 2013, at 2:46 PM, Race <[email protected]> wrote: > A while ago I pre-ordered a LeapMotion controller. (Took a bit of a leap of > faith.) They are finally poised to ship them in May. > > I'll write a little review of how the thing interacts with Win 8. Its > supposed to with 8 out of the box. So we'll see! Yay for blindly buying > gadgets. > > Meanwhile, check out the link if you'd like to see some stuff on it: > > www.leapmotion.com > > On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 9:22:16 AM UTC-5, cwpreston wrote: >> >> Microsoft Research brings mid-air multitouch to Kinect (video) >> >> >> Shortly after the Kinect SDK first launched, it spawned a number of inspired >> efforts from researchers to make it do more than just track your body. >> Microsoft Research finally seems to be catching up to its own tech, as it >> just flaunted a recent project that allows fine-tuned gesture control, >> thanks to a newly developed talent for the motion sensing device to read >> whether your hand is open or closed. That let the team simulate >> multitouch-like capability on a PC as they air-painted basic images and >> manipulated Bing maps by varying their hand states. The hardware used >> doesn't appear to be stock, so whether such new capability entails a rumored >> new version of the Kinect that may or may not appear on a (rumored) future >> Xbox, we'll leave for you to decide. >> >> Filed under: Peripherals, Microsoft >> >> Comments >> >> Via: NeoWin >> >> Source: Microsoft Research >> >> >> >> Source: >> http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/06/microsoft-research-mid-air-multitouch-kinect/ >> >> (via Mr. Reader) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
