The Leap Motion Controller is Sort of Like a Super Kinect (Video)

What the Leap Motion product (they only have one right now) does is allow you to control your computer with gestures. We're not talking about just jumping around, but "painting" on the screen with your fingers (or even chopsticks) with fine enough control that Autodesk and other drawing-orientd software vendors are working to make applications compatible with the Leap Motion Controller. And game developers? You bet! Lots of them -- and this is for a device that's not even supposed to start shipping until May 13. But, says CEO Michael Buckwald, they already have "hundreds of thousands of pre-orders," so it looks like they are developing a large market for developers (over 12,000 are in the Leap Motion developer program -- out of 50,000 who applied) so it's possible that Leap Motion could become a pretty big deal. (You can see the Leap Motion Controller in action at the end of the video.)

Comments

Looks promising.

[P-niiice]

Seems like a huge missed opportunity for Microsoft.

Re:I would probably buy one,

[Anonymous Coward]

Check the Linux category in the forum.
There seems to be a ground swell for Linux support. Be heard.

Re:I would probably buy one,

[Anonymous Coward]

https://forums.leapmotion.com/showthread.php?17-Linux-SDK-relase-extimate/page5

"I just wanted to drop in and give you a little update. Earlier [yesterday], we released our first early build of the Linux SDK to developers on the developer portal. We will be working closely with devs to help make the Linux SDK as robust as possible, and we're looking forward to the feedback"

Re:Did you guys try it?

[ArcadeMan]

I stopped reading after "SXSW"...