{"id":1653,"date":"2012-05-23T16:19:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T16:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noi3.org\/site\/?p=1653"},"modified":"2012-05-23T16:19:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T16:19:43","slug":"minority-report-device-more-accurate-than-kinect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/?p=1653","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Minority Report\u2019 Device More Accurate Than Kinect"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"> \t<strong>Can you recall Neil Armstrong&rsquo;s famous words as he set foot on the Moon?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> \tIf not then look them up because chances are they will be referenced<em> a heck of a lot<\/em>&nbsp;later this year when the following Minority Report-<em>esque<\/em>&nbsp;&rsquo;Leap&rsquo; gesture-controlled interaction device goes on sale.<\/p>\n<h3> \t&lsquo;The Leap&rsquo;<\/h3>\n<p> \tThe $70 &lsquo;Leap&rsquo;, which isn&rsquo;t much bigger than your average USB dongle,&nbsp;connects to an existing computer or laptop &nbsp;USB port of a laptop or PC to create an interactive&nbsp;three-dimensional space said to b &rsquo;200 times more accurate&rsquo; than existing devices.<\/p>\n<p> \t<strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudfront.omgubuntu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/big2.jpeg\" style=\"width: 250px; height: 102px;\" title=\"big2\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"> \t&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"> \t&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"> \t<strong>Can you recall Neil Armstrong&rsquo;s famous words as he set foot on the Moon?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p> \tIf not then look them up because chances are they will be referenced<em> a heck of a lot<\/em>&nbsp;later this year when the following Minority Report-<em>esque<\/em>&nbsp;&rsquo;Leap&rsquo; gesture-controlled interaction device goes on sale.<\/p>\n<h3> \t&lsquo;The Leap&rsquo;<\/h3>\n<p> \tThe $70 &lsquo;Leap&rsquo;, which isn&rsquo;t much bigger than your average USB dongle,&nbsp;connects to an existing computer or laptop &nbsp;USB port of a laptop or PC to create an interactive&nbsp;three-dimensional space said to b &rsquo;200 times more accurate&rsquo; than existing devices.<\/p>\n<p> \t<strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cloudfront.omgubuntu.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/big2.jpeg\" title=\"big2\" width=\"500\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> \tThis 4-cubic feet squared field can be manipulated using fingers or other&nbsp;implements such as pencils.<\/p>\n<p> \tIn fact,&nbsp;so&nbsp;precise&nbsp;is<em> The Leap<\/em> that the company behind it claim that it can accurately register the sharpened tip of a pencil&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>1\/100<\/em>&nbsp;of a millimeter &ndash; making it perfect for pixel-perfect digital drawing, or signature signing.<\/p>\n<p> \tSuch precision opens up a world of potential for <em>The Leap<\/em> &ndash; far more than swiping and pinching&nbsp;your vacation photos or playing <em>Angry Birds:&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> \t\tPrecise virtual drawing in 2-D and 3-D<\/li>\n<li> \t\tSigning a digital document by writing in air<\/li>\n<li> \t\tNavigating large-scale 3-D data&nbsp;visualisation&nbsp;systems<\/li>\n<li> \t\tCreating and manipulating 3-D models like houses and cars<\/li>\n<li> \t\tPlaying computer games, including fast-twitch first-person shooters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> \t<em>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen.&nbsp;For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand and finger movements.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em>says Leap Motion&rsquo;s&nbsp;CEO Michael Buckwald.<\/p>\n<p> \tShould <em>The Leap<\/em> prove to be every bit as responsive in &lsquo;the wild&rsquo; as it is in the video demo then, hyperbole or not, the device could find itself used as the dictionary definition of &lsquo;game changer&rsquo;.<\/p>\n<h3> \tSDK, Pre-Orders &amp;&nbsp;Linux Support<\/h3>\n<p> \tI can&rsquo;t help but salivate over the potential applications for &lsquo;The Leap&rsquo; on Linux. Everything from gameplay and UI interaction, to accessibility could find use with the device.<\/p>\n<p> \tBut is Linux support likely?<\/p>\n<p> \tYes.<\/p>\n<p> \tIn both their FAQ, and in response to questions on Twitter, the company have said that&nbsp;Linux support is<em> &lsquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/live.leapmotion.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">on the agenda<\/a>&lsquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p> \tDevelopers interested in working with the device are <a href=\"http:\/\/live.leapmotion.com\/developer-kit-application\/\" target=\"_blank\">invited to apply for a free SDK kit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \tNon-developers don&rsquo;t need to feel left out: a &lsquo;limited quantity&rsquo; of devices are available to pre-order directly through the <a href=\"http:\/\/leapmotion.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/leapmotion.com\">official website<\/a> with a shipping date of &lsquo;<em>this winter&rsquo;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p> \t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> \t{youtube}_d6KuiuteIA{\/youtube}<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> \t<em><a href=\"http:\/\/leapmotion.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"http:\/\/leapmotion.com\">LeapMotion<\/a>&nbsp;via Matt Cutts<\/em><\/p>\n<p> \t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> \t<span class=\"meta-prep meta-prep-author\">By <\/span> <span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/117485690627814051450\/?rel=author\" rel=\"author\" title=\"View all posts by Joey Sneddon\">Joey Sneddon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"meta-sep\">, <\/span> <span class=\"meta-prep meta-prep-entry-date\">Published <\/span> <span class=\"entry-date\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-05-21T17:40:02+0000\">May 21, 2012<\/abbr><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> \t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> \t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/2012\/05\/meet-the-70-usb-minority-report-device-more-accurate-than-kinect\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28OMG!+Ubuntu!%29&amp;utm_content=Google+International\"><span class=\"entry-date\"><abbr class=\"published\" title=\"2012-05-21T17:40:02+0000\">Articolul original<\/abbr><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you recall Neil Armstrong&rsquo;s famous words as he set foot on the Moon? If not then look them up because chances are they will&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[739,382,740,738,741],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-altele-continut","tag-camera","tag-evolutie","tag-gesturi","tag-kinect","tag-leap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.noi3.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}