Leap Motion

Hands-free motion control, a technology pioneered by Nintendo's Wii and later improved upon by Microsoft's Kinect, just took a very big leap forward. Industries from gaming to surgery to architecture, engineering, and design may never be the same.
With the unveiling today of its Leap 3D motion control system, a San Francisco startup called Leap Motion has, well, leapfrogged the state of the art in this young field, giving users the ability to control what's on their computers with hundredth of a millimeter accuracy and introducing touch-free gestures like pinch-to-zoom.

Leap, which comprises both a small USB input device and a sophisticated software platform, is expected to cost $70. But while users will have to wait until early next year to get their hands on it, what the company is showing today seems likely to get developers and users in a wide range of industries very, very excited.

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[Madamluna]

holy moly this is basically magic

[ScrabbleKnight]

One problem... How do you click?

[tim rezgalla]

Can't wait to get mine I preordered one but they keep putting back its release day! Still can't complain as they have out loads of work into getting devs to write apps n games for it;)) chop chop leap🙌

[Sobotkama]

I want this !!!

[Pkantilis]

Really exited about Leap! There are lots of amazing app vids online already...this one is one of my favorites: /watch?v=giDNEp0c29c Enjoy! :)))

[Be .Thái]

my country not sale it

[EvHzll]

Probably a combination of the pointer finger and thumb going towards each other.

[Lê Quân]

OMG. This is the FIRST step to have a system like Tony Stark's!

[renato radurosu]

u show THE FINGER :)))

[budakpisang]

It's not intended as a replacement for a mouse.