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Minority Report 3-D gesture-sensing interface now a reality: Leap Motion
Friday, January 18,
2013 by: J. D. Heyes
(NaturalNews) The
gesture-sensing interface used by Tom Cruise's character and others in the
movie, "Minority Report," was definitely a futuristic application
when the film debuted in 2002. But now, thanks to one software company, that
technology is now close to becoming a reality.
Leap Motion, which is
a 3-D motion sensor that allows its users to interact with computers just by
gesturing through the air, has recently secured an additional $30 million in
funding to further develop the product, the company says.
In addition, Leap
announced that computer manufacturer Asus will become one of the first makers
to bundle Leap's technology directly into some of its notebooks and computers.
In fact, The Los Angeles Times reported, "the new products with Leap
Motion devices pre-installed should be available later this year."
This is the year
Says Leap Motion's
CEO, Micheal Buckwald, in a statement, "Leap Motion is poised to
fundamentally change human/computer interaction, and this new funding will help
us bring our technology to the mass global market," he said. "With
this influx of capital, coupled with the major OEM partnership we also announced
today, we're ready to make 2013 the year of the new interface.”
The company
introduced its motion controller in May. The device is an iPod-sized box that
sits in front of your computer and gives you about eight cubic feet of 3D
interaction space, according to published information.
"Motion's
technology can track movements to 1/100th millimeter -- smaller than the tip of
a pin -- with no visible lag time. The Leap Motion controller has a 150-degree
field of view, and tracks individual hands and all 10 fingers at 290 frames per
second," says the company's statement.
Ultra sensitivity
If you're standing
within the controller's range, the Leap Motion device can track all movements
with a sensitivity that programmers say is 200 times that of Microsoft's Kinect
or Nintendo's Wii game. It's even sensitive enough to track different finger
movements.
"When we first
invested in Leap Motion, it was a couple of brilliant minds with a
revolutionary technology," said Peter Bell, general partner at Highland
Capital Partners. "In just months, it's blossomed into a fast-growing
company on the brink of completely reinventing the way the world interacts with
technology. Leap Motion is here to stay."
The controller is
ready to for pre-order at a price of $69.99 on the company's website. Earlier
last year Leap officials said they hoped to be able to begin shipping the
device to consumers by the beginning of 2013.
Already, the company
is working on new applications for its device.
"Leap Motion has
sent more than 12,000 free developer units to developers around the world, and
the Leap Motion controller will ship with an application store where developers
can monetize their work and consumers can discover new uses for Leap
Motion," said the statement.
The San
Francisco-based firm was founded in 2010 by Buckwald and David Holz.
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