Monday, June 24, 2013

Leap Motion starts expanded beta, opens dev portal to the public, shows off Airspace app store (hands-on)

Leap Motion starts expanded beta, opens dev portal to the public, shows off Airspace app store (hands-on)

We tried our hands at playing Boom Ball (think Brickbreaker in 3D) and messing around in Google Earth, and found Leap to be as capable as the first time we saw it. Control was extremely precise, and being able to tilt our hand to change the angle of ricochet for balls or our direction of flight over the terrain in Google Earth felt natural and fluid. We also saw demos of Photoscape (a cover flow-esque photo viewer), Exoplanet (a 3D model of the known universe), and Block 54 (a Jenga-style game). Each showcased the kinds of basic controls you'd expect: swiping, pinch-to-zoom and selection by jabbing a finger an inch towards the screen.
Leap Motion starts expanded beta, opens dev portal to the public, shows off Airspace app store (hands-on)


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