Leap made a portable gesture control sensor for virtual reality glasses
For the past few years, Leap has been working on adding hand gestures to virtual reality. Using hands, you can already transfer digital objects in applications instead of using joysticks. But for this we need another sensor movement to the points of virtual reality - Orion.
One of the first successful experiments to add to the game control using movements was the Power Glove glove, which Nintendo released in 1982. Special receivers were installed on the TV, and a glove connected to the NES reflected the sound from the receivers, after which the system calculated the position of the device in space using the triangulation method. The system perceived finger movements - for example, it was possible to shoot by bending the index finger. In the next quarter of a century, a number of other systems appeared, but Microsoft Kinect was the first, which did not require additional devices on the body and hands - that is, it was oriented toward the human body.
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Leap Motion appeared as a competitor to Microsoft Kinect. The system added gestures to computer management, since Kinect at that time could only distinguish the movements of large joints, hands and palms. Motion works using infrared sensors and initially could perceive each finger of the hand at a distance of one meter.
And enthusiasts have already tried to attach this sensor to virtual reality glasses.
To help developers who experiment with Leap Motion in virtual reality, the company decided to make a separate version of the sensor specifically for VR glasses. Now Leap is talking to the manufacturers of glasses to integrate Motion Orion sensors into their equipment.
One of the first successful experiments to add to the game control using movements was the Power Glove glove, which Nintendo released in 1982. Special receivers were installed on the TV, and a glove connected to the NES reflected the sound from the receivers, after which the system calculated the position of the device in space using the triangulation method. The system perceived finger movements - for example, it was possible to shoot by bending the index finger. In the next quarter of a century, a number of other systems appeared, but Microsoft Kinect was the first, which did not require additional devices on the body and hands - that is, it was oriented toward the human body.
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Leap Motion appeared as a competitor to Microsoft Kinect. The system added gestures to computer management, since Kinect at that time could only distinguish the movements of large joints, hands and palms. Motion works using infrared sensors and initially could perceive each finger of the hand at a distance of one meter.
And enthusiasts have already tried to attach this sensor to virtual reality glasses.
To help developers who experiment with Leap Motion in virtual reality, the company decided to make a separate version of the sensor specifically for VR glasses. Now Leap is talking to the manufacturers of glasses to integrate Motion Orion sensors into their equipment.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/390727/
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