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N.O.W.A.L.L · (This post was last modified: 2012-05-21, 19:04 by N.O.W.A.L.L.)

Leap has just released for pre-order and only 70$ a tiny - and sexy! - box device which would be, as they say, much more precise than Kinect

Official website with demo here http://leapmotion.com/

Demo is made on Mac, but I guess it will be Compatible with Windows.

On their site there seems to be a free SDK for devs > could a skill coder look at this and just tell us if a LEAP implementation in XBMC would possible at 1st glance?

Thanks

**Memphiz** · 2012-05-21, 20:21

You need to create an account there for getting any documentation. Sucks ...

sialivi · 2012-05-21, 22:07

I'm not sure this would make much sense for a 10ft interface since it captures what's directly above it. This means you would have to have it in your lap if you want to use it for xbmc in your livingroom.

N.O.W.A.L.L · 2012-05-22, 07:40

(2012-05-21, 22:07)sialivi Wrote: I'm not sure this would make much sense for a 10ft interface since it captures what's directly above it. This means you would have to have it in your lap if you want to use it for xbmc in your livingroom.

huuuu, you are right :-(

pko66 · 2012-05-22, 18:48

You could have it in a low table in front of the coach, many tv rooms I've seen (including mine) have one.

sialivi · 2012-05-22, 22:25

(2012-05-22, 18:48)pko66 Wrote: You could have it in a low table in front of the coach, many tv rooms I've seen (including mine) have one.

Sure, but that's still a "lean-forward" experience compared to 10ft user interfaces which are considered "lean-back" experiences

bb10 · 2012-05-23, 00:40

You can hack it into the armrest of your couch. Tongue

N.O.W.A.L.L · 2012-05-23, 07:57

Anyway, for 70$ it will be worth to try!

could s.o. look at the SDK?

Bstrdsmkr · 2012-05-23, 22:36

They're being a little tight lipped about the documentation and sdk (not a good sign). Hopefully, they'll release python bindings making it easy to pop into an addon

Jaken · 2012-05-23, 23:12

You could maybe be put it in the ceiling.

**spiff** · 2012-05-24, 00:32

* spiff waves his hands at the screen for 2 secs.

.... and i've had enough.

Bstrdsmkr · 2012-05-24, 01:05

Done right, I think it could be cool. Unfortunately, I think that's where most of the motion implementations so far have fallen short.

Here's how I think it could work:

Xeebo skin
Mounted on the front of the chair arm, pointed up, but an inch or two below resting level of the arm where it's out of the way but easily accessible
I could slide my hand forward off the end of the chair arm to start giving commands
Flick 4 fingers up/down to scroll
Swipe left/right to pull open the side menus
Flick 1 finger up/down do step through items one at a time
Thumbs up to select? Maybe clench fist?
Hand forward open palm, fingers extended to pause
Poke an imaginary button in front of the couch to resume play
Point thumb to the right to Stop
Swipe finger to the left for 30sec jump forward, right backward
Swipe hand to the left for 10min jump forward, right backward

That seems natural enough, as long as I don't have to hold my arm out and look like I'm trying to do the macerena.

N.O.W.A.L.L · 2012-05-26, 23:59

Engadget could test it

Here is the review

gasp · (This post was last modified: 2013-07-19, 23:24 by gasp.)

Long time coming. Seems that have launched an equivalent of an APP store and are launching next week.
https://www.leapmotion.com/developers
or
https://developer.leapmotion.com/.

PS: I did a search before resurrecting this old thread and nothing else came up

tomservo · (This post was last modified: 2013-07-23, 19:59 by tomservo.)

Well according to this site: http://xseignard.github.io/2013/06/25/in...to-nodejs/ , leap can push its control via JSON and Websocket. In theory, XBMC should be able to handle the JSON requests no?