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LM   / May 12, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Featured Platform: Control Robots with Cylon.js

One of the most powerful things about the Leap Motion platform is its ability to tie into just about any creative platform. That’s why we created a Platform Integrations & Libraries showcase where you can discover the latest wrappers, plugins, and integrations.

Cylon.js is a JavaScript framework for robotics, physical computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT) that makes it easy to network 36 different platforms (and counting). On our Developer Gallery, you can find example projects to help you get started with wirelessly controlled Arduino boards and Parrot AR.Drones. Recently, we got in touch with Ron Evans, the creator of Cylon.js and other open source robotics frameworks, about the emerging IoT revolution.

Free and Open Source, Internet of Things, JavaScript, Leap Motion Team
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LM   / May 4, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Featured Platform: Get Creative with Vuo

One of the most powerful things about the Leap Motion platform is its ability to tie into just about any creative platform. That’s why we’ve just launched a Platform Integrations & Libraries showcase where you can discover the latest wrappers, plugins, and integrations.
Our first featured integration is Vuo, an extraordinarily flexible visual programming language for developers and designers. There are already 6 Vuo examples for on our Developer Gallery, which include Mac executables and project files – so you can download, import, and see how they all fit together. Recently, we caught up with Jaymie Strecker, one of the key developers on Team Vuo.

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LM   / May 2, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Could VR Transform the World of 3D Animation?

A few weeks back, a first-person VR animation experiment hit Reddit. True to form, the ever-investigative VR community immediately began unpacking the possibilities a tool like this could bring to the field of animation. Does virtual reality have the potential to unlock new technical and artistic workflows? What new freedoms (or constraints) does it offer creative professionals? Could this proof of concept be transformed into actual software in the near future?

Art & Design, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Leap Motion Team, Unity
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LM   / May 1, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Build-a-Button Workshop: VR Interaction Design from the Ground Up

From the mouse and touchscreen, to hand tracking platforms like the Leap Motion Controller, the design of UI elements like the humble button is shaped by the hardware and how we use it. Here’s a quick guide to designing buttons and other UI elements for VR, based on our Unity Widgets.

Augmented & Virtual Reality, Leap Motion Team, UX Design
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LM   / April 30, 2015 / Leave a Comment

The Goggles… They Do Something!

From building 3D scenes to designing object interactions, distance is an essential part of VR design that has to balance hardware needs and user instincts.

Augmented & Virtual Reality, Leap Motion Team, UX Design
LM   / April 29, 2015 / Leave a Comment

What Do VR Interfaces and Teapots Have in Common?

As a human, you’re not born with an intuitive knowledge of what a teapot does. Fortunately, affordances are everywhere, and they control your life.

Augmented & Virtual Reality, Leap Motion Team, UX Design
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LM   / April 28, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Can VR Change How Your Brain Works?

Vivid Vision thinks so, and they want it to help millions of people. Formerly known as Diplopia, they believe that VR can help treat common vision problems like lazy eye and cross-eye, which happen when the brain ignores input from the weaker eye. Their solution – a VR experience that combines medical research with gameplay mechanics – is now rolling out to eye clinics around the USA.

Augmented & Virtual Reality, Gaming, Leap Motion Team, Medical
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LM   / April 27, 2015 / Leave a Comment

5 Medical and Assistive Technologies Being Transformed with Leap Motion

From the operating room to virtual reality, here are 5 ways that people are using Leap Motion tech for medical and assistive applications.

Augmented & Virtual Reality, Gaming, Leap Motion Team, Medical
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LM   / April 26, 2015 / Leave a Comment

4 Ways to Hack Your Brain with VR

One of the most exciting things about VR is its power to play tricks on the mind. From creating new senses to improving old ones, here are four ways that VR developers are experimenting with human perception.

Art & Design, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Hardware, Leap Motion Team, Medical, UX Design
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GUEST   / April 25, 2015 / Leave a Comment

What Would a Truly 3D Operating System Look Like?

Hand tracking and virtual reality are both emerging technologies, and combining the two into a fluid and seamless experience can be a real challenge. This month, we’re exploring the bleeding edge of VR design with a closer look at our VR Best Practices Guidelines.

Jody Medich is a UX designer and researcher who believes that the next giant leap in technology involves devices and interfaces that can “speak human.” In this essay, she asks how a 3D user interface could transform how we explore and understand content – by giving our brains a whole new dimension of working memory.

Art & Design, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Leap Motion Team, OS Interaction, UX Design
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