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With that in mind, the Leap Motion's ideal hand posture is a flattened one.

As we guide a company of low-poly fish around it proves very difficult indeed to keep all ten lights on-screen at once, making it an exercise in frustration when also factoring in the invisibility of the device's field of view. This isn't a one-off issue either, as proven by the tech demo that follows - Flocking - which has each fingertip represented as a glowing light in the ocean. Each ligament in our virtual fingers react with startling accuracy and speed compared to the real-life action, but the technology's shortcomings fall into clear sight within moments specifically, if we hold our hands at any sort of angled incline, the tracking of most fingers flickers on and off erratically. Here, a skeletal map of each finger is shown as our digits move within the Leap Motion's cone of vision. Regardless, we boot up the Orientation app to kick things off, considered a starting point for demonstrating the underlying mechanics of its motion control.

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There are no big names on the list here, unless you count Fruit Ninja as a major force in gaming, and the Half Life 2 mod shown in the device's original trailer is nowhere to be found by official means. 'Leap Motion is equipped with two cameras and three infra-red LEDs that track anything within eight cubic feet above it, providing accurate feedback on each finger down to a claimed 0.01mm.'Īmong the current selection of 75 apps available, most are either abstract tech demos, simplistic indie experiments or iPhone ports.

For two hands, that number ramps up to just 6ms in total, making for some awe-inspiringly speedy feedback once we get our first demo going. The tracking section in its control panel reveals some interesting metrics too, showing we're getting an average rate of 115 frames per second through the USB 2.0 interface - all delivered within an average processing time of 3.5 milliseconds with one hand raised.

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Calibration of the hardware is automatic once this is installed, and every time the PC is turned on it takes into account any ambient lights in the room, plus any dust or smudges that might need to be cleared.

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The Airspace Home Launcher is needed before we can download any apps, allowing us to see our purchases from a clear grid-based menu. Once plugged and activated, the device heats up noticeably as its three infra-red LEDs come alive at the centre, and a green power LED alights on the side.

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That's all we get in the package, with all the apps, drivers and updates being found on the company's browser-based Airspace store. On top we have a glossy black panel beneath which all the sensors and cameras are positioned, while the back is rubberised to provide decent purchase on any desk.

Unboxing the Leap controller, we're presented with two proprietary USB 2.0 cables and a small device that measures 80x30x10mm, curving at the edges with a silver bezel and a USB slot to one end. To make this all possible, the Leap Motion is equipped with two cameras and three infra-red LEDs that track anything within eight cubic feet above it, providing accurate feedback on each finger down to a claimed 0.01mm. This is perhaps an uneven comparison to make given the shortened radius of control compared to Kinect's living room focus, but for the purposes of gaming it speaks to the company's determination to ramp up accuracy in the place where it matters most: the hands. On paper the device sets itself far apart from Microsoft's offering, with Leaps Motion's CEO Michael Buckwald confidently declaring it to be '200 times more accurate than anything else on the market'. By promising to reduce input lag to imperceptible levels and offering the fine, granular level of control required to to play any type of game, could this £70 gizmo be capable of making motion controls a genuine alternative to a mouse for gaming and desktop use? With Microsoft's Kinect the popular standard for controller-free motion controls today, its reputation is on the negative side as far as core games are concerned, with even John Carmack dismissing it as a 'zero-button mouse with a lot of latency.' However, following multiple delays since its originally planned release in December last year, a new solution has entered the fray: the Leap Motion - a small USB-powered dongle that sits on your desk to interpret the subtlest of motions from all 10 digits.

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