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Author Topic: Leap - touch control: makes Minority Report look prehistoric  (Read 5,054 times)

nudone

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Have you seen Leap? It's insane. Get ready to forget about pathetic touchscreens and tablets - they are rubbish and already obsolete.

Check the video out: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428350/the-most-important-new-technology-since-the-smart/

Okay, maybe not quite Minority Report because we still need the holographic screens - but Leap's sensitivity is already more advanced.

Incredible.

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Re: Leap - touch control: makes Minority Report look prehistoric
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2012, 06:32 PM »
What the.... This is so incredible that I'm still having a hard time believing that it's not an April's fools joke!
I'm curious if turning this on its side so it's facing a desk would allow it to recognize writtings in a paper sheet.
Also, I'd love to know what's the technology behind it!

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re:technology: looks like it's infrared. So, it's basically a more precise Kinect with a shorter range (8cubic feet, roughly a cube with 6cm on each side).
seems cool :)
« Last Edit: July 17, 2012, 06:40 PM by jgpaiva »

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Re: Leap - touch control: makes Minority Report look prehistoric
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2012, 06:39 PM »
Very cool! I want 2! :D
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Re: Leap - touch control: makes Minority Report look prehistoric
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2012, 07:33 PM »
:Thmbsup:  Yes.  Want! :-*
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Re: Leap - touch control: makes Minority Report look prehistoric
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2012, 10:59 PM »
:-* Amazing! DO WANT!
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