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NickB  
#1 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 2:17:13 PM(UTC)
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[URL="http://leapmotion.com/"]This[/URL] [URL="http://youtu.be/_d6KuiuteIA"](watch the demo videos)[/URL] is exactly what Shark / ViaCAD needs. The API is freely available, and the device is currently $70, although an evangelist that I spoke to there said the actual tech is pennies and that it will be built into all sorts of devices in the next year or so.

Imagine being able to just rotate your hand in space to rotate the model.

Developers >Tim< get a free unit.
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lgrijalva  
#2 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 3:31:09 PM(UTC)
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wow!!

somebody stole my idea!!
:)

Very impressive.

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Tim Olson  
#3 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 3:34:50 PM(UTC)
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I signed up for developer unit:)


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ttrw  
#4 Posted : Saturday, May 26, 2012 2:28:21 AM(UTC)
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I'm not totally convinced...

I worry about what they used to term as "RSI". Keeping your hands going all the time up in the air. My neck and shoulders already kill me from constant PC use.
lgrijalva  
#5 Posted : Sunday, May 27, 2012 12:27:46 PM(UTC)
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Not necessarily, I think on it as a keyboard's complement, faster access to icons on screen, draw lines, visualization, (dolly, zoom, rotate), I think the keyboard must remain on its place, unless the interface where efficiently adapted to this kind of data input.

I think that it have a lot of possibilities, is like having two mouses with a lot of combination's keys, with faster access to the menus. (also it will be funny se other on the office waving your arms over the air)

:)

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ttrw  
#6 Posted : Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:20:36 PM(UTC)
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Like conducting an orchestra?! ;)
jol  
#7 Posted : Sunday, May 27, 2012 2:01:40 PM(UTC)
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Looks amazing !!
zumer  
#8 Posted : Sunday, May 27, 2012 5:51:20 PM(UTC)
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Looks like it's inspired by theremin.
jol  
#9 Posted : Monday, May 28, 2012 5:41:33 AM(UTC)
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I thought that was a vitamin in my corn flakes !
zumer  
#10 Posted : Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:11:05 AM(UTC)
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That too. Supplies 50% of your recommended daily intake of waving your arms about....
Tem  
#11 Posted : Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:33:59 PM(UTC)
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An affordable 3D scanner. Anyone, anyone?
ttrw  
#12 Posted : Thursday, June 14, 2012 2:51:54 PM(UTC)
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Tem, I came across this a couple of years back. Looks like a bit of a bargain?

http://www.david-laserscanner.com/
zumer  
#13 Posted : Thursday, June 14, 2012 5:21:43 PM(UTC)
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I use the David scanner, and the LEAP/scanner possibility occurred to me, too. The docs say "8 cubic feet", which implies a 2' cubed volume. I was daydreaming about whether rotating an object in the hands above the sensor could produce a result. 1/100mm? I'm dubious about that resolution being consistent.
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