Well… the future will be shipping on May 13th, so it’s near here.
Got an email that my pre-order of a Leap Motion will be shipping out in May. I’m excited. I think this is going to change the way we interact with computers and that touch-tablets are going to seem… quaint and old fashioned within 2 years.
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Douglas Adams years ago described the device you're getting:
"Radio had advanced beyond touchscreen and into motion detection. It meant you could control the radio with minimal effort but had to sit annoyingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same channel."
"Radio had advanced beyond touchscreen and into motion detection. It meant you could control the radio with minimal effort but had to sit annoyingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same channel."
Jake
says:
Well, people have been playing with this using the MS Kinect since it came out, so it's not surprising someone has released a PC specific version.
I've seen one TV on display at Best Buy with this kind of gesture control built in, too. I think this kind of UI is going to really take off in the next couple of years*, but we'll still be using touchscreens and mice for a long time - they may just be better suited for certain applications.
* Especially since, unlike touchscreens, it's both inexpensive and easily added to existing computers - even the "all-in-one" PC's and Macs.
I've seen one TV on display at Best Buy with this kind of gesture control built in, too. I think this kind of UI is going to really take off in the next couple of years*, but we'll still be using touchscreens and mice for a long time - they may just be better suited for certain applications.
* Especially since, unlike touchscreens, it's both inexpensive and easily added to existing computers - even the "all-in-one" PC's and Macs.
Jake
says:
Laptop integration is one of the first things I thought of when I saw the website, too.
My point with the Kinect comparison was that the concepts and basic technology have been both available and played with by hackers for 2-3 years now, so it's not surprising that this is coming out. In fact, what's really surprising is that it took so long. I suspect working around Microsoft's patents is what slowed things down.
I'm really liking that price point, and it looks like they're planning on Linux support, too. I may pick one up to build into a media center for my TV.
My point with the Kinect comparison was that the concepts and basic technology have been both available and played with by hackers for 2-3 years now, so it's not surprising that this is coming out. In fact, what's really surprising is that it took so long. I suspect working around Microsoft's patents is what slowed things down.
I'm really liking that price point, and it looks like they're planning on Linux support, too. I may pick one up to build into a media center for my TV.
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Ah. A keyboard. How quaint.[/scottish accent]