Touting an accuracy down to 1/100th of a millimetre, it has - not surprisingly - been the subject of much hype and anticipation since its unveiling last year. Leap Motion's Michael Buckwald: Be patient, the apps are coming. It's similar to Microsoft's Kinect attachment for the Xbox 360 game console, but more accurate and on a smaller scale, intended for use with desktops and laptops. In that vein, the Leap Motion controller is an effort to bring simple, 3D touch-control to computing. He was frustrated that it took so long to create three-dimensional models on his computer when it only took a few seconds to do so with a lump of clay in the real world.
Into this milieu steps Leap Motion, the San Francisco-based start-up that has created a compelling gesture device that lets users control their computers with their hands and fingers.Ĭo-founder David Holt came up with the technology after deciding the mouse's accuracy wasn't actually all that fine-grained. In the grand scheme of computing, the traditional point-and-click device will ultimately be relegated to niche uses, such as ones where fine-grained control is needed. With touch-screen tablets expected to outsell desktops and laptops by next year - a feat smartphones have already accomplished - most computers will soon be controlled by means other than a mouse, if that isn't the case already. Whether it's scrolling up and down webpages or adding fine details to an image in Photoshop, the mouse has proven to be an easy-to-master tool that does it all. There is a reason why the humble mouse has been the default controller of computers for nearly 30 years: it just works.
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