I stopped by @leapmotion's offices during GDC to try VR demos of hand interactions shown in this video. It's gotten REALLY good. It's amazing how convincing open-hand manipulation of digital objects can be. I have a couple of Voices of VR interviews w interaction designers soonpic.twitter.com/htg7OsF5S8
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The default version of
@leapmotion's North Star AR HMD will be tethered to a PC, but it'll be up to OEMs whether they add a beefy mobile processor. They wanted to push the technical limits of what's possible with an AR HMD like what Valve did w/ room-scale http://blog.leapmotion.com/northstar/ pic.twitter.com/PvEsSRolvg
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This early prototype version of
@leapmotion's North Star AR HMD got a 105°x75° wide FOV with a 60% stereo overlap for 1440×2560 resolution per eye. The form factor was suboptimal & isn't what will be released. They found a sweet spot of 95°x70° w 65% overlap & 1600x1440 per eye.pic.twitter.com/5djvrL4GFJ
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I haven't had a chance to try out
@LeapMotion's North Star AR HMD yet. I'll be really curious to see how adding hand interactions changes my experiences with previous phone-screen reflected AR HMDs. I expect that hand presence + AR makes a HUGE difference:https://twitter.com/keiichiban/status/976850288949809154 …
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@keiichiban starting making dystopian sci-fi films about AR like HYPER-REALITY, but now he's@LeapMotion's VP of Design. I talk with him about: * AR as the Democratization of Architecture * Hands-On Spatial Computing, & * Leap Motion’s North Star AR HMD http://voicesofvr.com/639-ar-as-the-democratization-of-architecture-hands-on-spatial-computing-leap-motions-north-star-ar-hmd/ …pic.twitter.com/mqUyWGLy9kShow this thread
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Hey
@kentbye, it's 95 wide, 70 high with 20 degree downward tilt.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Jenny__Lang Something we need to look at for the Immersive Lab/PROTO especially due to its open source nature and wide FoV looks impressive!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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i wonder why still the old module is depicted and not the new one already integrated to increase precision etc... anyway, looks dope!
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Come on, you can do it! We bunnies also gave it a shot:https://youtu.be/0azW0T7NwTY
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This is a BIG deal. It's awesome now. But when it gets a proper mobile processor, a fashion-conscious industrial designer, and a major size reduction it will be miraculous.
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Can someone work out the fov of the stereo area? Sounds like it will be close to hololens!
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