Leap device

[ab30]

I think it would be nice to consider this new device called Leap as a new chop input for Touch Designer.

[Kreative]

Has I read about the Leap Technology, if you computer has any touchpad driver, it should work just fine with a mouse CHOP since it uses the MouseTouchPad drivers

[ruigato]

it seems that it generates a depth reading similar to the kinect sensor? that would be nice to have inside TD

[ab30]

Hello, for what I have understood, it is far more complex than a mouse driver as it gathers the data for the movement of each finger independently in a 60 cm virtual 3d cube around the device. So, it is a bit like a depth sensor too like the kinect, but using some advanced algorithms for hands and fingers motion.

It may use the mouse drivers as output, but it is just scratching the surface of what it is capable (custom gestures and software mapping, apparently)

There is an SDK available for developers who would like to use the device for their softwares before the actual launch of the product next year.

Honestly, i find it would be a great combo to use this device capability with Touch Designer.

NB: i didn't see at first there was an input devices forum. The post should be actually there i think.

[malcolm]

This is definitely something we'll look into eventually.

[rodberry]

So, looks like the thing is real and the SDK appears to be up.
This page has examples in Unity and Labview etc.
http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/03/ready-leap-motion-app-development-lays-critical-foundation-for-early-2013-launch/

Malcolm, is eventually soon? Looks like shipping in first half of 2013.

Rod.

[MarkW]

Hi Malcolm just want to follow up with this post and see if you guys have implemented the Leap with Touch yet. I'm excited to try it out. I just received one today.

[cod65]

are these available retail yet, or are people still getting them thru developer sign-ups?

I guess they will be available momentarily:


http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57564 ... -best-buy/

[Phil]

My friend just finished a Leap to OSC app using the Python SDK examples and pyOSC (http://gitorious.org/pyosc). We now have Leap data streaming into Touch

A very alpha repo is here: https://github.com/topher515/leapyosc

I'm going to work on porting it to a chop that runs natively inside Touch, my first real 088 Python project.

My impressions so far (based on the developer unit) have been really positive. Very accurate, very fast hand and finger tracking. Trackable distance is about 2ft above the device but it has a very wide FoV. Also very tiny. The value of the device is really in the software, though. Right now developers lack access to the raw depth data. No point clouds, object recognition, or facial tracking out of the box, but access to a depth map is the most requested feature. I believe it has something to do with the stereovision camera and the way their software interprets the data as opposed to the way a kinect operates with IR projector and camera. They plan to support multiple Leaps for increasing field of view, which I hope means including some calibration tools in the SDK.

Will post some videos in the coming weeks.

[eco_bach]

Phil
please keep me posted on the chop development. Hope to get my hands on a leap soon