Leap Motion's Hand-Tracking Technology Provides 3-D Input For 3-D Virtual Worlds

The sophisticated motion-control system will be built into an optional faceplate for OSVR's open-source VR platform.

In 2013, I reviewed Leap Motion's controller—a steak-fry-sized $80 USB gizmo that let you control PC games, reading and creativity apps, and other software by waving your hands as if you were Tom Cruise in Minority Report. It was neat. But it was also obvious that the technology would fail or flourish based on whether third-party developers came up with uses for it that had wide appeal.

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