On 07/25/2013 10:54 AM, Matthew Frederico wrote: > I just bought a couple of leapmotion units and thought I'd share my > findings. > > At first I couldn't quite figure out how to work it correctly, and thought > I had a defective unit. Lots of initial stuttering. I fired up the > settings, and I noticed a checkbox next to the words - use lower power > settings. I clicked that and now it's running flawlessly and is actually > quite impressive. > > While it is an interesting concept - the power requirements to run 2 > cameras and the massive infra-red are pretty steep which makes me make the > assumption that its not quite suitable for battery powered solutions. The > demos are beautifully done and the packaging is very slick. The concept > remains identical to kinect - infra-red beam blasting out with stereoscopic > cameras receiving xyz coordinates of your fingertips.
Can the leapmotion cameras give you simple height maps? The application I have in mind for a camera like this involves depth, not identifying fingers. Can it do this similar to what Kinect can do? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
