This week in the Airspace Store, you can now download trial versions of Stan Lee’s Verticus and Catch Up Calu! before paying for the full apps. In other news, we have two new pig-themed games for Windows – sending them plunging down wells and soaring through the air. But first, a new artistic toolkit and a free world trip for your photos.
At SmartThings, we think a lot about the way we interact with the everyday objects around us, and – more importantly – how they can react to us. By adding intelligence to the previously dumb, inanimate things in our homes, we can not only teach the locks, lights, thermostats, and other devices we live with to memorize our unique habits and routines, but also offer people security, peace of mind, and savings by letting them control all of these things from their phones.
Our tiny little device is making a big splash this holiday season. The Leap Motion Controller, which plugs into your Mac or PC, lets you control apps with the wave of a hand. Paint or sculpt clay in the air, drive a car, fight evil robots, explore the universe – it’s amazing what you can do with just your hands. From small kids and home chefs to tech lovers and avid gamers, the Leap Motion Controller is the perfect present for everyone on your list. Maybe that’s why we’ve been featured in such a wide variety of holiday gift guides:
What if social media was art? At Toronto’s Nuit Blanche in October, the designers at Forge Collective revealed their answer to this provocative question with interactive art installation Connexion Point. In the video below, you can see how complete strangers were able to make connections and create a dynamic digital community – exploring stories through Leap Motion interaction.
Once the sun went down, Connexion Point’s visitors used a mobile web app to share meaningful stories about themselves and choose a unique color. This generated a glowing avatar, which would ascend into a colorful world of geometric shapes, joining the avatars of others who visited the installation.
The holidays are a great time to reflect on the past year, and with everything that’s been happening at Leap Motion, there’s a lot to look back on. While we’ve already talked about embedding our technology into 12 HP platforms and introducing support for 13 new currencies, here are three other recent developments that make it easier for you to access a wide variety of Leap Motion apps.
As any chef can attest, swiping, scrolling, or clicking through a recipe with fingers covered in dough can be a messy, insurmountable feat – not to mention potentially damaging to your devices. Reaching into Allthecooks Recipes with Leap Motion, however, keeps your device batter-free. Watch the difference:
M1 Interactive recently partnered with Leap Motion to create a freely available starter kit for all developers who want to build the next generation of games on the Unity platform. This is the final post in a three-part series (part one and part two).
Note: The Starter Kit has been deprecated. Be sure to download our Unity Core Assets (or Core Assets: VR Edition) from developer.leapmotion.com/downloads/unity.
Are you ready for takeoff? So far, we’ve showed you how our Leap Motion Starter Kit for Unity3D provides players with in-game tools and control mechanisms that mimic real-world interactions, and highlighted four games in the Airspace Store that combine Unity3D and the Leap Motion SDK in exciting and innovative ways. In our final post, we look at two key challenges that we faced and how they can be overcome. Plus, we’ll review some of the cool extras that we built into the kit.