Get updates on the future of VR/AR:

  FILTERS:      Art & Design      Education      Explorations      Gaming      Hardware      Medical      Music      Orion      Unity      Unreal      UX Design      VR/AR   

LM   / March 10, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Fingerpainting Soundscapes: Muse for Leap Motion and the Berklee Symphony Orchestra

Leap Motion soloist? It’s not as strange as it might sound at first. At a recent performance of the Berklee Symphony Orchestra, Muse co-creator Dr. Richard Boulanger played alongside classical horns and strings – in a composition specially written for his virtual musical instrument.

Available for Mac and Windows on the Leap Motion App Store, Muse is the brainchild of Boulanger’s friend and long-time collaborator BT, a Grammy-nominated composer who wanted to build tools that could match his imagination. We asked Dr. Boulanger about the Muse project and what it was like to bridge the digital and analog worlds of music with Symphonic Muse. We’ve also included some really cool videos from Dr. Boulanger’s students, who often develop with the Leap Motion Controller for their thesis projects.

Read More ›

Leap Motion Team, Music, Processing
,
GUEST   / March 8, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Building Graffiti 3D: A Journey through Space and Design

In yesterday’s post, I talked about the need for 3D design tools for VR that can match the power of our imaginations. After being inspired by street artists like Sergio Odeith, I made sketches and notes outlining the functionality I wanted. From there I researched the space, hoping that someone had created and released exactly what I was looking for. Unfortunately I didn’t find it; either the output was not compatible with DK2, the system was extremely limited, the input relied on a device I didn’t own, or it was extremely expensive.

Read More ›

Art & Design, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Guest Posts, Unity, UX Design
,
GUEST   / March 7, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Express Yourself! Augmenting Reality with Graffiti 3D

What if you could create art outside the boundaries of physics, but still within the real world? For artists like Sergio Odeith, this means playing tricks with perspective. Sergio makes stunning anamorphic (3D-perspective-based) art using spray paint, a surface with a right angle, and his imagination.

Creative 3D thinkers like Odeith should have the ability to use their freehand art skills to craft beautiful volumetric pieces. Not just illusions on the corners of walls, but three-dimensional works that that people can share the same space with. This was what inspired me to create Graffiti 3D – a VR demo that I entered into the Leap Motion 3D Jam. It’s available free for Windows, Mac, and Linux on my itch.io site.

Read More ›

Art & Design, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Guest Posts, Unity, UX Design
,
GUEST   / March 6, 2015 / Leave a Comment

CAD Experiment: Disassemble a Spherical Robot in VR

What if you could disassemble a robot at a touch? Motion control opens up exciting possibilities for manipulating 3D designs, with VR adding a whole new dimension to the mix. Recently, Battleship VR and Robot Chess developer Nathan Beattie showcased a small CAD experiment at the Avalon Airshow. Supported by the School of Engineering, Deakin University, the demo lets users take apart a small spherical robot created by engineering student Daniel Howard.

Nathan has since open sourced the project, although the laboratory environment is only available in the executable demo for licensing reasons. Check out the source code at github.com/Zaeran/CAD-Demo.

Read More ›

Art & Design, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Free and Open Source, Guest Posts, Unity, UX Design
, ,
GUEST   / March 5, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Reach into the Uncanny Valley with the Augmented Hand Series

augmented-hand-series

“It’s a box. You put your hand in it. You see your hand with an extra finger.”—Visitor, 7

The hand is a critical interface to the world, tied into mind and identity. Click To TweetThe “Augmented Hand Series” (by Golan Levin, Chris Sugrue, and Kyle McDonald) is a real-time interactive software system that presents playful, dreamlike, and uncanny transformations of its visitors’ hands. It consists of a box into which the visitor inserts their hand, and a screen which displays their ‘reimagined’ hand—for example, with an extra finger, or with fingers that move autonomously. Critically, the project’s transformations operate within the logical space of the hand itself, which is to say: the artwork performs “hand-aware” visualizations that alter the deep structure of how the hand appears. An earlier version of this post appeared on flong.com.

Read More ›

Art & Design, Education, Free and Open Source, Guest Posts, Medical
,
GUEST   / March 3, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Press Bird to Play: Pirate Mini-Games and Thieving Seagulls

Over the next several weeks, we’re spotlighting the top 20 3D Jam experiences chosen by the jury and community votes. These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward.

From the creator of LICHT little adventure, VR demo Press Bird to Play made a big impression thanks to its evocative atmosphere and engaging mini-games, landing 10th place. In today’s spotlight, creator Gerald Terveen talks about his old-school gaming inspirations, and upcoming work on a new title called VR Adventure.

Read More ›

Leap Motion
,
LM   / March 2, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Take Flight and Restore Balance to the Animal Kingdom with The Crow

Over the next several weeks, we’re spotlighting the top 20 3D Jam experiences chosen by the jury and community votes. These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward.

Created by Andrew Kostuik and Ed Wisniewski at NORCAT’s Immersive Learning Centre, The Crow made a big impression thanks to its beautiful aesthetic and rich open-world concept. You can download the 3D Jam alpha demo or support further development by purchasing the beta at thecrowgame.com.

Read More ›

Leap Motion
,
LM   / February 28, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Inside the Mysterious Beauty of Hammer Labs’ Otherworld

Over the next several weeks, we’re spotlighting the top 20 3D Jam experiences chosen by the jury and community votes. These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward.

Featuring ambient music and beautiful visuals, Hammer Labs’ Otherworld takes you to a strange place where distant spirits stride in mile-long steps and magical puzzles wait to be solved. Available free for the Oculus Rift, Otherworld placed fourth in the 3D Jam. We caught up with coder Oliver Eberlei to ask about the project’s inception.

Read More ›

Leap Motion
,
GUEST   / February 27, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Take the Reins of a Ghostly Hayride: Cherry Pie Games’ Hollow

In the lead-up to IndieCade East, we’re spotlighting the top 20 3D Jam experiences chosen by the jury and community votes. These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward.

Recently updated with our official Unreal Engine plugin, Cherry Pie Games’ Hollow is a murky, mystical adaptation of Washington Irving’s classic horror tale. On horseback, you can explore a frighteningly familiar landscape where spectres haunt the edges of your vision. Hollow is available for Windows with optional (and highly recommended) Oculus Rift support.

QOsrQs

Read More ›

Leap Motion, Unreal Engine
,
LM   / February 26, 2015 / Leave a Comment

Step into the Darkness with Observatorium

Over the next several weeks, we’re spotlighting the top 20 3D Jam experiences chosen by the jury and community votes. These spotlights will focus on game design, interaction design, and the big ideas driving our community forward.

Ready to step into the darkness? In Dominic Ricci’s survival horror demo Observatorium, you’ve been sent to a strange building in the middle of the woods, ostensibly to retrieve something your friend left there. Observatorium is available for Mac and Windows from the 3D Jam site.

Read More ›

Leap Motion
,
‹ Newer Posts
Older Posts ›