Leap Motion at Best Buy
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Leap Motion - that ran around the net last May is finally coming out as a product, I believe, exclusively at Best Buy.
Would love to see a Gadget Corner review from Mike Lucey on this device!
Also, would love to see if the hackers can come up with a 3d scanning hack for small objects using something as cheap as this ($70).Antoine
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I would LOVE to see 3d modelling usint this nasty thing, instead of mouse !
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I'm excited to try it as well, but am not getting my hopes too high for using it in Sketchup...here's a review from a guy using it for 3D AutoCAD Integrating Leap Motion and AutoCAD: Review
Turns out its pretty hard to beat a computer mouse for precision and minimizing fatigue.
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I agree with the points he brings up in his article.
Maybe not for 3d manipulation...but you could use it for panning and zooming then go back to the mouse possibly. Use it as an extra device instead of a primary input device.I am more interested in if it could be hacked to pick up the contours of an object and that data could be brought in and used as a 3d model. I read a whole lot of speculation about that when it first came out in May of last year, but never saw that anyone was able to use it for such an application. Just think if it could be done with a $70 device instead of spending $1000s on a 3d scanner.
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@marvins_dad said:
...I am more interested in if it could be hacked to pick up the contours of an object and that data could be brought in and used as a 3d model...
You're right, there is a huge need for a cheap, reliable 3D scanner. With 3D printers more commonplace, people are looking for a way to quickly 3D model things in their lives, and design (and print) parts that increase their functionality. It can be time consuming even for a skilled modeler to replicate a complex object, but a good 3D scanner can make short work of it.
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This is like the technology in the movie MINORITY REPORT (except with out the guitar picks that Tom Cruise wears on his fingers) Pretty cool but I think my wife would have me locked up if she saw me sitting in front of my computer waving my fingers around like I'm conducting my own little imaginary orchestra.
However. . .any technology that gives us freer passage to better Angry Birds play has got to be a good thing.
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@d12dozr said:
With 3D printers more commonplace, people are looking for a way to quickly 3D model things in their lives, and design (and print) parts that increase their functionality. It can be time consuming even for a skilled modeler to replicate a complex object, but a good 3D scanner can make short work of it.
Got a Makerbot for Christmas...now I want to scan real objects...modify them and print out upgrades. LOL -
@unknownuser said:
This is like the technology in the movie MINORITY REPORT (except with out the guitar picks that Tom Cruise wears on his fingers) Pretty cool but I think my wife would have me locked up if she saw me sitting in front of my computer waving my fingers around like I'm conducting my own little imaginary orchestra.
However. . .any technology that gives us freer passage to better Angry Birds play has got to be a good thing.
LOL - I can totaly see my son ruling me with this playing Angry Birds Star Wars!
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I have heard that Xbox kinect can be modded to do pretty much the same, even 3D scanning on a larger scale.
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@solo said:
I have heard that Xbox kinect can be modded to do pretty much the same, even 3D scanning on a larger scale.
In many posts they refer to Kinect...but it is twice the cost. I had seen some live modding of the Kinect, but never looked at a model that it produced. Might be worth looking into in the interim.
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You can buy Kinect sensors at around the same price on ebay.
Some as low as 50 some over 100, but not that expensive in the grand scheme of things, particularly if you already own an xbox.
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