Leap into the future with Leap Motion

Sudo Soldiers

04.16.2014

Welcome.

Today's plate

Leap Motion
Leap Motion SDK
Getting on the bandwagon
Demos!

Rukmal Weerawarana

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Freshman, UW

Computer Science?

http://rukmal.me/

http://github.com/rukmal/

What is it?

Who uses it?

SpaceX

Right now, we interact with computers in a very unnatural 2D way.
With the Leap Motion Controller, you can really apply your intuition and something from your mind to a physical object with far greater ease than we currently do.

- Elon Musk

How do I get started?

What languages can I use it with?

C++
C#
Objective C
Java
JavaScript
Python

LeapJS

Getting started...

HTML

JavaScript


var controller = new Leap.Controller({
	enableGestures: true
});

controller.connect();

The loop


var controller = new Leap.Controller({
	enableGestures: true
});

controller.connect();

// the Leap Motion loop
controller.on('frame', function (frame) {

});

Frame is everything

3 things

Tools
Fingers
Hands

Gestures

The Fantastic Four

CircleGesture
SwipeGesture
ScreenTapGesture
KeyTapGesture

Let's make something!

Demos

Flappy Leap Bird - Rukmal Weerawarana

Leap Theremin - Grant Timmerman

Leap Pong - Grant Timmerman & Rukmal Weerawarana

Thank you!

Questions?

http://rukmal.me/

http://github.com/rukmal/