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Leap Motion is a company developing advanced motion sensing technology for human–computer interaction.

Leap Motion is a technology for tracking the in-air movement of both hands and all 10 fingers. The Leap Motion Controller is produced either as a standalone USB device for PC, Mac or Linux or as an embedded module.

API/developer details

Leap Motion provides an open and free SDK for developers. Native extensions are supported for C++, C# and Unity, Python, Java and Objective C. Web development is supported by the JavaScript API.

The APIs for the Leap Motion Controller provide ways for obtaining the position and velocity of fingers and hands within the view of the device.

Useful Links to Developer APIs

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Writing custom code for PowerPoint using leap motion?

I am trying to make a gesture based PowerPoint slideshow. JavaScript would certainly not work here as I want my slideshow to work when that particular PowerPoint file (.ppt) is opened for windows. I googled, posted a question on the Leap Motion…
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Detecting swipe gesture direction with Leap Motion

I'm trying to simply get the direction of a swipe gesture with the Leap Motion using the javascript API. My code is: $(document).ready(function() { controller = new Leap.Controller("ws://localhost:6437/"); listener = new Leap.Listener(); …
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Leap Motion point cloud

How can we access the point cloud in the Leap Motion API? One feature that led me to purchase it was the point cloud demo from their promo video, but I can't seem to locate documentation regarding it and user replies on the forums seem mixed. Am I…
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How can you implement non-standard Leap Motion gestures?

The Leap Motion API only supports four standard gestures: circle, swipe, key tap and screen tap. In my application I need other gestures, but I do not know how can I add them or if it is even possible to add more gestures. I read the API and it was…
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Static Object in Scene - Three.js

I have two objects in my scene. I am using the for moving the camera, so it feels like the objects is rotating according to the movement of my hand. The problem is that the other…
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Detecting a Fist with Leap Motion SDK V2

I want to check if a Hand in a Leap Motion Frame is currently a Fist. The usually suggested method is to look for hand.grabStrength with a value of 1. The problem is that the value jumps to 1 even with a "Claw-Like" Hand, or anything else with very…
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ImportError: No module named Leap

I have started working on Leap Motion Controller and when trying to execute my code I get this error: ImportError: No module named Leap I have added the path to the required libraries import sys…
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How to connect leap-motion , directly to android

i am working on an android application that requires to be controlled by LEAP-motion. the leap sdk currently only supports windows and mac. but is there a way (any open library/tutorial etc.) to make the leap motion device talk to an android phone?…
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Is there a way to access Bluetooth connected devices in browser?

Is there a way to access Bluetooth connected devices in browser? I am trying to build a demo system utilizing leap motion for a university project and was planning to build the interface in HTML because leap motion supports JavaScript. I want the…
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Using Leap Motion with android?

Is there a way of using leap motion as an input to an android app? I know that the SDK currently only supports Windows and MAC, but is there a way (any open library/interface via Windows) to make the device talk to an android phone (could be…
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Unity type or namespace name 'Spatial Tracking' does not exist in the namespace 'UnityEngine'

I am working on this project using a leap motion on a mac notebook. Unfortunately, I am getting the following error. To my knowledge I have the latest versions installed.
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Python not importing Leap Motion library

I am trying to get the basics of Leap Motion running in python. import os, sys, inspect, thread, time Code can be seen here.. http://pastie.org/10883595 I get an error .... Traceback (most recent call last): File "Sample.py", line 6, in…
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Yaw, Pitch and roll to glm::rotate

I've been trying to figure out this for hours now and I simply cannot come up with a solution for this: What I'm trying to achieve is transforming an orientation vector into 3 glm::rotation calls. I have a cylinder positioned at (0, 0, 0) with a…
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Getting started with Leap Motion

I just got my Leap Motion controller. But i must admit that i dont know how to get the basic initialisation up and running in SmartMS !? I have included the leapmotionts-1.0.9+8391.js from https://github.com/logotype/LeapMotionTS and added the…
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How do I connect an SDK to Visual Studio?

I'm very new to SDK. I don't know how to add SDKs I downloaded to Visual Studio. To be more specific, I've downloaded the SDK from LEAP MOTION for Windows: https://developer.leapmotion.com/dashboard I am currently using Visual Studio 2012 and…
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