Leap Motion’s newest motion-tracking software just got much more precise. Today, the company released its Version 2 (V2) software to developers in a public beta. The update allows developers to create applications that can make use of very subtle finger and joint movements.
As Leap Motion’s first video of V2 in action shows, this could mean incredible things for the world of computer-generated animation. The video shows how the V2 software recognizes individual hand, fingers, joints, and bones through its “Visualizer” mode; you can compare its more-granular skills to the previous version of the software in this video. When those more-intricate gestures are mapped to an animated set of Mickey-Mouse-like hands, the on-screen results are incredibly smooth and lifelike.
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