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The motion controller Leap Motion, which drew attention from last year, was finally shipped to global buyers by the end of July, after a continuous postponement of the release date. Can such a tiny controller make you a Donnistack in the Iron Man, or in a key report, like Tom Cruise? All questions will be answered for you ...

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The Simple white outer box, the front has greatly marked the name and the photograph of own product. Open, is a welcome to enter the new world of control of the white Paper card, machine body and two USB 2.0 cable (one long short) and a thin user guide (no one will look at XD), there is not much content.

When you take out the main controller, you can see that it's very small, 1.25cm x 3.04cm x 7.62cm, weight is only 40g, about 4 of the IPhone 5 and a little more. The above posted a start URL sticker, tell you to start before the Leap Motion website download the corresponding program. The controller has a display light and a USB interface, when you connect the leap Motion to the computer, the lantern turns green, which means that you are officially starting to use it-and if you notice, the leap Motion's lid will be lit with red lights when it comes online, which is the light of the sensor itself.

Leap Motion also like the rest of the smart device has its own exclusive application store, want to use any program need to go to the store to download first, there are pre-set to automatically download those several, of course, you can also choose what kind of App you want. Apps in the App Store are divided into seven major topics, covering education, science, gaming, music, work, and so on, depending on whether the program supports Windows, Macs, or Cross-platform. It is estimated that there are not many developers involved, at present, there are only a few dozens of app stores in the App Store, and the function is also a bit too spring; In the operation of the App store or download program, you can not go through Leap Motion directly into the download, or need to use the mouse and keyboard auxiliary to complete the operation-at least at home App , you should enable operation support. Leap Motion will need to be strengthened in this part, compared to the Kinect's direct manipulation of most movements.

Come to the most anticipated hands-on experience section, thinking that this is a machine that is positioned in a smaller range-the height of the custom highest height in the setting is 25cm, the left and right range is a fan-shaped upward expansion-so the machine is a MacBook Pro with Retina Display 15″ Plus Leap Motion to test. The placement is in the front and right side of the MacBook Pro (edited as right-handed). In terms of program we chose three apps to test, namely the New York times for Leap Motion, the Google earth and the touchless for Mac.

The first is the New York times for Leap Motion, when you open this program, you look like an electronic magazine, it will split the news into a separate page, want to see the next one, the cursor to the left/right, and so on to jump to the article you want to read, read the reading can be done. And the most interesting thing is that you have to rotate your hand clockwise, just as you do on a roll reel, and vice versa, a retro and playful design, and then Google earth, if you've ever seen a show on Leap Motion's official YouTube, It feels so good to travel around the Earth as if you're sitting on a plane. But the actual test situation is, fly a plane crashed. Do not know is Leap Motion too sensitive or somehow. In advance, it is easy to speed too fast, and then the direction of rotation is rather insensitive, whether it is left or right or up and down rotation is not good adjustment. In the entire experience of the Google Earth is really the sea, and then ... .

And the last touchless for Mac, featuring Leap Motion allows you to operate the computer, is also one of the leap Motion's biggest selling point. The basic features include clicks, scrolling up and down, zooming in and out-clicking is using gestures to simulate the action you click in the range that Leap Motion can sense. Imagine you are in the slippery point of the smart phone, but you do not have a mobile phone, everything is virtual, the use of scrolling up and down the same way; The advanced function includes a single hand amplification, both hands amplification and rotation, and the interface allows you to choose which features you want to use. But the thing you most want to ask is, can this bottom replace the mouse? To be honest, we also imagine the steel people like the control of the computer, the heavy mouse to the side, but in the use of such as clicks, scrolling up and down or zoom out, and not as predictable as the sensitive, often will not point; In the rotation of the time is not arbitrary, the most important thing is, as long as beyond a point of range, you can not use. So you want to discard the mouse? There's a long way to go.

Comparing Microsoft's Kinect,leap Motion for Xbox players with smaller and smaller operating advantages, the Kinect's operational response and entertainment are superior to Leap Motion in terms of operating experience, and sitting is not as easy as it might seem, and the hands are easily sour , and often accidentally touch them when typing. And probably just launched the relationship, Leap Motion operation is not as advertised as smooth, perhaps after a period of time we can see more mature Leap Motion, look forward to future software updates will have more fun and practical App and more smooth operation.