Replacing Your Mouse With Leap Motion Controller

If you have ever used the xBox game controller with its Kinect extension which relies on body movement instead of having to press buttons, you may be wanting to have something like that for your computer. The idea of using your hands to control the cursor movement on the screen instead of pushing your mouse around is an intriguing idea. Moving your hands in the air to control what is on the screen sounds so much like the future for technology that we envisioned years back. It seems that the glimpse into the future may be here now with the Leap Motion controller which is an add on to your computer.

The Leap Motion controller lets you use your hands to interact with the screen in ways that were not previously possible. It easily plugs into your USB port to then allow you to use it when interacting with the screen. One of the obvious uses for the Leap Motion controller will be games which will make this a lot of fun. Drawing will be another and with its fine precision that it can track, this should be popular.

It is a bit different in how it works, especially if you compare it to the Kinect. The Kinect does not detect fine movements because of what it is designed to work with. The Leap Motion works with cameras and infrared optics allowing it to be able to keep track of your fingers and where they are at. And that is tracking each finger individually. The key to the future for the Leap Motion controller is having software which will interact with it and should not take to long with companies looking at the Leap Motion Controller.

It seems that the idea of the Leap Motion Controller has caught on as HP will be embedding the Leap Motion controller into the coming HP ENVY17 Leap Motion SE laptop which should be available starting in October. For HP to commit to this shows that the technology is viable and useful in computers.


While this still has more work to be done to deliver the kind of interaction that we desire, that is more software related than anything else. And the improvements are continuing on the software side and will continue to get better especially as more software provides the ability to work with the Leap Motion Controller. The only drawback is that bright light has an impact on the ability of the Leap Motion to identify your hand movements. So, if you want to work with the future today, it is here with the Leap Motion Controller. And you can pick it up at the Leap Motion Store for $79.99 plus tax and shipping. A pretty inexpensive way to begin playing with the future.