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Leap Motion Mac Download
The Leap Motion Controller is a small device that enables you to use your hands' motions to control your computer in an alternative and novel way with the help of its advanced motion sensors (2 cameras and 3 infrared LEDs).
In order to use the controller, you must first install the Leap Motion application on your Mac. The Leap Motion app is the software part that works with the hardware team to complete the whole hand-controller-Mac motion interaction process.
All the library, code, and header files required to develop Leap-enabled applications and plugins are included in the Leap Motion SDK, except the leap.js client JavaScript library. You can download the Leap Motion SDK from the Leap Motion Developer Portal. An SDK package is available for each supported operating system. The JavaScript client library is distributed separately and can be downloaded from the LeapJS GitHub repository.
Since Ultraleap has updated their program and it is currently not compatible with Motion LIVE 2D Plugin, then kindly refer to this link to download and install the previous version SDK for use in Cartoon Animator:
VSeeFace both supports sending and receiving motion data (humanoid bone rotations, root offset, blendshape values) using the VMC protocol introduced by Virtual Motion Capture. If both sending and receiving are enabled, sending will be done after received data has been applied. In this case, make sure that VSeeFace is not sending data to itself, i.e. the ports for sending and receiving are different, otherwise very strange things may happen.
It is possible to stream Perception Neuron motion capture data into VSeeFace by using the VMC protocol. To do so, load this project into Unity 2019.4.31f1 and load the included scene in the Scenes folder. Create a new folder for your VRM avatar inside the Avatars folder and put in the VRM file. Unity should import it automatically. You can then delete the included Vita model from the the scene and add your own avatar by dragging it into the Hierarchy section on the left.
Next, you can start VSeeFace and set up the VMC receiver according to the port listed in the message displayed in the game view of the running Unity scene. Once enabled, it should start applying the motion tracking data from the Neuron to the avatar in VSeeFace.
im trying to setup my leap motion controller just to help develop and really want to start up maybe a discord so we all can get together and troubleshoot and try to get this baby to work I think this is some awesome tech that needs to get over the old tech hump and working with new osx
so doing the aforementioned process you can trick the controller into connecting? do any of the demo games / programs work and can be downloaded and loaded and installed with a program you can click on and load like any other app or program installed on a Mac?
I have tried googling this, but it is a lot of programming talk i do not necessarily completely understand. All i have done so far is download the SDK for Leap Motion and found that programs can be written with python. which is a programming language i am somewhat familiar with.
From the samples on the SDK it seems it requires a module to start writing that means each leap motion app starts with "import Leap" in python. however i do not have this "Leap" module and I am not sure where to download it.
Pretty much I would like to be able to play around and create some basic apps that can do some simple things, but I am not so sure on how I would actually need to write the program for leap motion and then also how to turn it into an application that can be opened and controlled with the Leap Motion device.
Once the software has downloaded, navigate to the Downloads folder, open the Leap Motion Installer DMG and install the PKG file. The installer will take you through the process.
To install an app from the Airspace Store, visit its page in the store and click on the Free or Buy button depending on the app. If it is a free app, the Airspace Home app will open and start downloading it. If it is a paid app you will need to enter your password to confirm the purchase and, if it is your first time buying an app, add a credit card to your account.
As there are so few apps to choose from it is easy to quickly browse the store and download a few that take your fancy. To give you somewhere to start here are two of the apps I enjoyed playing around with.
Unique and intuitive motion controls
Psychedelic procedurally-generated graphics
Four unique interactive musical toys
An amazing soundtrack. Headphones recommended!
A weird, fuzzy feeling!
The Leap Motion Controller is compatible with Windows 7 or 8 or Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Leap Motion suggests a minimum of an AMDPhenom II or Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 processor, 2GB RAM, USB 2.0port, and an Internet connection. While they all are "requirements", the last one, an Internet connection, really isn't debatable. The first thing you'll have to do after plugging in the Leap Motion is to visit www.leapmotion.com/setup to download the appropriate software. There is no included CD or flashdrive for installing the software locally.
I found it interesting that, unlike many software downloads, the Leap Motion site couldn't automatically detect what type of computer I was using. Downloading the software was fairly quick and easy though I have a faster than average Internet connection. As I mentioned, I have a desktop and a laptop. My desktop is a PC and the laptop is a Mac. I had absolutely no problems getting the Leap Motion to work with the Mac. The PC...not so much. But, and I say this not to defend a product that may be defective but because it is true, my PC is a piece of junk. It is older than two of my children, has been "upgraded" a few times by me to keep it working even though it should have died long ago. It habitually doesn't work with hardware that it should. So, while this review will focus solely on the interactions with the Mac, if you have the minimum requirements listed above, you should have no problems getting it to work with your PC (I did a quick Google search and didn't come up with anything that looked to be a systemic issue with PCs).
After you download the software, it will walk you through a tutorial. I've been through the tutorial a few times and it still confuses me. The gist of it is that you need to put your hands over the Leap Motion to start each of the sections and when you move your hands away for a few seconds, it will advance to the next section. The coolest "tutorial" was the one where they showed you a wireframe representation of what the Leap Motion sees. While I had to take the pictures myself so you can only see one hand in the pictures below, it would accurately and in real-time track all five of my fingers and even know when my hand was upside down. It was exactly what I was looking for in the Leap Motion and I really got excited after seeing this.
The next thing you'll need to do is download a few apps. One of the disadvantages (at this time) is that not all apps are available for all platforms. That means you may hear of an app and want it just to find that it is Mac or (less likely) PC specific. Currently, there are over 80 apps in the "Airspace" app store for Leap Motion. Many are pay apps but some are free. Regardless, the first app you'll want to download is "Touchless". It is created by Leap Motion for both platforms and I really don't understand why they don't include it with the initial download. This is the app that allows you to interact with your computer using the Leap Motion.
There are three settings - Intro (takes you through the introduction), Basic, and Advanced. I would have preferred more direct control, but there is an app for that as well. As you can see, depending on the mode, the controls differ quite dramatically. I preferred the Basic mode and, and must say, during the course of writing this paragraph, I finally got the hang of rotating. If you are familiar with the touchpad controls on a Mac laptop, these motions will feel very familiar to you. The hard part is getting used to making those gestures in a three-dimensional plane without any tactile feedback. I'm still trying to get the hang of the Advanced Mode. The second app that should be downloaded is Mac specific. Better Touch Tool as all the configurations you'll need to customize your Leap Motion experience.
Essentially, you can customize motions up, down, left, or right and the number of fingers used and map them to specific actions. You can also map one to five finger taps and one to three finger circles clockwise and counterclockwise. Currently, I have "Show the Desktop" mapped to a clap and a five-finger left swipe mapped to "Show Application Switcher". These are actions I do often and the Leap Motion takes a lot of the hassle out of them. As you might guess, mapping these gestures can interfere with other apps (like games) or just controlling your computer (though the Touchless app). I found that using the Better Touch Tool was something that I used a lot during certain situations but not at all during others.
There are a number of games for the Leap Motion including Fruit Ninja and Cut the Rope. Cut the Rope is free and I tried it out. It works much, much better than I expected with the cursor staying always on the screen. You don't "cut" unless your motion is fast enough and you select not by pressing forward but by hovering for a set period of time. I didn't think I'd like this app but I have to admit that I did.
The object is inspired by aka.leapmotion, developed by Masayuki Akamatsu, but was re-written for the new tracking API. The object has separate outlets for gestures, hands, fingers, and frame information. Most of the features of the SDK are dumped as prefixed messages in Max.