Leap Motion + zbrush/mudbox

devingeesr

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQkKyOOyLSs&feature=plcp"]Leap Motion hands-on - YouTube[/ame]
How sick would it be to have.

devingeesr

http://leapmotion.com/

cryrid

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99828&

The general consensus seemed to be less sweet and more meh.

devingeesr

What if it'd used as a way to move around the model and select tools?
You can still use the wacom for drawing and stuff and use the other hand to control other elements.

pior

Did you put some more thought into it ? I mean, how would you foresee (precisely) how this could be useful ? Either with Zbrush and Mud in their current state accepting 2D cursor inputs only, or even imagining some future support for the Leap in the future.

Now I am not saying that this is not possible - but with the video above I see no practical application for demanding CG work. However if you can imagine an interesting way to use it for 3D (other than painful rotating and pinch-zoom to review the model) then this thread could be a good place to take things further and brainstorm fresh concepts and ideas

I personally could see it being used for ... quad/radial menus. For instance, mounting the device above the keyboard and teaching it a few gestures triggering certain brushes, tools or actions. A very transparent integration - just a shortcut tool really (with close to nothing "fancy" happening on screen).

As far as real time 3D manipulation I dont think it'll work too well if at all - because of the nature of our 3D programs really.

Jason Young

pior wrote: »

I personally could see it being used for ... quad/radial menus. For instance, mounting the device above the keyboard and teaching it a few gestures triggering certain brushes, tools or actions. A very transparent integration - just a shortcut tool really (with close to nothing "fancy" happening on screen).

This functionality built into a cintiq or tablet pc would be neat.

Stuff like the leap that lacks tactile feedback is pretty useless for 3d work.

poopipe

New wacoms have all the multi touch crap don't they?

gray

i'm going to hold of judgement on these things until get to use one. you could probably get the thing to work in 3d but the problem i see is calculating pressure on the surface. with a wacom it works with a simple mechanism in the pen. but how would you measure the pressure of a stroke on the surface of a 3d object?

throttlekitty

Necro. I just learned about this, apparently it's launching now. Sounds pretty badass, they say that Best Buy will at least carry them, I'm hoping they'll have a demo stand.

https://www.leapmotion.com/ for an updated video.