Spotlight: Hardware

2013-06-08 00:00:00 2013-06-09 00:00:00 America/Toronto Spotlight: Hardware The physical world and the digital world will soon be indistinguishable. The demand for bringing digital interactive experiences into something tangible continues to grow and that is in great part due to the accessible technology emerging which can support such a thing. 3D printing and micro-controllers mean… Toronto FITC Toronto

Presentation

Introduction to Leap Motion
Web Dev

Overview

The new Leap Motion brings the fantastical UI of Minority Report to a reality available on your own desktop.  Come and explore the Leap Motion and it’s SDK and APIs.  Learn how to incorporate gestures into desktop applications, Unity 3D projects, and into your clients’ web pages using the JavaScript API.  In addition to the technical discussion of the API, we’ll also be talking about some of the challenges in moving your interface design from requiring a mouse to now requiring a wave of the hand or flick of a finger.