10 years after the launch of Leap Motion—which garnered praise for offering some of the best hand-tracking in the industry—the company has announced a next-generation version of the device which now ...

Qualcomm has debuted an updated version of their VR Headset Reference Design now with Leap Motion’s new 180-degree hand-tracking to bring gesture control to mobile VR headsets. The new headset and ...

Hoping to jumpstart commercial and enterprise use of its hand tracking technology, high-profile startup Leap Motion Inc. has raised $50 million in a later-stage round. Founded in 2010, Leap Motion is ...

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When Leap Motion debuted in 2010, it felt like a technology in search of a platform. The startup demoed some truly impressive motion tracking technology as a means of interacting with two-dimensional ...

As immersive as virtual reality can be, you're still left holding awkwardly shaped controllers in your hands -- a reminder that you're very much in the real world. But what if instead of hitting A to ...

One of the first things people do when they put on a virtual reality headset is try to look down at their hands. One company has the technology to ensure that you’ll actually see them. Leap Motion has ...

A snap-on faceplate will add 3D hand-tracking capabilities to the open-source VR headset's design, but you'll have to pay extra. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable ...

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Leap Motion released a public beta on Tuesday of its Interaction Engine, a powerful system that will help virtual reality users reach out, grab, and interact with virtual objects using only their ...