What do you think of this thing?
It could be cool, but I find myself getting old & jaded. The Leap Motion sensor has yet to take off, and I’m reminded of Logitech’s NuLOOQ Navigator. It was announced some 9 years ago, drove Adobe tools in similar ways, and failed to find traction in the market (though it’s evidently been superseded by the SpacePilot Pro).
But hey, who knows?
It is shocking for me to realize it has been that long ago since we got together, and I was so passionate about the leap motion, which has been a real disappointment; the huge battle with the release of cc (which has only dimmed) now your fingerprints are popping up on google. Maybe finally google will have a digital strength with you on board. The next step has to be the entire package in true 3D- no screen, no keyboard, no mouse. verbal command with thought integration, and self contained 3D imagery.
Leap experienced some reverse traction actually, being dropped at the conclusion of a beta program with a version of Corel Painter: http://tinyurl.com/n8aeb4w That was no real surprise in that the controller itself needed to be used exclusively. Or, put the other way around, it couldn’t be used in conjunction with a stylus (for example).
It seems to me that the Flow team did not make that mistake. But, their prototype in use with Photoshop looks to be only a very minor upgrade on what can be programmed into a Wacom tablet these days: http://tinyurl.com/lcmfjol
Combine it into a mouse and it would be useful, but as yet another controller on a desktop, I can’t see it getting too far.
Can see why you’re jaded – the video doesn’t help – rather too much pretentiousness.
E.g. “Creative work is less about tools and more about ideas”
….. err well – this is just a tool!
As Kim says – integrated in something else (Mouse, keyboard, tablet) would be cool – but not enough flexibility on it’s own.
Meant tablet as in wacom btw.