{"id":658583,"date":"2013-05-16T18:31:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=818539"},"modified":"2013-05-16T18:31:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:31:17","slug":"leap-motion-talks-new-beta-we-go-hands-on-with-motion-controlled-google-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/658583","title":{"rendered":"Leap Motion Talks New Beta, We Go Hands On With Motion-Controlled Google Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" src=\"http:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/leap-motion-google-earth.png?w=100&amp;h=70&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-tc-carousel-river-thumb wp-post-image\" alt=\"leap-motion-google-earth\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 7px 0;\" \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pshared.5min.com\/Scripts\/PlayerSeed.js?sid=577&#038;width=640&#038;%23038;height=390&#038;%23038;colorPallet=%230A9600&#038;%23038;hasCompanion=false&#038;%23038;sequential=0&#038;%23038;videoControlDisplayColor=%23000000&#038;%23038;playList=517782777&#038;%23038;videoGroupID=133503&#038;%23038;autoStart=false&#038;%23038;playerActions=16439\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leap Motion was showing off its still <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.leapmotion.com\/\">unreleased gesture motion controller<\/a> for computers at Google I\/O 2013. The demo unit allowed you to use the controller to navigate Google Earth, and the functionality felt ready for prime time to me, as this was the first time I&#8217;d ever used the Leap Motion. The controls seemed intuitive, and within a few\u00a0minutes\u00a0I was flying around the globe pretty handily, though I did have some trouble finding San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>I asked about <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2013\/04\/25\/leap-motion-controller-ship-date-delayed-until-july-22-due-to-a-need-for-a-larger-longer-beta-test\/\">Leap Motion&#8217;s recent announcement that it would delay launch<\/a> in order to further beta test Leap, and as you can see in the video the company is keen to note that the hardware is solid, but there&#8217;s a need for more testing around the consumer experience. Leap seems very confident they can deliver by their new\u00a0anticipated\u00a0ship date of late July, however.<\/p>\n<p>The tech is impressive regardless of whether it hits a little later than anticipated, but it&#8217;ll be interesting to see if the extended beta has an effect on how it&#8217;s eventually received by consumers.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tctechcrunch2011.wordpress.com\/818539\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=au8x0OXkf28:mSWyBZBqAtc:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=au8x0OXkf28:mSWyBZBqAtc:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=au8x0OXkf28:mSWyBZBqAtc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=au8x0OXkf28:mSWyBZBqAtc:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=au8x0OXkf28:mSWyBZBqAtc:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leap Motion was showing off its still unreleased gesture motion controller for computers at Google I\/O 2013. The demo unit allowed you to use the controller to navigate Google Earth, and the functionality felt ready for prime time to me, as this was the first time I&#8217;d ever used the Leap Motion. The controls seemed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6449,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6449"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}