When this video of Leap Motion’s motion sensing technology came out, there was plenty of buzz from the tech community and rightly so. Based on the demo, Leap Motion appeared to be a game changer for gesture controls, enabling a level of sophistication previously reserved for the keyboard. But how would it perform under real world settings? What are some of the applications? How will it affect UI? While many of these questions are largely unanswered–Leap Motion is still only accepting preorders–we now know that they are looking for mainstream adoption thanks to a recent partnership with Best Buy. According to Techcrunch, the startup will now be selling their Leap controller on their site and Best Buy in addition to shipping it with new Asus PCs in 2013.
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Asus’ Qube Set Top Box For Google TV
The Qube looks a lot like a Boxee box and is powered by Google TV coming with the latest features like voice controls and the updated YouTube app. The set-top box has a very unique interface with everything on screen “rotating on a on-screen cube shape.” Google TV has been mostly a pet project for Google, but expect aggressive expansion in the next year or so.
