The Most Important New Technology Since the Smart Phone Arrives December 2012

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8 points·olalonde··7 comments

This is the Leap Motion for the folks that don't want to click through - which I don't recommend.

Disclaimer: I have one on order.

The hype machine that Leap is unleashing is astronomical. Every day I read new journalists that say this is the most amazing technology ever. Leap has been constantly Tweeting about new jobs - designers, coders, managers, lawyers?!?

There is NO way that they can a) sustain this hype or b) pay for it.

Hope I get mine before they a) go out of business or b) get purchased by Google or Microsoft and left to rot on the vine.

Bah... I'll wait until Apple invents this technology about five years from now. I never buy non-apple product or technologies because I'm creative.

Real artist ship (Apple). Fake artists announce early (Google, Microsoft, Dell, HP, Samsung and LEAP).

Heh... fanboy much ?

most important will be Google Glass

this one is merely on the Kinect level

I haven't seen a Leap Motion in person, but if the demos are accurate then it is to Kinect what multi-touch capacitive touchscreens were to single-touch resistive touchscreens. That is potentially a pretty huge deal.

The geektastic glasses? I wear contacts so I don't have to wear glasses.

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