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The DUO Kit 3D motion sensor

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13 pointsdanboarder8 comments

One important suggestion (if any of the team members are watching this story): I just signed up for site and received my password in plain text in an email. Please don't do this.

on-topic: I'm really excited to see this. I can't wait to get my hands on a leap motion, I think that we are on the verge of some really cool tools and toys.

off topic: it drives me crazy that in 2013 sites are still auto-playing videos w/ sound. When I scan through the front page I'll open up the articles I want to read, then ctrl-tab through them. Real annoying to have to scan through them first to figure out who is blasting noise at me.

Not sure if the admins can add something about the autoplaying vid in the title to make people aware, but that turned me off pretty quick.

I agree. I can't edit the story link but here is a better link: http://www.duo3d.com/about/ (same page but video does not auto-play)

Response from https://www.leapmotion.com/ ?

How does this compare to Leap Motion?

There really is very little in terms of hardware in a Leap Motion. It's basically two webcam grade cameras, 3 infra-red LEDs and a plastic IR filter. This is just the same thing.

From their forum here: http://www.duo3d.com/forums/viewthread/9/

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Well first and foremost the biggest difference is we believe that everyone should be able to make and understand our sensors. That is why we focus on a DIY solution keeping the cost as low as possible. We also believe that people should have these devices as soon as possible and not have to wait. That is why we are going for a Kickstarter project so we can get the community involved in making awesome open hardware.

As for the technical details we use a independently discovered and developed methods to perform our tracking. Further more we are not only limited to hand/finger tracking but our algorithms allow for other potential tracking scenarios that are still unexplored.

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