motion control

  • Oculus Touch Hands-On: So Damn Good

    Oculus Touch Hands-On: So Damn Good

    Last week, the company that (literally) kickstarted the new virtual reality industry announced a groundbreaking new controller that lets you reach out and touch things in virtual worlds. I just gave it a spin. It’s good. Damn good.


  • Standalone Kinect For Xbox One Coming In October

    Standalone Kinect For Xbox One Coming In October

    Not long ago, Microsoft took the Kinect out of some of its Xbox One bundles, dropping the price of the console to $499 (in Australia) and giving devs extra power to play with. If you got one of those and want to add a Kinect later, you’ll be able to in October for $169.95 (Australian…


  • Leap Motion Teardown: Magic Made Simply

    Leap Motion Teardown: Magic Made Simply

    The motion-controlled, hover-hands future isn’t quite here yet, but we’ve used a Leap Motion, and we can tell you first hand that it’s damn awesome. But what’s inside that little box of magic? A developer at SparkFun electronics dove inside to find out. The guts are surprisingly modest.