[nairteashop]

This is very interesting, doubly so because at my last gig (retailnext.net) we were looking into shopper tracking via ToF technology.

Fine gestures like clicking do indeed work terribly on the Leap. Their own app (Touchless) uses a difficult "poke" gesture for clicking vs. some other coarse and easily-detectable gesture.

The one thing that Leap has going for it is though is that it is small and positioned under the wrist, which means that installation is super-easy, and at some point it will be built into some laptops and keyboards. This means it will likely do better in the consumer space. (assuming they can fix all the bugs, that is)

However, if your technology can detect more gestures robustly, it will do WAY better in professional environments where ease of installation is not such a big deal (e.g the surgery room, animation studios, etc). I'm sure you already know this, but just typing out my thoughts :)

[rywang]

A couple medical device companies and a hospital are evaluating our system right now. :-)

We're actively working on supporting smaller / shorter-range sensors as well. You probably already know that in addition to the Kinect, a lot more depth cameras are on the market now: PrimeSense's Capri, SoftKinetic, PMD, Inuitive Tec, etc. All of these companies have introduced gum-stick sized sensors that can be embedded in a laptop or monitor.