Leap Motion controller is a futile gesture - Business - The Boston Globe

Hiawatha Bray: not a Leap fan...

"The Leap Motion gesture detection system is a sleek and sophisticated device. But it works with only a limited set of software, and even then, not very well. I’m sure it will get better as developers enhance the software, but so what? The very capable engineers at Leap Motion have created a solution to a problem that nobody’s got.
Nobody but Microsoft Corp., perhaps. The interface for the newish Windows 8 operating system lets users scroll through a menu of apps by stroking the screen. But most people don’t own touchscreen computers, and plummeting PC sales prove that few of us are buying new ones. But plug the $80 Leap Motion device into any late-model Windows or Apple Inc. Macintosh machine, and you’re supposed to get touchscreen-like performance, without leaving fingerprints."

Leap Motion controller is a futile gesture - Business - The Boston Globe