Want to Touch VR Porn? Leap Motion to the Rescue

I can image what she is holding. Image credit: Leap Motion

Just recently, I detailed Qualcomm’s new headset reference design that will be released for consumers in late 2017. One of the more interesting elements of Qualcomm’s headset is the inclusion of the leap motion tracker. As I discuss below, Leap Motion inclusion will offer game developers, virtual reality porn developers, and adult app developers some interesting possibilities for user interaction schemes that rely on hand movements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnFXkuOS17Y

The Qualcomm reference design that I discussed earlier in the week has many unique bells and whistles that make it stand out from the crowd of other virtual reality headsets. This headset is the first headset that will run off of the Snapdragon 835 processor which means it will be ultra power-efficient while being incredibly fast. It is also an all-in-one headset that includes eye tracking, inside out tracking, and leap motion tracking which allows the headset to display a visualization of the user’s hands that are tracked in 3D. Besides looking cool, tracking users’ hands in 3D will provide developers many unique user interface opportunities in addition to potential immersive gameplay interaction design elements that could be used in adult virtual reality apps.

The Technology

The developers at Leap Motion have been trying to get a foothold in the PC industry for some time now. Their tiny device projects a series of lasers at objects that their software can interpret as 3D objects. First developed on the PC, Leap Motion trackers were designed for a new user interface paradigm that was focused on gesture control. As well know, gesture control fell out of fashion. At this point, Leap Motion decided to focus their efforts on virtual reality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd9vsXUMd6o

Attached to Virtual Reality Headsets

As with the new Qualcomm reference design, Leap Motion sensors can be attached to other virtual reality headsets like the Razer OSVR HDK2. In this case, the sensor is an attachable mod that goes on the front of the HDK2.  Furthermore, because the Leap Motion sensors are low power and high precision, they can be used for real-time interactive hand tracking in the all-in-one headsets like Qualcomm’s reference design.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJPxyWM9Ujg

Additionally, Leap Motion has expanded the sensor’s ability to view wider angles beyond what was possible in the earliest development models. Currently, the new Leap sensors can scan 180° areas. This is almost the full range of human vision. As a result, the headset should be able to track your hands in almost any natural position.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDCxi8j8hi8

With these capabilities, early demos show that users can grasp virtual objects with their hands in a very convincing and realistic manner. The demos show smoothly animated CG virtual hands controlled by the precise tracking of the Leap Motion software and hardware. This gives users a greater sense that they are in a virtual reality space. When using a Leap Motion in one of these demos, you can look down and more or less see your hands represented in real time.

What is the point?

There will be multiple uses for the Leap Motion software and hardware. Early demos show hand gestures controlling virtual user interface controls which include icons and invisible gesture elements. Virtual reality adult developers, take note, other uses of the software and hardware potentially could make your applications far more realistic and natural in terms of user interaction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nt8lD06q7k

It’s easy to imagine scenarios where the users can interact with virtual adult subjects in a variety of sexual situations. Imagine touching VR porn and virtual sex. It would be far superior from a user standpoint, to use Leap Motion’s hand tracking in place of a gamepad or keyboard and mouse controls. One such scenario that I can imagine, would be, just the simple act of bouncing Babylons. All a user would have to do would be to reach out and squeeze, and the Babylons would realistically jiggle and bounce like the real thing. We need this!