Make your avatar wave

摘要

In January, Jason Gholston reached out and touched a virtual universe. A senior producer at Linden Labs, the company behind virtual world Second Life, Gholston has hacked the Leap Motion gestural device. His prototype lets Second Life players control flight, manipulate objects and get their avatar to make gestures. "It's very neat to just wave your hands and see things respond in the world, and with an acceptable amount of latency," says Gholston. Linden Labs has now handed over further Leap development to Second Life's open-source community. Gholston says the Leap has the potential to give Second Lifers full control over their virtual hands and fingers through their real ones.