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The Leap Motion software involved minimal hand-holding, and gave the impression that gesture-based controls would be easy to master, with the sensor seeming to pick up each finger and hand rotation cleanly. Other than downloading a software suite, the peripheral was more-or-less plug-and-play, the unit powered and connected to my Mac via a USB cable. I had imagined having to input measurements like the controller's distance to the screen, or heeding requirements like keeping the device at a certain height, but none of that was necessary. Setting up the Leap Motion Controller was unexpectedly easy. Now, more than a year later, the $79 product has come to market, and after a week of feeling it out, it's hard to point a finger at what exactly is wrong with gesture-based computing, at least in its current state. A peripheral that lets users control their computer through hand gestures, this device showed plenty of promise when it was announced in May 2012. The game, Fast Iron, is just one of dozens of apps available for the newly launched Leap Motion Controller. My shooter, which in this case was my pointer finger, hadn't hit a damn thing all day. Alas, it was only a game, but I never really stood a chance.
After a good eight seconds of flailing, grabbing, and poking at the air above my desk, Frank Welty finally unholstered his sidearm and put me out of my misery.
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