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Re:Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices by ChrisFornof on Monday May 21, 2012 @03:09PM (#4004362)
Dev Kits ship for free to 20,000 developers in 1-3 months.

Pre-orders are for consumers at $70 and ship this winter.

The idea is to give all the hackers maximum access to create awesome apps and then deliver a healthy shiny ecosystem to the consumer. Also, we'd like to see a larger shift towards people creating things, so encouraging early adopters to get aboard the coding train is a positive trend.

It's a huge new interaction space, and we're looking for innovators to explore it!

Re:Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices by Sidnicious on Monday May 21, 2012 @05:15PM (#4004977)
That’s awesome. Are there any differences between the consumer model and the dev kit, other than the price (and will people who bought the consumer model be able to develop with it later)?

Other people have asked about openness… will there be any kind of control over what programs can use it (i.e. do they need to be approved by you guys to work?)

Re:Leap: A new gesture based interface for devices by elisk on Monday May 21, 2012 @06:09PM (#4005170)
So this will run approved software only as well?

Well, that's a big turnoff for a dev. Why instead of maximizing the short term profit you concentrate on the long-term and make this system open with certain limitations to assure your business?