LeapMotion

Leap Motion

Leap Motion SDK installation on Linux

1. Download the V2 Desktop SDK (registration needed)

2. Run the scripts/setup-leapsdk-linux.sh script: $ sudo ./setup-leapsdk-linux.sh <path-to-downloaded-tar>

   • This will untar and install leap motion SDK and placed native libraries in /opt/leapmotion folder.

3. Start / Stop Leap deamon: $ service leapd [start | stop]

Usage in Java projects

• To use LeapMotion SDK from Java add the /usr/leapmotion/LeapSDK/lib/LeapJava.jar to the project build path.

Related sites

• Developer documentation

• How does it work

• Related thesis

Known issues:

• jvm crash caused by listener