Aurora
Welcome to a whole new world.
Aurora is a virtual space created by Ultraleap – it contains islands where each hosts a different experience for you to explore. Follow our tutorials which will show you how to navigate around the space without having to physically move yourself, and learn how to use your hands by imitating our ghost hands.
Aurora is all about interaction. You will spawn shapes with your fingers, and then grab and stack them with your hands. You will pinch in the air to generate different colour ribbons of paint that you can use to create your own abstract art in VR. You will interact with an exploded view of a product, using your hands to orientate a turntable to more easily examine and pick up different sized components.
Along with being a fun creative experience, Aurora showcases Ultraleap’s experience with hand tracking interactions and interface design reflecting a lot of what we have laid out in our XR design guidelines.
Initially created as an easy showcase for interaction research, Aurora is a sandbox environment built using our Unity plugin, which means you can see exactly what is possible to build for yourself with our developer tools.
Unity Plugin Features contained in this application:
Requires:
- Ultraleap Hyperion or Gemini software
- Note: this application works for Windows and Android headsets, so make sure to download the appropriate version of Hyperion or Gemini for your headset.
- A compatible VR headset
- Windows: Any headset that is tethered to a PC is supported.
- Android: We have tested against Pico 3/4, Quest 2/3/Pro, and Lynx R1.
- An Ultraleap camera
- Leap Motion Controller 2 (using Hyperion)
- Stereo IR 170 (using Gemini)
- Leap Motion Controller (using Gemini on Desktop platforms only)
Known Issues
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If you plug an Ultraleap camera into a Pico 4 after opening the Aurora app you will need to restart the app to initiate hand tracking.
Welcome to a whole new world.
Aurora is a virtual space created by Ultraleap – it contains islands where each hosts a different experience for you to explore. Follow our tutorials which will show you how to navigate around the space without having to physically move yourself, and learn how to use your hands by imitating our ghost hands.
Aurora is all about interaction. You will spawn shapes with your fingers, and then grab and stack them with your hands. You will pinch in the air to generate different colour ribbons of paint that you can use to create your own abstract art in VR. You will interact with an exploded view of a product, using your hands to orientate a turntable to more easily examine and pick up different sized components.
Along with being a fun creative experience, Aurora showcases Ultraleap’s experience with hand tracking interactions and interface design reflecting a lot of what we have laid out in our XR design guidelines.
Initially created as an easy showcase for interaction research, Aurora is a sandbox environment built using our Unity plugin, which means you can see exactly what is possible to build for yourself with our developer tools.
Unity Plugin Features contained in this application:
Requires:
- Ultraleap Hyperion or Gemini software
- Note: this application works for Windows and Android headsets, so make sure to download the appropriate version of Hyperion or Gemini for your headset.
- A compatible VR headset
- Windows: Any headset that is tethered to a PC is supported.
- Android: We have tested against Pico 3/4, Quest 2/3/Pro, and Lynx R1.
- An Ultraleap camera
- Leap Motion Controller 2 (using Hyperion)
- Stereo IR 170 (using Gemini)
- Leap Motion Controller (using Gemini on Desktop platforms only)
Known Issues
-
If you plug an Ultraleap camera into a Pico 4 after opening the Aurora app you will need to restart the app to initiate hand tracking.