I think my arm would get tired holding it in front of the screen. It's going to be hard to displace Apple's original mouse. (No MS did not invent the mouse) However the multi-gesture trackpad is really close (except for gaming)
Haha, I had forgotten that Apple was responsible for the mouse. The trackpad is alright. Back when I owned a laptop, I used the trackpad only when using a mouse would be too uncomfortable, e.g. sitting on a couch with my laptop.
But back to LeapMotion. Now I'm wondering if holding up your hands is a requirement. I don't think it should be. Maybe you could use your relaxed-fist as a mouse? Still, that's a super expensive mouse. And perhaps you can get rid of the circuity of a keyboard, if you put a material in the keys that can be detected very well by infrared cameras (plenty of people online think that LeapMotionuses these).
Lastly, I found this on the LeapMotion website.
The Leap Motion Controller will change the way you work without changing what already works for you. So it doesn?t replace your keyboard, mouse, stylus, or trackpad. It works with them, and without special adapters. Just plug it into the USB on your Mac or PC, and you?re off.
So I guess they changed their message of "replacing the mouse." I said earlier that I didn't it see it as a mouse-killer, but if the cost goes down then maybe it could be that and something more.
