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Good things are worth sharing! Following our challenge campaigns on Windows Phone – AR Drone and Windows Phone – Lumia, we are proud to bring you Leap Motion Challenge on Windows 8!
This time round, we will be giving out 10 Leap Motion Controllers to Singapore developers. We are looking for great applications on the Windows 8 store which already works great with Keyboard & Mouse, even better with Touch and freaking awesome with a Leap Motion 3D sensor! Think in term of interactive stories, eye-hand coordination games, psychomotor skill challenges, 3D object modeling and manipulation, art and painting, instruments playing, music mixing and creation, and even more…
Drop us an email at win8sg@Microsoft.com with your app idea. We will validate your idea and ship you one of these awesome devices once your application is published onto the Windows 8 Store. Join our community group on Facebook for more updates on Windows 8 related stories.
FAQ (Updated as of 7th August 2013)
Q. Can the application work only with Leap Motion device, and not with keyboard/mouse and touch?
A. The store requires application to work smoothly with keyboard/mouse and touch experience. We ask that you think of ideas which would make this experience even better.
Q. Can I use the leap motion device on a Surface RT?
A. As of today, the device drivers for leap motion are written for x86 architecture and Mac operating system. We hope in near future there would be the leap motion controller would be compatible with default USB HID drivers.
Q. If I wish to write a native x86 desktop application for leap motion, would I qualify for this challenge?
A. Nope, we are specifically looking for Store applications for the challenge right now. But…… if you really have a world changing application (x86 desktop) that would be beneficial to a lot of users, sure! Do drop us an email, we would love to evaluate it.
Q. Do I need the leap motion SDK or the physical sensor to develop for Windows 8 Store app?
A. Nope. You do not need the sensor or the SDK to develop for a Windows 8 Store app. We recommend that you stick to the Windows 8 SDK. Dependencies on 3rd party SDK such as leap motion’s JavaScript or C# library might not pass Windows Store certification.
Q. Can I loan the devices for testing?
A. We have limited sets of giveaways, and wish to award them to developers in a new, unopened, unused condition. However we do have a 2 extra sets, which would require you to be physically present in our office for testing. Besides, we love to talk to developers like yourself 🙂
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