🎸 Leap Motion Finger Tracking on Guitar
✨chacha's tips:
- Leap Motion needs a clear view of the wrist + front of the forearm to track stably. Guitar neck blocks it, so “desktop mode” (sensor below, looking upward) is the most reliable setup.
- Mount it directly on the guitar body with a bracket, positioned under the neck and angled up at the left hand.
- If you stay in one spot while playing, just placing it on a table looking up also works great.
- For different fretboard positions (rhythm guitar vs solo guitar), you may need to slightly tweak the Leap Motion’s position and angle.
- Route the data through Warudo or VSeeFace → OSC to VMC / Unity / whatever you use.
- Leap Motion is discontinued now. Stretch-sensor gloves like StretchSense are super comfy for daily use, but they struggle with the tiny, fast finger movements in guitar playing.
🤘 Summary: For tracking guitar playing, Leap Motion is relatively affordable, extremely responsive, but has a higher learning curve and setup difficulty.
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