This is the AS3 framework for working with Leap Motion.

Leap Motion is a motion-control software and hardware company developing the world's most powerful and sensitive 3D motion-control and motion-sensing technology.

leapmotion.com

Clone the repo, git clone git://github.com/logotype/LeapMotionAS3.git.

Create an instance of the Controller class:

controller = new Controller();
controller.addEventListener( LeapEvent.LEAPMOTION_INIT, onInit );
controller.addEventListener( LeapEvent.LEAPMOTION_CONNECTED, onConnect );
controller.addEventListener( LeapEvent.LEAPMOTION_DISCONNECTED, onDisconnect );
controller.addEventListener( LeapEvent.LEAPMOTION_EXIT, onExit );
controller.addEventListener( LeapEvent.LEAPMOTION_FRAME, onFrame );

What you'll get from the LEAPMOTION_FRAME handler is a Frame instance, with strongly typed properties such as Hands, Pointables, Direction, Gestures and more:

    private function onFrame( event:LeapEvent ):void
    {
        // Get the most recent frame and report some basic information
        var frame:Frame = event.frame;
    	trace( "Frame id: " + frame.id + ", timestamp: " + frame.timestamp + ", hands: " + frame.hands.length + ", fingers: " + frame.fingers.length + ", tools: " + frame.tools.length );
    
    	if ( frame.hands.length > 0 )
    	{
    		// Get the first hand
    		var hand:Hand = frame.hands[ 0 ];
    
    		// Check if the hand has any fingers
    		var fingers:Vector.<Finger> = hand.fingers;
    		if ( fingers.length > 0 )
    		{
    			// Calculate the hand's average finger tip position
    			var avgPos:Vector3 = Vector3.zero();
    			for each ( var finger:Finger in fingers )
    				avgPos = avgPos.plus( finger.tipPosition );
    
    			avgPos = avgPos.divide( fingers.length );
    			trace( "Hand has " + fingers.length + " fingers, average finger tip position: " + avgPos );
    		}
    
    		// Get the hand's sphere radius and palm position
    		trace( "Hand sphere radius: " + hand.sphereRadius + " mm, palm position: " + hand.palmPosition );
    
    		// Get the hand's normal vector and direction
    		var normal:Vector3 = hand.palmNormal;
    		var direction:Vector3 = hand.direction;
    
    		// Calculate the hand's pitch, roll, and yaw angles
    		trace( "Hand pitch: " + LeapUtil.toDegrees( direction.pitch ) + " degrees, " + "roll: " + LeapUtil.toDegrees( normal.roll ) + " degrees, " + "yaw: " + LeapUtil.toDegrees( direction.yaw ) + " degrees\n" );
    	}
    }

Optionally, you can simply call controller.frame() e.g. in your main loop, or implement the Listener interface for callbacks.

You can use this library on both web and AIR projects. If you are using it on an AIR for Desktop project, you can take advantage of the AIR Native Extension.

Download the ane-file and place it somewhere in your project (preferably in the directory where you would put your swc files). Link the ane file to your project:

####Flash Builder 4.7

1. Right click on your AIR for desktop project and choose properties.
2. Select Actionscript build path > Library path and click on Add SWC… Select the ane file you just downloaded.
3. In that same window, choose Native Extensions and click on Add ANE… Select that same ane file.
4. Select Actionscript Build Packaging > Native extensions. Check the checkbox next to the native extension. Ignore the warning that says the extension isn't used.

####Flash CC/Flash CS6

1. Select File > Actionscript settings.
2. On the Library Path tab, click on the "Browse to a Native Extension (ANE)" button (button to the right of the SWC button).
3. Choose the ane file you just downloaded.

####IntelliJ IDEA

1. Right-click on your module and choose "Open Module Settings".
2. Select the build configuration for your Module and open the Dependencies tab.
3. Click on the plus (+) button on the bottom of that window and choose "New Library…".
4. Choose the ane file you just downloaded.

###Using the ANE on Windows

If you are using the ANE on Windows, you need to copy Leap.dll and Leapd.dll to the same folder as your executable (for debug builds). When applications are running with ADL, you need to set the PATH environment variable to the same folder as your executable. In some circumstances, it can be easiest to copy Leap.dll and Leapd.dll to the folder where adl.exe exists.

API documentation

To generate documentation, simply run ant docs from the build/ directory.

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