C++ Support from Leap SDK

[rohiti346]

What is the support that is provided for C++ from Leap Motion SDK . Currently i see more about C# and the plane
to support UnReal tool which can be used for VR development.

I wanted to explore on this device for C++ and i dont see any update for the same from past 3 years.

Thanks and Regards,
Rohit Iti

[AlexColgan]

As noted on the other thread, C++ is no longer formally supported. Our Unity and Unreal implementations are both built on LeapC, which is a close-to-the-metal API. This was required in order to meet the performance demands of VR systems. However, we did release the method that would allow a developer to reimplement the C++ bindings on top of LeapC.

[rohiti346]

Thank you AlexColgan. Will check this .

[rohiti346]

AlexColgan : Is there a project or library with V3 version for C++ ? I downloaded project from https://github.com/leapmotion/LeapCxx this link but there are lots of classes missing ,

like : CircleGesture , InteractionBox, KeyTapGesture and many more.
Also some of the API of V2 are also missing.

I want to create an application using these API which will run on Raspberry pi board and will communicate to different devices. Am stuck here as there are lots of APIS missing.

[AlexColgan]

Those APIs were deprecated starting with V3, so you'd need to revert. More critically, our software is unable to run on a Pi.

[rohiti346]

What hardware does it support so that we can try buying that board. I already purchased LEAP device but also require the code to be flashed on some other hardware like Raspberry Pi or any other equivalent .

[AlexColgan]

You'll need an AMD Phenom™ II or Intel® Core™ i3/i5/i7 processor. There have been a couple of reports of people using single board computers, but they've experienced significant drops in frame rate as well as heating issues.

[rohiti346]

OK. Thank you for sharing this information.