Leap motion to prototype VR

[piede828]

Today it's really hard to find way to do rapid prototyping for VR.
As a designer, I want to have a tool that allows me to quickly visualise an interaction, without having to go to deep into the development.

So far I've been using Unity and VRTK to prototype things.
But I've been playing around with the idea of using the leap motion (without the headset) to prototype experiences for VR.

The advantage I see is that you don't have to be wearing a headset all the time.
LP could even simulate the Oculus hands and simplify the design exploration process quite a lot in my opinion.

Has anyone tried or thought of this already?

[AlexColgan]

Sure, we've used our own Paint demo on many occasions to prototype scenes and interfaces.

[piede828]

Actually I was thinking more of something like this: https://lookingglassfactory.com/

What if you could use Leap Motion to prototype VR without having to put a headset on?
I think the on-and-off thing with the headset is quite annoying when prototyping / developing.

[AlexColgan]

Unfortunately there's no ideal substitute for prototyping within VR itself.