Okay that's bitchin'. But does it require special stuff to interact with programs? That is to say, does it simply hook into the native mouse drivers of windows, or will each program need to be "supported"?

Have you checked out their website, Heavenfall? http://live.leapmotion.com/about.html

Plug it in, calibrate and zoom.... apparently.

For a second I thought the

Minority Report was Coming True

Could I be reading too much into this or is this the one piece of hardware that might change some folks feelings about Windows 8?  

That "one piece of equipment" 

would be the Doom Hammer:

Yeah I had a look, but that's a bit vague for my taste. Especially with the mention of their own software needing to be installed.

Your mouse has drivers. Their software is probably something similar. 

You're not gonna pass on this. A 3D space to create in and play in ??? Wahoo! 

Hi....my name is uvah. Nuff said. lol

The chopsticks bit is what I find most interesting.  I'm very curious how well it works in real life.

Brad will get you some chopsticks, Rosco_P. No worries.

BA-DUM-BUM

Wonder what the cat or dog will come up with when they start playing with this.

Anyone pre-ordering one of these?

No way in hell you can do the same things with that... that I can do with a mouse.

It's just not as precise... and the obvious latency is horrible.

The average person, even for non-precise handling of app controls is not going to be as hand\eye coordinated as this guy doing the demo.

Plenty of gimmickry mongers will check it out for 70 bucks tho..

My guess, is at least this early version of this type of tech. is nowhere near where it needs to be, for widespread use.

Off to the shelf with Zubatti's CueCat