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if you want a shortcut to a future straight out of Minority Report you'll want this the leap motion controller with it you can interact with your computer midair to play games draw or even unlock your computer sounds pretty awesome but it does have some quirks so let's talk about optimizing leap for great performance placement matters you can really put it anywhere you want but don't stress about picking just one spot move it around until you find a position that works for you but put it too far away and your arm will hurt trust me put it too close and it could get in the way of other things like your mouse and keyboard on a desktop my recommendation is to leave it between your keyboard and screen when you're not actively using it on a laptop you'll have to leave it off to the side then bring it closer to the front when it's your primary input device it doesn't matter which way it's facing another tip keep it smudge free whenever you move it around take a second to wipe it clean with a microfiber cloth if there's a huge smudge LEEP will let you know with a little notification but those lighter undetected fingerprints could also get in the way of tracking beyond that there are a few ways you can tweak the software to improve the gesture tracking when Sleeps installed you'll see a new icon show up in the taskbar on windows or the menu bar on a Mac click that icon and you can launch Airspace to access leap apps and a settings menu there's a lot to check out in that menu so let's dig in in this control panel you'll see a bunch of settings to fine-tune tracking you don't really need to tinker with them but if you want to tailor leap to your needs here are a few of the most useful options over in the interaction area you'll see that the interaction height is already set to 20 centimeters that means that the gesture zone starts right around here if you want you can use the slider to lower or raise that zone you can also use the auto interaction height tool but it's kind of unreliable and better left alone under the tracking tab take a look at tracking priority by default it's balanced so leap gives equal attention to speed and accuracy of your movements but if you're doing something like drying and you want to see a boost in precision choose that option same goes for high speed just remember that you'll see a drop in performance for the other tracking element so use this tool carefully now if you notice tracking is kind of off you might need to recalibrate using this troubleshooting tool to use it pick up your leap controller and tilt it around in different directions to paint the screen green until you get a score of 80 that's it recalibration is complete and you should see better tracking if you've done all of these things and you're still not happy with leaps performance it might be your computer specs even though leaps minimum requirements are relatively low its performance seriously improves on better systems clothes and programs or maybe consider upgrading if you're going to be using it often as always if you have any questions hit me up on Twitter and check out how to see Netcom for the written version of this guide for CNET I'm Sharon Vaknin you