The first Leap Motion controllers were jet-black with a glowing blue tron-stripe. Why? Because it was fucking cool! We even sent photos to our investors. They agreed. It was *fucking cool*. Then @mbuckwald came to me & said "We have to scrap this". I was CRUSHED! (pt. 1)

@mbuckwald said "Putting a glowing blue tron-stripe on a 3d motion sensor is like putting a race stripe on a rocketship or the Starship Enterprise. We get it. It& #39;s a spaceship. Its fast. What we& #39;re building is already so futuristic our challenge must be to make it feel normal."

In many ways, this mantra has become the defining aesthetic of our age, and I think it& #39;s something VR & AR must still aspire to. The goal isn& #39;t to make technology seem like it& #39;s part of the future, the goal is to make technology seem like it& #39;s part of today.