Leap Motion, the pioneer in optical hand-tracking, has been acquired by Ultrahaptics, the enterprise-focused immersive haptics company.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Ultrahaptics reportedly acquired Leap Motion for approximately $30 million.
The company maintains in a company blog post that the acquisition won’t affect support for the Leap Motion community, and that “new and exciting products” are coming down the bend.
Since its founding in 2011, Leap Motion has garnered over $94 million in outside funding. The latest round, amounting to $50 million, arrived in summer 2017.
Its flagship product, Leap Motion, struggled at first to find purchase