Sunsetting the App Store

AlexColgan 2017-05-30 19:55:42 UTC #1

Hi everyone,

With hands in mobile VR just around the corner, we’ve been working hard to redefine our core user experience. We’ve also needed to make some clearcut decisions about how people access Leap Motion content.

We launched the Leap Motion App Store in 2013 because it represented a single destination for everyone who wanted to access the latest and greatest content. This made sense at the time because the Leap Motion Controller was a standalone product. Get a controller, download the software, find apps.

But with mobile VR, we’re set to become a fundamental component of a larger experience. OEMs who embed our technology have their own visions for app distribution. At the same time, online distribution platforms like Steam have a large (and growing) collection of VR apps. And in the last two years, the Leap Motion Gallery has expanded as a place to find desktop and VR content. For these reasons, an app store no longer makes sense.

With that in mind, we’ve decided to retire the App Store on June 30, 2017 – and to expand the Leap Motion Gallery as a central showcase for Leap Motion content. We will automatically issue App Store credit refunds to everyone who has used their Leap Motion wallet since January 1, 2017.

While we’re excited for the era of truly compelling mobile VR, today’s decision wasn’t made lightly. You can learn more from the FAQ in this blog post, or ask me any questions you might have on this thread.

tozzophoto 2017-06-02 01:30:51 UTC #5

I just checked the Leap Motion Gallery and I was a bit confused. The advanced search does not include the word Leap at all? What if I only want to see Leap motion apps for Mac OS? As a test I tried to bring up Mudra Mouse (my fave product) and I could not create a search that brought it up. Someone who has no interest in VR apps will not last having to go thru all of those apps.... Did I just come to this new area too early? Like, have you not moved all of the NICE and EASY functionality to this area yet from the App store?

AlexColgan 2017-06-02 02:14:16 UTC #6

Thanks for your feedback! We're in the process of updating the Gallery, and we expect some of this functionality to land in the next couple of weeks ahead of the sunset. In the meantime, we're working with devs to transition content to the Gallery.

I'm glad that you called out Mudra Mouse, since it's now available free on the Gallery for the first time! I've also resolved the lack of OSX tagging that you mentioned.

tozzophoto 2017-06-03 00:27:28 UTC #7

Thanks Alex,

Interesting that Mudra is free now.. I paid for it and the app did not show that it needed an update in the airspace apps program. Is that being kept active as well?

AlexColgan 2017-06-06 14:54:26 UTC #8

The App Store is not being kept active as we transition, so the Mudra Mouse version in the Gallery is much more up to date.

tozzophoto 2017-06-06 23:32:40 UTC #9

Hello,

I meant is the mac os x apps application still keeping apps up to date? You know, with the little blue arrows?

Also, the version of Mudra Mouse in your new store DOES NOT work. It will not launch. Can that be checked? I have tried several times.

Thank you!

AlexColgan 2017-06-07 12:02:35 UTC #10

@tozzophoto Ah, I see what you mean; App Home is indeed downloading the latest versions of applications available from the Store.

The OSX version on the Gallery has been fixed

suzannefilius 2017-06-13 10:30:01 UTC #13

Hi Alex,

I'm working on a project with several games in the Leap Motion App Store, called: Dots Trial, Cut the Rope, Playground and ASL Digits. It would be a great pity if these games would disappear. Is there a possibility that these games will be available free on the Gallery as well?
Greats,

AlexColgan 2017-06-13 14:12:06 UTC #14

@suzannefilius Thanks for sharing your concern. Cut the Rope, Playground, and ASL Digits will all be available through the Gallery. I have contacted the developer of Dots to request that their demo be ported as well.

t.white 2017-06-15 15:03:07 UTC #15

Hi,

I'm working on a research project using Java applications from the Leap Motion App Store and ways they can be automatically tested. These apps are: ASL Digits (confirmed to be porting to Leap Motion Gallery), PolyDrop (open source so doesn'r really matter), VirtualPianoForBeginners and GorogoaPuzzle (I think this has moved to steam and I'm unsure if it still has Leap Motion support?).

For people to get the same results as me, I need to experiments to be repeatable. Are there any chances of others obtaining all of these applications in the future? Also are there any other sources of Java applications for the Leap Motion which do not use VR?

Thanks,

Thomas White

mhamdy1945 2017-08-21 09:48:12 UTC #16

Hello Alex,

I was looking for the app Cyber Science Motion - Human Skull, it was a free app on the appstore and was very useful to medical students. It's no where to be found on the new gallery (for desktops). Any help for finding it would be extremely appreciated. Regards.

jhung 2017-08-21 15:18:46 UTC #17

Our support team has opened a ticket for you. Please check your email.

crazy.engineer 2018-04-18 15:56:24 UTC #18

Hello,

I'm looking for the solidworks plugin that was available on the app store until it was retired. Can someone help me find it?

Regards.

jhung 2018-04-18 19:17:23 UTC #19

Unfortunately, that was discontinued by the developer and is no longer available

geok1ng 2019-08-24 14:12:18 UTC #20

Sorry for the necro, but i have a girl with autism and she is crying non stop because she can not play her Sugar Rush speedway game anymore.

Her PC was a w7 32 bit install. Old leap motion app store was installed and i still have the leap motion invoice for the Sugar Rush app. Order Number: 119572 Receipt Date: 2017-02-05 Order Total: $1.99

All was fine until her machine "automatically" updated to windows 10 a few months ago. She was not playing the game a lot until the last Wreck it Ralph movie was released early this year. Since then she spent most of her time watching Youtube replays of the game and asking for me to restore the game.

Turned out that the w10 leap motion app can not / did not recover the old installs from the same machine. i have all her files and profiles on windows.old folder, but even after moving those files around, i am still troubled with the message "this app is not linked to your leap motion account".

i am not asking for leap motion to bypass the DRM measures imposed on the app store sunsetting, just for a way to contact the developer and make my daughter happy.

AlexColgan 2019-08-26 18:17:10 UTC #21

The developer is Disney; you may be able to reach them from the "Games, Apps and Websites" section of this page: https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/contact-us/

If you're able to get them to authorize a release, we can provide the original executables.