Leap Motion is making a new push into virtual reality.

The company announced a new partnership with Razer that will put Leap Motion's motion-tracking capabilities directly in the OSVR headset when it ships later this year.

When Razer's Hacker Development Kit (HDK) headset for OSVR becomes available later in 2015, developers will have the option of buying a faceplate that has Leap Motion's gesture-tracking hardware and software embedded inside. Developers who buy this bundle will be able to create apps that take advantage of Leap Motion's hand-tracking abilities.

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OSVR is the is the open-sourced virtual reality platform Razer announced in January. The goal of OSVR is to provide developers with a way to create games and other apps for virtual reality using a variety of tools that could be compatible with multiple headsets.

Virtual reality has become an increasing area of focus for Leap Motion since last summer when the company released a mount that allowed VR developers to manually mount a Leap Motion controller onto headsets.

Razer later demoed a mounted Leap Motion controller on an OSVR headset earlier this year during CES, but the eventual goal was always to have the technology embedded within the headsets themselves.

The Leap-enabled faceplate for OSVR's Hacker Development Kit. Image: Leap Motion

Razer and OSVR is the first of what Leap Motion CEO Michael Buckwald says will be many more partnerships with VR headset-makers. He declined to name other potential partners but said the company's long-term goal is to get their technology integrated into all of the major VR headsets.

"The peripheral [the Leap Motion controller as a standalone device] is still our biggest business but VR is our priority now," Buckwald said. "We can be in at the ground floor and help shape what it means to have input and help shape what the [VR] operating systems look like."

OSVR's headset will be available for pre-order in May before it begins shipping in June. The headset starts at $199 but the two companies haven't revealed pricing for the Leap-enabled faceplate, though Buckwald says it will likely be about "the same or less expensive" price-wise compared with the current options for VR developers using a Leap controller (a controller and VR Mount bundle is currently priced at $89.99).