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Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Post by mehuln »

mehuln wrote: post #27
plasma wrote: post #18

Flutter in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxsGgW6sQHI&feature=youtu...

Hi Folks - this version is for the videos on YouTube. That's coming in future version (right now only iTunes & Pandora)

I mean - iTunes & Spotify!

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Post by tsunamifury »

Amazing, works very well.

I assume it is looking for 5 fingers. I noticed if i folded my thumb in, it did not recognize the gesture so maybe an edge case where people missing fingers can't use this.

Also when I scratched my face briefly it did recognize it... funny.

I would strongly recommend trying to build a web demo somewhere down the line. Even if it requires flash to get the webcam working, I'm sure your conversions would go through the roof if you could show how well it worked instantly on your landing page.

Small note -- the blurring of the image is distracting rather than focusing. Down the line maybe think about a better landing page image.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Post by paul9290 »

lukev wrote: post #25

This is awesome. However, music control isn't a pain point for me. What I would pay for is a start/pause gesture for Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Video. Worst thing about TV on a computer.

I have a wireless mouse and use google chrome's built in voice search feature to bring up things to watch on hulu and other sites on my tv.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Post by siavosh »

What's nice about this is you don't need to switch screens to pause the music if you find yourself writing/coding and need some quiet when you're in the zone. Granted you can do this with the mac play/pause physical buttons but that would require your eyes to look down and pause your thought process.

This happened to me just now after I installed Flutter, and it seemed to me that physical gestures didn't interrupt my higher brain functions. Of course when I noticed this it made me interrupt my work and come to HN to leave this comment. The irony.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Post by ttruong »

I was blown away when I saw a demo of Flutter a couple of months ago. Their Spotify and iTunes integration only scratches the surface of all the gestures that they supported in that demo. I can't wait for them to add some additional gestures, such as skipping to the next track, and PC support so that I can get rid of my keyboard with the dedicated music player controls.

Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam

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Post by mehuln »

siavosh wrote: post #37

What's nice about this is you don't need to switch screens to pause the music if you find yourself writing/coding and need some quiet when you're in the zone. Granted you can do this with the mac play/pause physical buttons but that would require your eyes to look down and pause your thought process. This happened to me just now after I installed Flutter, and it seemed to me that physical gestures didn't interrupt my…

Glad you noticed it. We want you to never think about controlling your music at all. This is one of the things I love too... we listen to music in a background, so controlling it should be in the background too.
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