Would be nice if we could get this to work with other media players by emulating the media keys (really want to use this with vlc on my macbook)
Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
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#82Would be nice if we could get this to work with other media players by emulating the media keys (really want to use this with vlc on my macbook)
We would include VLC very shortly. On the list.
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#83Works great once I realized that I couldn't be so close to the camera, but does anybody have any tips on disabling the green iSight LED on my macbook pro (short of covering it)?
Would you want that as a feature? Keep camera on but turn off the light? Hmm...
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#84I believe one of the co-founders is Navneet Dalal, who, along with Bill Triggs, developed the "Histograms of Oriented Gradients" (HOG) features that are widely used across all of computer vision†. Thus, I'm guessing that there's some serious vision in use for this app, which is pretty awesome! (My apologies to the other co-founders, who are likely just as talented!) † http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram_of_oriente…
Yes, he is the brains behind this!
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#85Flutter in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxsGgW6sQHI&feature=youtu...
Expected reaction, having just a blurred-out image on your landing page: "Sure, whatever, it probably doesn't work that well...". Expected reaction, having a video demonstration of the product on your landing page: "THIS IS FRICKIN' AWESOME!". Please, please, but a video on your landing page. You will thank yourself after checking your conversion rate.
Hi, thanks so much for letting us know. We will put the video. The one on YouTube is old, but we will do it very soon. thanks!!
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#86Interesting/cool project, though I do wonder how you plan on keeping it simple when you expand and add additional actions?
The UX of controlling media using the Xbox Kinect leaves a lot to be desired - it's cumbersome.
I've had my mac mini connected to my tv for awhile and am very interested in the Internet TV space in re: what will become the standard way we control such technology? Will it be thru gestures, airplay on iphone/ipad type technology, voice driven or a mix of all?
For many years I've been using a wireless gyration mouse/keyboard (demo of Internet TV setup http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-IryK4wsUM) and recently I started to use Chrome's voice search to quickly bring things up especially if my wireless keyboard isn't reachable.
After seeing this and my years of enjoying the Internet on my TV I'm thinking a few short gestures like this app uses and mix of voice driven actions might provide the best UX.
Based on the views and comments of video I link to above people want the Internet on their TV and all it provides. We just haven't figured out the best UX for it.
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#87Interesting/cool project, though I do wonder how you plan on keeping it simple when you expand and add additional actions? The UX of controlling media using the Xbox Kinect leaves a lot to be desired - it's cumbersome. I've had my mac mini connected to my tv for awhile and am very interested in the Internet TV space in re: what will become the standard way we control such technology? Will it be thru gestures, airplay…
Paul - that is a great observation and feedback. We believe that future will be about us using touch, voice, and gesture all three depending on context and circumstances. We do plan to keep it simple, and we have some great ideas for it.
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#88Wonderful job guys!!! very very impressive
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#89I just ask my very non-technical girlfriend to come see this new app I downloaded. I showed her flutter.io working in action. She shrieked and said, "that's awesome, how do I get it?". That's a very good sign for you guys...nice job.
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#90What'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…
I couldn't have describe the novelty of using Flutter better myself.