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Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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Post by MomsAVoxell »

jkahrs595 wrote: post #50
ben_w wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Phone stands exist, and I can see a custom stand working plausibly well if this made phones replace actual theramins for performances.

Phone stands exist!? We were talking about an app hence my comment on usability. Now we’re discussing something entirely different.

An app which functions when you place the iPhone vertically in such a fashion that both hands are on each side of the phone, facing both cameras.

You don’t need a stand, you could also use a salt and pepper shaker, a wedge of plasticine, your girlfriend/boyfriend’s knees...

Sheesh, try to be less pedantically rigid, honestly .. it’s a cool app idea. All it takes is for the user to mount their phone vertically while they’re using it.

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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Post by Insimwytim »

chabska wrote: post #47
razemio wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would be the attack vector with indirect access to a webcam?

I'd love if the people who put a tape over their laptop webcam could answer this.

I'd love if people stopped trying to pretend Snowden didn't happen.

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

#56

Post by osetinsky »

this is really cool. i especially like the gesture mapping... using the distance between your hands for volume, their average height for pitch, and the angle between them for vibrato feels unusually intuitive. the fact that those dimensions can move independently makes this feel like it could support a lot more than a theremin sound

also - i made you some sounds with Underscore:

chill / evolving harmonic thing: https://underscore.audio/s/cmp_f2b79a32-57e/chord_lantern

chaotic / glitchier thing: https://underscore.audio/s/cmp_6abde2c8-2d9/morseMind

they're LLM-generated, web-embeddable synths, and the real-time controllable parameters can be defined in the prompt — so your hand tracking could map directly onto whatever controls make sense for the instrument

you can also generate more structured compositions like this: https://underscore.audio/s/cmp_9175f7d2-fe0/drifter_glimmer

happy to help you wire one up / iterate on some sounds if you're interested

disclaimer: i'm building Underscore :)

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

#58

Post by sd9 »

osetinsky wrote: post #56

this is really cool. i especially like the gesture mapping... using the distance between your hands for volume, their average height for pitch, and the angle between them for vibrato feels unusually intuitive. the fact that those dimensions can move independently makes this feel like it could support a lot more than a theremin sound also - i made you some sounds with Underscore: chill / evolving harmonic thing: https…

We know you’re generating comments with an LLM even when you remove capital letters.

Do mention your product when it’s relevant, but just make it human, please

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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Post by alien_hand »

sd9 wrote: post #31
razemio wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would be the attack vector with indirect access to a webcam?

De-anonymisation for one. But more generally, if I’m the sort of person who would allow this I’d probably allow some other stupid permissions if they promised me something novel on the other side.

Maybe try hiding your face below the camera and throwing your hands up in the sky so the camera only sees your hands then play/sing Metallica.

   [Chorus]
   Never cared for what they do
   Never cared for what they know
   But I know

   [Refrain]
   So close, no matter how far
   It couldn't be much more from the heart
   Forever trusting who we are
   And nothing else matters

Re: Air Theremin – A browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam

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Post by jkahrs595 »

MomsAVoxell wrote: post #54
jkahrs595 wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Phone stands exist!? We were talking about an app hence my comment on usability. Now we’re discussing something entirely different.

An app which functions when you place the iPhone vertically in such a fashion that both hands are on each side of the phone, facing both cameras. You don’t need a stand, you could also use a salt and pepper shaker, a wedge of plasticine, your girlfriend/boyfriend’s knees... Sheesh, try to be less pedantically rigid, honestly .. it’s a cool app idea. All it takes is for the user to mount their phone vertically while t…

> pedantically rigid

My original comment was perfectly reasonable…

Sorry if asking clarifying questions about your hypothetical app seems to have hit a nerve.

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