This is amazingly useful... just not on the pc. Implement it for Android and you can charge me 30€ so i can easily control the mp3 player in my car.
+1, I would use this the same way
Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
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#112On Lion it seems to register itself automatically in startup items. There is no Preferences or Settings window to change this either.
Very awesome overall.
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#113Works 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...
Sounds like being able to do that could be a huge security/privacy concern...
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#114Quick note. Your site assumes I am using Chrome - FF doesn't save downloads in the bottom left hand corner. Easy for me to figure out, impossible for someone like my mom.
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#115This is so good that I'm putting VLC away to use iTunes to listen to my music library.
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#116Amazing, 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 convers…
Just tried this: 4 fingers with my thumb tucked across my palm worked fine for me.
Re: Show HN: Flutter - Control Spotify or iTunes Using Gestures thru Webcam
#117This is fantastic - absolutely the most satisfying method of interaction with an app that I've experienced in a long time. Expand the gesture set to include skip forward/back and it's a winning consumer app. Personally, I'd love (and would pay for) a library allowing me to add gesture control to my own apps.
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#118This is amazingly useful... just not on the pc. Implement it for Android and you can charge me 30€ so i can easily control the mp3 player in my car.
I think you'd have to take a slightly different approach for use in the car..unless you had a mount for your phone on the windshield.
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#119You have built something people will want to talk about but why limit to spotify or iTunes :)
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#120Fantastic app, does a fantastic job of recognizing my palm - unfortunately, it seems to also really like my face. After the tenth or so time that it had paused my music without me raising a hand, I realized that every time I turn my right cheek to the camera, Flutter pauses my music. Which is a little troublesome :)