Yes, You heard it right, You can control Windows Media Player with Hand Movements. Isn’t that ubercool? It doesn’t require any fancy hardware. All you need is a PC and a Webcam.
Moving your feet to the beat and you receive an unexpected phone call, without moving to your PC or a remote, you can stop or pause the song with just a hand gesture.
How to Control Media Player with Hand Movements
You don’t need any Hi-Tech Gadgets to do this, the only requirement in addition to a computer is a functional webcam
1. Go to FlutterApp.com and Download the respective version (Either Windows or Mac) based on your OS
2. Install the Application and if you are launching the app for the first time, it will configure your webcam and give instructions for gestures
3. Launch Winamp, Windows Media Player, Spotify or iTunes and play a song track
4. Just raise your palm infront of the screen (As shown in the picture above) to Pause/Resume the song
Have fun controlling your PC the futuristic way. Show it off to your friends and amaze them. If you are stuck in any step, Let me know in comments, I’ll try to help you
How to Control Media Player with Facial Gestures
eViacam is an innovative application to control your PC with facial Gestures, too hard to believe? And The best part is , it is Open Source, if you are developer you would love to scan the source code which runs this innovation
Just Download the application from Sourceforge, it only weights 2.5 MB. Run the Application and Click the Round Green button to start tracking your facial gesture, you can press the Red ‘X’ button to stop tracking
You will be able to control your mouse pointer with your facial expressions. You can click an element with the pointer by continuously staring at some angle for few seconds. You can configure the app by going to Configuration – Options for best results
Taking Touchless Control to the next level
I’m not talking about Kinect, This is way better. Leap, Gesture tracking accessory for your PC lets you control your PC activity whether it is a game or general browsing, with Hand Gestures. Unlike XBOX Kinect, it doesn’t require games specifically designed to work with it’s SDK, It can power almost any activity that can be controlled by the mouse
Leap Motion is looking for developers to create games to entirely integrate with the peripheral and take it to the next level. It is point accurate even tracks 1/100 th millimeter movement. You don’t need to lift a remote or some extra accessory, you can run it completely with Hand Gestures. It is plug and play, Plug in the USB cable and there you go, it will install required software in a minute by itself
I know you are eagerly waiting for the price. You can own it for just 69$, a two hundred bucks cheaper than kinect. You will need to wait one year like me to lay your hands on this
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