Webcam Based Hand Gesture Recognition

Next Generation computing is seeing the shift in computer control paradigm using gestures using kinect, move, etc.
Here is a Demo video of a Computer Vision project demonstrating power of simple inbuilt computer webcam to simulate hand gestures to drive and perform various computer functions like clicking, browsing, scrolling, etc.
(HD version is in Video responses)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• next
• generation
• computer
• vision
• hand
• gesture
• recognition
• mouse
• control
• interface
• dynamic

[sekaiFR]

it's nice but . . . can we download this or is just a project

[FluxNotion]

@sekaiFR Hi. Thanks fr liking it. :) This was basically my Bachelor's thesis project. It needs more polishing before I can make it available for download and trust me I am working on it. :)

[karankhokhar1]

nice work .this tech would be amazing for giving presentations and playing fps games .i hope u dont need any external hardware apart from a webcam .but apart from ppts and fps games i dont see myself using it .how far do u have to be from the camera to use it properly ?.really sorry for being negative but im not a supporter of gesture technology in general .hope u guys come up with something to change my mindset .Best of luck.

[FluxNotion]

@karankhokhar1 The distance will depend on the resolution and internal setting from code. I understand your skeptism of using gesture technology but this technology can actually be refined to a very good extent. So, u can actually use gestures while entering a room and play music directly in a computer sitting 12ft away, or turn on or off the lights of a room in similar fashion.. the list goes on..

But I highly appreciate your honest view, and it will greatly help in fine tuning this project.

[deafndumbnblind]

Really impressive work...but as far as improvements go i would like you to try to make the cursor move more smoother and i would also like you to make use of finger gestures instead of using your whole hand....All the best!!

[FluxNotion]

@deafndumbnblind Thanks :) Yes, cursor smoothing is one thing thats on our minds too. Some mapping issue over there. Will surely improve. Thanks for your suggestion again :)

[mayanktaneja05]

awesome!! :) :)



[FluxNotion]

@MrBenCaesar It's not open source actually. But I'd be happy to answer any specific questions you have about it. Cheers!! :) and Merry Christmas :)

[MrZaldor]

I worked on a similar project a few years ago. They had less gesture recognition (on clicked or unclicked), but we built several applications, like moving a robot arm, making a TV remote and some games that use a similar interface.

[everybodysfriendfor]

Really Awesome work...havent seen such stuff lately :)

[sweetchocolates08]

gud work..!!