Archive · 2023
hand-motion-control
A computer-vision experiment: hand gestures from a webcam or depth camera move the system cursor and trigger clicks. Not a backend system.
Author
- Python 3
Problem
I wanted a hands-free cursor driven by a camera, without treating it as a product platform.
What I built
- Python 3 pipeline that reads frames, recognizes gestures, and maps them to cursor motion and clicks.
- Designed to work with common cameras, including Intel RealSense, Kinect-class devices, and a plain webcam.
Outcomes
- A public repo you can run locally to drive the cursor from hand motion.
- A computer-vision side project — useful as range, not as evidence of API work.
A computer-vision experiment
hand-motion-control (Python 3, 2023) maps hand motion from a camera to the system cursor, with gestures for clicks.
It is a local experiment. It is compatible with depth cameras and a regular webcam. It is not backend work, and I am not presenting it as API design.
I include it as range: I will write Python and sit in front of a messy input device when the problem is interesting. The repo is the demo.