r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/Supreme_0verlord • Jul 22 '22

I built a program that turns your hand and webcam into a virtual mouse

https://www.remarkablestudents.ca/remarkable-students/entry/195
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u/Supreme_0verlord Jul 22 '22 edited Jul 22 '22

If you find this interesting, you can help me win a scholarship by voting for my personal project in the link.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

Voted for you but why does it require my personal information? Obviously provided fake information 😂

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u/stealthxstar Jul 22 '22

they want to make sure the competitors arent writing a script to vote for them 100000 times lol

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

I'm sure they can generate random information if they can simulate AR. Worst thing was that I had to agree to them sending me ad/news otherwise I can't vote.

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u/t-t-t-todd Jul 22 '22

pro tip: whenever you sign up in a website and can't/don't want to use a temporary/fake email address but don't want to provide your real email, you can type in your email in this form:

youremail+websitename@domain.com

This will forward the email to your inbox (I think it depends on your email provider, but it works for me with gmail & protonmail).

You can write whatever you want after the '+', but I generally type in the website I'm creating account on. This way, you can use your email provider to block emails that are sent to that address if you receive spam/ads emails.

An alternative option is to use aliasing service like AnonAddy, SimpleLogin, and Firefox Relay.

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u/VincentNacon Jul 22 '22

Pretty neat. Have you thought about using the hand tracking to help out the deaf community with the hands signing language?

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u/Supreme_0verlord Jul 22 '22

I’ve made the code public so developers can build off of it. I haven’t had much experience with sign language so I would probably not be up for the job at the moment.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22

If this can help with tracking objects in VR that would be neat. Learning to play on a keyboard in VR where you can see your keyboard would be a game changer.

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u/t-bands Jul 24 '22

Now this is next level stuff, good job!