http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog Sat, 22 May 2010 13:51:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is a short preview of the upcoming version of iPinchMe, called iPinchVU. It uses the handvu library for hand tracking: Drawing a box with your hand opens iTunes, moving left/right triggers play/pause or switches to the next track. I really hope to release this version soon, but I am incredibly ... http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=39 I am proud to release a little side project of mine: MacTheClapper. Description: MacTheClapper is a small program running in your system menu that listens on your Mac's builtin microphone and executes a user defined applescript when it detects a double clap (or finger snap) sound. Download: mactheclapper.zip Howto: Download the application and ... http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=36 I've decided to stop experimenting and just use some mature open source code. Instead of using my own homebrew hand tracking code, the next version of iPinchMe will use HandVU. Results seem to be promising. Hopefully, I will find some time these days to release the new version. As HandVU ... http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=34 Creating programs like iPinchMe is a lot of fun, but ultimately one has to ask this question: What's the point? So, since I do not really know what I want to do next with iPinchMe, I am asking all of you (in case there actually are  people reading this): How would ... http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=33 Just finished a new version of iPinchMe. It now has its own homepage, where you will find the current release. Here is an example which is based on the version currently available for download. Enjoy! http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=32 Edit: New Version available. I decided to stop using background differencing and use a skin histogram based approach combined with the camshift algorithm. Since everybody was screaming Fluidtunes, Coverflow, etc. I am testing my current development version mainly with iTunes: Coverflow can now be controlled by a sort of waving motion. Songs ... http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=26 Edit: New Version available. I am proud to announce that the first beta version of iPinchMe is now available for download: Link: iPinchMe - Beta Requirements: Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Intel based Mac with builtin iSight. Disclaimer: This software is provided “as is” and in a HIGHLY EXPERIMENTAL state. I take no responsibility ... http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=24 Another possible application for iPinchMe: (I sure hope to find serious applications as well:-) http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=22 Seems that iPinchMe is able to control Google Earth: http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=21 Here's a preview of the upcoming tool "iPinchMe", it will allow you to bind applescripts to certain pinch gestures. Check out the video for a short demonstration. In the demo, a single pinch is bound to an AppleScript which send the "leftarrow key down" command to the currently active application, ... http://www.paranoid-media.de/blog/?p=19