{"id":484,"date":"2012-10-29T00:04:57","date_gmt":"2012-10-28T16:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/?p=484"},"modified":"2012-11-19T14:47:34","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T06:47:34","slug":"kincursor-yet-another-mouse-controller-but-a-better-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/?p=484","title":{"rendered":"Kincursor &#8211; Yet Another Mouse Controller using Kinect but A Better One!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kinecursor = Kinect + Cursor..<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen several Kinect projects about controlling the cursor.(I&#8217;ve found 4 posts[3 projects] of this on Channel9 Codin4Fun..)<br \/>\nAnd the same part of them is: using one hand to control the cursor and the other hand to perform mouse clicks.<br \/>\nI decided to make a better one. So I created Kinecursor, stands for Kinect + Cursor, which allows you to perform mouse left down\/up(down+up=a click) by simply making a fist(It&#8217;s not exactly called a fist.. It&#8217;s like&#8230; a thumbs up..)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bx5eeBPfY3s\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some parts of this video looks like an old video I posted, Kinect Angry Birds Space..<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s totally different..<br \/>\nIn the &#8220;Kinect Angry Birds Space&#8221; project, which is not open source, I can only put my hand in a particular area.. But with this one, I can move my hands free(anywhere the Kinect sensor can detect)..<\/p>\n<p>Download the Demo:<br \/>\n[download id=&#8221;14&#8243;]<br \/>\nHow to use it:<br \/>\nDownload -> Unzip it -> Run Kinecursor.exe<\/p>\n<p>The hand gestures you should make:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ww3.sinaimg.cn\/bmiddle\/68e82e4bjw1dy91diuq1vj.jpg\" alt=\"Kinecursor-Gestures\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stand in front of Kinect sensor.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s working if your body turns red.<br \/>\nIf half of your hand turns yellow.. The Fist: False.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NotMakingAFist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NotMakingAFist.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"NotMakingAFist\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-530\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NotMakingAFist.png 1366w, http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NotMakingAFist-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/NotMakingAFist-1024x575.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIf you extend your thumb leftward or rightward.. The Fist: True.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MakingAFist.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MakingAFist.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"MakingAFist\" width=\"1366\" height=\"768\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MakingAFist.png 1366w, http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MakingAFist-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/MakingAFist-1024x575.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For now it doesn&#8217;t move smoothly.. But I&#8217;ll improve it later&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kinecursor = Kinect + Cursor.. I&#8217;ve seen several Kinect projects about controlling the cursor.(I&#8217;ve found 4 posts[3 projects] of this on Channel9 Codin4Fun..) And the same part of them is: using one hand to control the cursor and the other &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/?p=484\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kinect","category-tech","tag-csharp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407,"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/2407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tangochen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}