James Bannon

Control your Mac using your webcam 📷

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Sup everyone


I'm working on a general-purpose app to control a Mac using a webcam. It replaces the mouse (and simple keyboard commands) with hand gestures.


You can see a demo here


> includes - precise scrolling, cursor movement, left click, tab forward/back, mission control, exit code

> working on adding - zoom, drag and drop


I'd love feedback on how you'd productize this. I made it for fun / as a proof-of-concept, but already heard feedback that this would be great in the Figma / CAD / video editing industries. Basically any use-case where the mouse is used far more than the keyboard.


End goal in my mind would be to create some VR/AR like experience


If you're in any of these industries (or just think this is cool) I'd love to hear from you


Appreciate it 🔥



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Hazel Mathew

This is such a clever idea. I can see how it would be really helpful for anyone with accessibility needs.

James Bannon

@hazel_mathew thanks man - was actually inspired by seeing Neuralink's progress, and thinking about the next frontier of UX beyond the keyboard + mouse

Wilbert Potts

this could be a win for accessibility! If you’ve explored that angle, I’d love to hear more.

James Bannon

@wilbert_potts at the moment I'm fleshing it out with voice commands - the idea is you should be able to use your entire laptop without touching the keyboard or mouse. you can DM me on X if you'd like to discuss more :) https://x.com/jbelevate