Control Your PC Using Hand Gestures

When you're away from your computer, you won't be able to manage it because your hand won't be able to reach the mouse or keyboard; this will be difficult to do, especially if you're watching a movie. In this essay, I'll discuss two methods for controlling your computer. Using your Hand Gestures with Webcam (it's most likely the Galaxy S4's Air Gesture for PC) and these two methods, you can simply manage Google Chrome or Windows with your hands away from your computer.

Control Your PC Using Hand Gestures

How does it Work?

An associated webcam to your computer analyses all gestures made with your hand facing the computer then converts those movements into binary (or understandable programming language) for the software, which then executes the instruction based on the gesture.

Things you'll Need

• A Computer with Windows or Mac installed.
• Webcam 
• One of the software below installed

1. Flutter App

Flutter app will allow you to take action to your PC from Webcam with your hand when you are away from your computer. Flutter can only Play, Pause or Stop a Music or Video playing in one of the following programs: iTunes, Winamp, Spotify, Windows Media Player.

How to Use Flutter App

1) Go to Flutter App Website or click on below download button to download app for windows.
2) Click the Get Started button.
3) Select the operating system on which you want to install.

4) Launch Flutter and raise your hand in front of your Web camera, it will analyze it and your player will Pause/Play again.

Flutter Also for Chrome

2. NPointer

NPointer is a similar but more capable alternative to the Flutter app. Not only can you manage music and videos with NPointer, but you can also control the mouse pointer with your camera and make movements with your hand, head, or any other part of your body. NPointer detects any moving object and records its location before sending it to the mouse pointer; you may also alter the mouse's motion speed, acceleration, and timeout.

How to use NPointer

1) Download NPointer from its official website.

2) The file is a .zip file, Extract it then launch NPointer.exe

3) Select the Webcam device from the drop-down menu.

4) Done! Now you can control the mouse with your web camera.