[laptop-accessibility] XO Head Camera discussion thread

[gabey8 at aol.com]

 http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2576.0 

The above URL is a link to the Head Camera discussion thread on the OLPCNews forums' Accessible Technology group.

We have some people who've worked on using the XO's webcam to track things. Here's a thread about an activity that uses the XO's camera to track the movement of the XO's adapter (or something of a similar color) and use it to control the mouse in a paint program:

http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2419.msg19358

Here's a thread that discusses a program that's an offshoot of xeyes, only instead of having the eyes track the mouse pointer movement, it tracks the movement of the user's face:

http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=2573.msg20614

What we are looking for in the Head Camera thread (the one linked to by the first URL) are some specs as to what a head camera needs to do, to allow a user to control the mouse with it. How are mouse clicks registered, for example?

Please stop by the thread if you can help. Thanks.


 


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