Hand in the Air Chrome Extension

Hand Gesture recognition control meets web browser

WebStore

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/swipe-hand-in-the-air/ljobefblafkbhgjihcfemfeedhkbacel

Features

Its a chrome extension which uses hand gesture recognition to change the chrome browser tab.

• Plugin system for handlers set for handling hand gestures.
• Create custom gesture handler for any website. If custom handler is not created, it will fall back to basic handlers described below.
• Wave hand left to right to switch active tab towards right
• Wave hand right to left to switch active tab towards left.
• Wave hand bottom to top to close active tab.
• system plugins which are available :
• Gravity, PaperFold, Tab+Shift navigation, Sound Mute/Unmute, Arrow keys.
• Custom gesture plugin available for websites are :
• facebook.com, play2048.co, slideshare.net, speakersdeck.com,tinder.com,youtube.com

Tech

This extension uses a number of open source projects to work properly:

• [ReactJs] - js lib for frontend

Installation

1. Navigate to chrome://extensions/ in Google Chrome.

2. Turn on developer mode.

3. Click on Load unpacked.

4. Select dist directory.

5. It should now up in extension list.

Development

How to create Plugin for this extension?

TODO

• make default plugin generic for voice recognition and hand gesture.