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Tim - like the idea of waving hi to future. :)

Kyro - you rock. Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to give Flutter a facelift. We appreciate it..

Yes, we at Flutter feel that we would try the app if it had this design too. :) We appreciate all the hard work that Kyro put in behind this!

Flutter (YC W12) - Gesture Recognition thru Webcame (Flutter.io)

Full-time, Interns, Contract

- Backend Engineer C++ - Front-End Eng - JavaScript - Backend Engineer - Python - Holistic Designer (Interactive Design & Visual Design Skills), someone who wants to use design next generation of interactions and UX through gestures.

Passion for changing the world by enabling gestures as ubiquitous interaction layer for all devices w/ built-in webcam is a must!

Apply: jobs [at] Flutter.io

Yes, again, it is for Mac, and we are sorry it's not more obvious. We will add system requirements page as soon as possible.

That's a great idea. We refer to those as passive gestures, and we will enable those in future too. Right now, starting simple and solving small problems first.

Great point. CPU usage was a concern for us, that is why we spent months optimizing it. It right now uses on average ~5% of your CPU. (20-30% when you do a gesture, 2-3% otherwise). Please try the app if you have Mac and send us more feedback, we would love to hear from you!

Great feedback. Luckily, entire app works on your computer so, there's not video data going to server. Only thing we track is non-video usage data. Hope that alleviates your concerns!

We hope that at some point gestures become small enough that you don't have to feel socially awkward. At some point, in future, we will interact with machines just like we do it with other humans - through voice, touch, vision... we hope to enable vision, and if it is natural then it is not socially awkward. We love your feedback. thanks!

Great points and feedback for us. The app works locally on you machine, so no video data is leaving your laptop. Nothing to opt-out when we're not collecting anything.

It is only available for Mac right now. We will have that info on our site as soon as we can. Thanks!

Hi Guys, we just hated using our keyboards and mouse to control music. Especially, when it's in the background or when we're few feet away. We're just in alpha and launched one gesture - we hope to add many more soon. Thanks for your kind comments and feedback!

I know my wife will love it. Perfect for her to decorate our new home!

A user just created a video for us - Thank You So Much!! :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhnlUMHUlNc

We will try to get in out ASAP!

Hi, we are not limiting it to that. We want to add more to the list. It just takes time... we're still a small 3 people team. Know any great engineers/designers who can help us execute faster? :)

Great idea. Although, you probably will have to turn it on manually.

This is a great feedback. If you don't mind, take a picture and bluetooth and send it to us at Feedback [at] flutter.io

Hi. Can you please try again? It just worked for me? If you still get an error then please send email to Feedback [at] flutter.io an we will send you diff link. Thanks so much. M

Haha - that's great. Thanks!!

Paul - that is a great observation and feedback. We believe that future will be about us using touch, voice, and gesture all three depending on context and circumstances. We do plan to keep it simple, and we have some great ideas for it.

Hi, thanks so much for letting us know. We will put the video. The one on YouTube is old, but we will do it very soon. thanks!!

Yes, he is the brains behind this!

Would you want that as a feature? Keep camera on but turn off the light? Hmm...

We would include VLC very shortly. On the list.

Andrew - great observation. On top of your menubar, there's Flutter icon. Click on it, and it will give you simple flutter on and flutter off capability.

Yes, that is correct.

Legit concern. This is why we've built an app w/o a server component, so everything happens on your machine. We do not capture anything from your webcam. It all happens on your machine. On top of it, there's a turn off capability which will allow you to turn it off for time being.

Only when tutorial is done and you're using iTunes or Spotify. First time you bring up either of the apps, it will notify you through top menu bar that Flutter is controlling it now.

Once that happens, you can control in the background or even if it is minimized.

Hi Hedgehog - thats a great point. We thought of it, and when you're not doing a gesture, CPU usage should drop to around 2-3%. Let us know if it doesn't. In our test, average CPU usage was around 5%.

Yes, at the moment. We will add support for other OS very soon.