Using Webcams as Game Controllers 用摄像头玩游戏
Holding a webcam is exactly the same as holding a mouse or a pointer when the VerbMouse SDK is used together with a webcam under the Windows OS. VerbMouse SDK is an advanced webcam control software package based on Computational Verb Image Processing Technology developed in Yang’s Scientific Research Institute, LLC. The applications of VerbMouse SDK to the control of mouse, cursor and keyboard can be developed efficiently.
(Oct. 01, 2009,
Tucson, Arizona, USA.)
How it works
VerbMouse SDK provides the ability to recognize objects and background such that any motions of objects or background can be used as a reference signal for triggering the events of keyboard or mouse. VerbMouse can be used in two configurations for different kinds of applications. In the first configuration, the webcam can be stationary and objects moving in the scene. In the second configuration, the scene is stationary while the webcam is held and scan around the scene.
How to install the demos
Very simple. VerbMouse SDK is a green software, therefore you don't need to install it. Just copy a few files into your computer and click the icon of Game.exe. You will need to plug a USB-webcam into your computer. The VerbMouse SDK can be simply run from a local folder where the zipped package is extracted. This avoids any modification to the host PC and will leave no garbage when the user deletes the software from the PC. Therefore, VerbMouse SDK is very user-friendly.
Resources for Software Developers
C\C++ codes for demos interface between the SDK and game controllers are provided. The trial version of the SDK can be downloaded and many demos of games controlled by webcam are listed as follows.
Screen Shots of Games Developed Using VerbMouse SDK
Game 1(Use webcam as an air mouse): Fish game. Big fishes eat small fish. In this game, the Webcam control the movement of a fish in four directions: up, down, left and right. For better result, the player holds the webcam and use it like a mouse against any background with some objects. Only test under Windows XP. Download and extract two files from the zipped package and run game.exe. [ Download the zipped package here ].
Game 2: Imagine that a desktop virtual pet watching though your webcam and behaving like a real pet with emotion. Yes, SigmaSense is a game to use the webcam in your computer to drive the emotions of a virtual pet based on what you have done in front of the webcam. The following show the SigmaSense in action.
[ Download the SigmaSense package here ].
The following image show the PL network of the brain of the virtual pet. It will show the evolving and growing process of this pet.
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