Flutter
Consumer and social
gesture media control
SHOW HN2012
239points
125comments
#60of 1,677 in 2012
Top 4%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
40 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 10 mixed, 10 critical, out of 83 comments about the project. Thread score +0.40.
Idea: 12 for, 1 againstExecution: 3 for, 2 againstPerformance: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 2 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Works very well and feels magical once used
From 3 comments
Amazing, works very well. I assume it is looking for 5 fingers. I noticed if i folded my thumb in, it did not recognize the gesture so maybe an edge case where people missing…
tsunamifury on HNI hardly ever get excited after downloading something, maybe a, wow that's cool, but when I installed this (which was very easy) and it just worked, I actually clapped and said…
joshmlewis on HNWow - I originally didn't download because I've used something similar before that worked only kind of well. This works fantastically and is usable enough for daily use as a…
alexobenauer on HN
Desire for skip and back gestures
From 3 comments
Thought that this was great - how about a next/previous track gesture, and being able to change the frequency that it checks for the hand? (it looks like it's time based)
pokoleo on HNThis is awesome. However, music control isn't a pain point for me. What I would pay for is a start/pause gesture for Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Video. Worst thing about TV on a computer.
lukev on HNDesperately want a skip gesture.
berberous on HN
Useful for working without switching screens
From 1 comment
What's nice about this is you don't need to switch screens to pause the music if you find yourself writing/coding and need some quiet when you're in the zone. Granted you can do…
siavosh on HN
Objections
Mac only for now
From 2 comments
Yes, at the moment. We will add support for other OS very soon.
mehuln on HNSo this is Mac only?
lzy on HN
False triggers from face or random hand movement
From 2 comments
Fantastic app, does a fantastic job of recognizing my palm - unfortunately, it seems to also really like my face. After the tenth or so time that it had paused my music without…
jrheard on HNissue is that even when i am not controlling the playlist and randomly moving my hand it recognizes it as gesture... seems like lot needs to be done to differentiate between…
payalg on HN
High CPU usage
From 1 comment
Very cool although with CPU usage at about 30% on my Air I won't be able to use it much. If you can figure out a way to drop average CPU usage down to reduce heat & power usage…
hedgehog on HN
Webcam blocked for other apps like Skype
From 1 comment
Flutter seems to keep the camera on 100% of the time which prevents apps like Skype from using the camera for video chats. I'm not sure if there is a good workaround for that?
andrewpi on HN
Requests
Skip and previous track gestures
From 3 comments
Thought that this was great - how about a next/previous track gesture, and being able to change the frequency that it checks for the hand? (it looks like it's time based)
pokoleo on HNDesperately want a skip gesture.
berberous on HNI was blown away when I saw a demo of Flutter a couple of months ago. Their Spotify and iTunes integration only scratches the surface of all the gestures that they supported in…
ttruong on HN
Windows and Linux support
From 2 comments
Looks awesome, can't wait for a Linux version, so that I can try it out!
raccoonone on HNThis must be amazing app to download as it is clear from the feedback received. Please don't forget that we are a large enough community who uses windows. Especially in India. We…
jigneshrmehta on HN
Video player support such as Netflix and VLC
From 2 comments
This is awesome. However, music control isn't a pain point for me. What I would pay for is a start/pause gesture for Netflix/Hulu/Amazon Video. Worst thing about TV on a computer.
lukev on HNWould be nice if we could get this to work with other media players by emulating the media keys (really want to use this with vlc on my macbook)
sikhnerd on HN
Browser gesture controls
From 1 comment
Hey guys this is some really cool stuff. If you can integrate this with browser gestures to scroll, refresh, and move back and forward on pages. This would be awesome.
iz_mani on HN
Questions
How the gesture recognition is built
From 2 comments
Hi guys. Since there seems to be an ML component, I was wondering how this was built. Do you start with a basic hypothesis and see if it holds for some training set and then…
shriphani on HNIt would be interesting to know what piece of technology, or framework, they're using for recognizing gestures using the webcam.
fosk on HN
Whether the webcam is always on and privacy
From 2 comments
Soooooo. Doesn't this open up a whole new realm of privacy concerns? Who cares if Path has my contacts list, I'm more concerned that you guys are watching me surf for porn!
doubleconfess on HNSurveillance in the name of convenience has gone too far. I can see a future where companies offer services as wrappers around visually analyzing people's behavior in their own…
sgtsugarfingers on HN
Alternatives named
FluidTunes
From 1 comment
There is another, more fully-featured app called FluidTunes which I used quite a while ago. Not sure if it still works on the latest version of iTunes:…
basil on HN
Kinect and Samsung gesture TV systems
From 2 comments
Interesting/cool project, though I do wonder how you plan on keeping it simple when you expand and add additional actions? The UX of controlling media using the Xbox Kinect…
paul9290 on HNI saw Samsung demoing some similar technology during SXSW (using a kinect that was hooked up to a mac mini and being displayed on one of their LED tv's), and it didn't work…
PaulAnunda on HN
Shoevox voice control
From 1 comment
My friend and I looked into controlling those apps for a program we made to control media players with your voice called Shoevox - http://shoevox.org The hard part was that we…
rsbaskin on HN