Playing and controlling Atari 2600 Missile command game using your hands as motion controls
Posted: 01 Jan 2022 16:57
Hi,
This is a cool project of controlling Atari 2600 Missile command using your hands and fingers as motion controls
The hands “creates” a virtual joystick on air that can impact the movement and the shooting of the player.
The project is based on Python, OpenCV , and Mediapipe
The goal of the project was to create a functionality that replaces the traditional Atari 2600 joystick with our hands and fingers position using a camera .
The code estimate the position of each hands , and calculate the X,Y axis to simulate directions and shooting, That transforms it to an action.
The project also combines : pose estimation of the hands and fingers gesture, capturing the game image and sound , and merge it into a new window as one visual game (keeping the original sound).
I added a link for the code in the video description, so you can download and enjoy it.
Enjoy
Eran
This is a cool project of controlling Atari 2600 Missile command using your hands and fingers as motion controls
The hands “creates” a virtual joystick on air that can impact the movement and the shooting of the player.
The project is based on Python, OpenCV , and Mediapipe
The goal of the project was to create a functionality that replaces the traditional Atari 2600 joystick with our hands and fingers position using a camera .
The code estimate the position of each hands , and calculate the X,Y axis to simulate directions and shooting, That transforms it to an action.
The project also combines : pose estimation of the hands and fingers gesture, capturing the game image and sound , and merge it into a new window as one visual game (keeping the original sound).
I added a link for the code in the video description, so you can download and enjoy it.
Enjoy
Eran