NMIMS Indore BTech Student Creates Program for Interpreting Hand Gestures; Check Details Here

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Nineteen-year-old BTech student Sam Varghese of NMIMS Indore has developed a hand-gesture recognition Machine Learning (ML) model “out of curiosity”; Read the full details here!

New Delhi: A young BTech student from NMIMS Indore has developed a groundbreaking program for reading hand gestures, revolutionising human-computer interaction and opening doors to a new era of intuitive communication.

As per NMIMS Indore, this nineteen-year-old student has developed a hand-gesture recognition Machine Learning (ML) model “out of curiosity”. He saw a promotional video of Apple for Apple Vision Pro and wanted to see what he could do with it.

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Apple Vision Pro is a “spatial computer”. Using a virtual reality headset, the operating system can seamlessly navigate the user's physical surroundings, which enables a 3D experience. In place of keys, the “spatial computer” can ‘read’ that humans naturally use to communicate with hands, eyes, and voice gestures which fascinated Varghese.

According to Varghese’s model, the user will get access to control the computer using hand gestures. He explained that “ For instance, to change the active window on your laptop – touching the index fingers and thumb together will do that. Furthermore, by touching the middle and thumb together, all open windows will get minimised,”

The model he created goes beyond changing tabs and opening new ones. “It also enables the user to lock the computer, shut it down, undo or redo tasks along with a wide range of tasks– all through intuitive hand movements,” he added.

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Varghese has used Python programming language along with some machine learning techniques to develop the model. His model doesn’t require any headset; the laptop camera is used to read gestures.

According to him, this program is only available on laptops, but later on, a mobile version will be released. As per the estimate, the program would cost around INR 2,000 to INR 3,000, much cheaper than Apple’s Vision Pro.

Informing about his development, Varghese said, “After I saw the promotional video, I noticed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ML technology Apple has used. The video intrigued me so much that I took up the challenge of developing something similar for the Windows 10 operating system.”

Varghese has mentioned that the Apple Vision Pro will cost 10 times the amount his Windows laptop costs. He said “I wanted to develop something for basic Windows users available at a cheaper cost,” he added. “I am not a machine learning expert or an Apple engineer but have always been curious about new AI/ML models,”

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