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Hawkeye Access for Mac — Control your Mac using head movements
Control your Mac using head movements. Rotate your head to move the cursor and make facial expressions to click, drag, and scroll. Powered by your iPhone’s TrueDepth camera.
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This looks like the 'head pointer' feature coming in macOS 10.15.4, but much more comprehensive with clicks, actions, dwell and more on top – great work!
@iamsebj Yes! Seems like we were working on similar ideas in parallel, so it was definitely a bit of a shock when it popped up in the 10.15.4 beta! Figured it was best to get our concept out the door and see how much additional value people might get from it. I think the combo of the smoothness of the head tracking and the versatility of expression controls makes it an incredibly powerful tool. You really can do everything from gaming to graphic design to video editing!
finally.. I was looking for this for a very long time. I don't know why nobody built it until now... great work @thefuturematt
@thefuturematt I would love to see constant development. this is a good enough cool idea so make this app paid and also you guys dont need to raise money... :))
@sahinboydas We're definitely looking at paid options! The thinking was we'd get it out the door as quick as possible, see if people were interested, and price accordingly. The response has been wonderful so far, so going to be playing with some pricing over the next couple weeks :)
Hey PH,
Matt from Hawkeye Labs here! Hawkeye Access for Mac lets you control your Mac hands-free using head movements and facial expressions, powered by your iPhone's TrueDepth camera. Ever since we first released Hawkeye Access for iOS last year, I've been itching to build a hands-free experience for the Mac. Over my winter break from school, I finally got around to it!
Access for Mac is a big step up over traditional hands-free controls. It's easy to learn, incredibly powerful, and cheap. I can't wait to see how this helps people with motor impairments use their Macs, from browsing the web to playing games to editing videos. On top of that, I'm hoping Access will make hands-free controls accessible to more people than ever!
Highlights:
- Rotate your head to move the cursor
- Smile, pucker, raise brows, or stick out your tongue to click, drag, and scroll.
- Works system-wide with every app on your Mac
- Powered by your iPhone's TrueDepth camera
- Connects wirelessly between your Mac and iPhone
- Fully customizable
- No specialized hardware needed
Would love to get some feedback and am happy to answer any questions!
Made me remember Opera browser (Opera Reborn, part of that team now in Vivaldi) being ahead of its time, as many of their developements, when they created the "face gestures" 10 years ago: https://dev.opera.com/blog/intro...
This looks so awesome! I'm very keen to try it out. Promo idea: Maybe you could host a hackathon but you have to build your entire product with your face.
Whoa! 😱
I believe this could be easily ported to native Mac app when Apple includes FaceID cam into their laptops.
It will definitely skip setting up the iPhone from the process, thus leading to better UX.
Kudos ?makers ! 👏
@tomislav_jovanoski Yes! A TrueDepth cam on the Mac be a huge step up. Fingers crossed for some new Mac hardware this year 🤞
What an awesome product!
Would love to hear from somebody that uses this for accessibility purposes just how it compares to current accessibility solutions. I could see constant head/facial muscle movement getting tiring (in the same way any input method can cause RSI) but I'm guessing you would use this in conjunction with other accessibility tools?
I was very interested in trying this out until the setup process indicated that it required a model of iPhone that I do not have (I have an iPhone SE). If this is for the Macintosh, why do I need to instal an app on a phone?
Products like this warm my heart! A more accessible internet benefits us all! Excellent work Matt & team
This is absolutely awesome! Great work. I'm excited to see where this goes in the future. Can see so many use cases
Good idea, especially for immobiled people. But don`t show it for girls, because they say: «Оu, it makes me a lot of wrinkles»)))
Relcy