Complete Guide of Making Sixthsense Device

Getting Started

Please download the code at Github. Feel free to fork, propose patches and this will help to update the code regularly.

Requirements:

Hardware:

• Any windows computer/Laptop
• A camera
• Projector (You can also use your Monitor for interaction)
• Colour markers (Like: Red,Yellow,Blue & Green)

Software:

• Direct X
• Visual studios
• Adobe Flash player (active x)
• MS Outlook

• Internet connection is also required

So here we go

• After downloading the code from Github, uncompressed the zip file to any location in your computer (Ex: F:\sixthsense-sixthsense-4e155fc)
• Now open MS Outlook for running the Mail app( without outlook you may get errors )
• Now click on WUW01.
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• A Window appears Fig.2. Now click F5 to debug it.(Make sure you're connected to the internet)
• A Black window appears as in Fig.3. There are certain options like camera,Tokens and apps
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• Camera:

  • Here you can select the camera you want to use from the drop down options.
  • If you are having multiple cameras you can select from those option or if you have single camera it will automatically start capturing.
  • You can also adjust your camera settings (Brightness,contrast,..etc) by clicking on "Adjust Camera Properties".

  Tokens:

  • Click the "New Marker" button, you will see the camera flickering 3 times, during this period you will have to position you fingers (with the markers) in front of the camera and on the 3rd flicker you will have a still image.
  • Now simply drag the mouse over the markers with small circles that should only cover the part of the marker,repeat this process four times for the four markers (M,N,O & P)
  • Add the colour markers in the order : Red ,Yellow ,Blue & Green Fig.4
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  • You can also check this video for adding colour markers :
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Test:

• You can see whether the four markers are being tracked and moving while you are moving those particular markers that is on the fingers.

Draw:

• The red marker (M) draws when the yellow marker (N) is hidden.When both the markers are visible you can move the mouse pointer to select different colours or eraser,etc

Photo:

• Make a rectangle with your pointer fingers and thumbs and when the gesture is recognized,the countdown starts
• Remove you hands from the camera frame to capture the desired photo. (The countdown lasts for 3 secs )

Mail:

• Displays a list of email from outlook (required that MS Outlook be running for this to work)

Weather:

• Displays a weather app that can be localised to your area.

Stock:

• Displays 16 stocks values real time, use the slider at the bottom of the projected display to set the time scale.

(Note: Click on the Figs. to get the pictures.)

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