C# or JAVA library for gesture recognition from webcam?

c#, gesture, gesture-recognition, java

Solution

Have you looked at OpenCV?

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions for real time computer vision.

Example applications of the OpenCV library are Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Object Identification, Segmentation and Recognition; Face Recognition; Gesture Recognition; Camera and Motion Tracking, Ego Motion, Motion Understanding; Structure From Motion (SFM); Stereo and Multi-Camera Calibration and Depth Computation; Mobile Robotics.

Problem

I have a project for gesture recognition. I was wondering how can use C# or Java to program it? Is there any special library? Do I need programming or do I need a special device rather than a webcam?

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