Daniel Lock
Capture This!
As part of my university course I was asked to create a project about anything I wanted. A number of my peers decided to make a game and because of this I wanted to create something different. I decided created an application that could be used alongside a game to make recording and taking a screenshot quicker and easy to do especially if the user was gaming I a dark room. I wanted to make my application unique so I added the ability for the user to order takeaway while playing.
The application works by tracking the users hand gestures and recognizes certain gesture to either start a recording, take a screenshot or order a takeaway, the user can also choose to use keyboard shortcuts in case they do not have the hardware to use tracking. The user has an overlay as a visual reference that will overlay games and application, with this the user also gets a command window so that they have a second reference point to make sure that the action is taken. Once the user finished with the program they can look at the screenshots they have taken and choose if they want to upload them to social media. On the menu screen the user can also choose a pre-order for takeaway so that they have a set menu they can choose to order when they are in game. This removes the hassle of needing to stop playing to order food and instead they can just order using a gesture and keep playing.
How does it work?
How did I do it?
I created the application using Visual Studio and C# as it allowed me to create overlays due to being able to access some of the inner functions of Windows that other environments would not allow me to. I then used the Leap Motion to track the users hand gestures. The main interface is the overlay that can been seen in the top left hand corner. This is used as visual confirmation when an action has been taken, he icon for each possible action will change in order to show the user that a screenshot has been take on the recording has started. The interface that appears after the user has finished with the application has a picture box and buttons to view and cycle through the image or recording taken during the session.
