Use The Force [Threejs / MediaPipe Demo]

Control a 3D particle animation in real-time using hand gestures.

Demo powered by threejs / WebGL / MediaPipe.

Demo

Try the live demo: https://collidingscopes.github.io/the-force/

Requirements

• Modern web browser with WebGL support
• Camera access

Technologies

• Three.js for 3D rendering
• MediaPipe for hand tracking and gesture recognition
• HTML5 Canvas for visual feedback
• JavaScript for real-time interaction

Setup for Development

# Clone this repository
git clone https://github.com/collidingScopes/the-force

# Navigate to the project directory
cd the-force
# Serve with your preferred method (example using Python)
python -m http.server

Then navigate to http://localhost:8000 in your browser.

License

MIT License

Credits

• The initial code for this project came from the work of Mr. Doob - https://codepen.io/mrdoob_/full/myyQLPL
• Three.js - https://threejs.org/
• MediaPipe - https://mediapipe.dev/

Related Projects

You might also like some of my other open source projects:

• Threejs shape creator - create / control 3D shapes with threejs and MediaPipe computer vision
• Threejs hand tracking tutorial - Basic hand tracking setup with threejs and MediaPipe computer vision
• Particular Drift - Turn photos into flowing particle animations
• Liquid Logo - Transform logos and icons into liquid metal animations
• Video-to-ASCII - Convert videos into ASCII pixel art

Contact

• Instagram: @stereo.drift
• Twitter/X: @measure_plan
• Email: stereodriftvisuals@gmail.com
• GitHub: collidingScopes

Donations

If you found this tool useful, feel free to buy me a coffee.

My name is Alan, and I enjoy building open source software for computer vision, games, and more. This would be much appreciated during late-night coding sessions!