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Controlling Your Mac With Head Movements
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Gary, I work in higher education as an educational technologist. Do you know if these features require a specific quality of webcam or are they only compatible with the webcam that Apple puts in its computers? Also, and I looked in iOS, do you know if these features are available Apple's mobile devices? Thank you!
Douglas: I'm doing this using my unconventional webcam. The webcams that come with Macs are actually pretty low-quality (720p) so I assume any decent 720 or 1080 one will work. But just try it with what you have and see. This is a Mac feature, it wouldn't make much sense on a mobile device now, since it controls the cursor, and there isn't a cursor on mobile devices. But that is also changing, so maybe eventually this will be there too.
Gary, great tip! Thanks for always showing us things that are hidden under the hood!
Does this"head movement" program allow you control a live Keynote show? Live to a projected screen?
Heidi: it isn't a program. It is built into the operating system. I suppose you could control a presentation with it, but I'm not sure why you would unless that was your only way.