"Leap Motion" (gesture controller) integration with MediaWiki
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Author: vladjohn2013

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Leap Motion integration with MediaWiki

MediaWiki has a wide user base and a lot of users today prefer touch based interfaces. Gesture based interface are friendly and the latest trend. Leap Motion provides controllers that can recognize gestures. It can be integrated with MediaWiki products like Wikisource. As an example, this would make it more friendly for users to flip through pages in a book. Another advantage of using gesture recognition would be to include turning through multiple chapters or pages at a time by identifying the depth of user's finger's motion.

It would also be helpful for flipping through images in Wikimedia Commons.

(Project idea suggested by Aarti Dwivedi).

URL:https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects#Leap_Motion_integration_with_MediaWiki

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 2:34 AM

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• bzimport created this task.Dec 1 2013, 4:03 PM

vladjohn2013 wrote:

This proposal has been listed at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Possible_projects and we are filing a report to gather community feedback and share updates.

What would such "integration" require technically on the MediaWiki site?

Qgil added a project: Possible-Tech-Projects.Feb 10 2015, 2:49 PM

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I'm not convinced about this proposal. The use case is not explained, the framework is commercial, and volume of adoption is dubious. I'm not saying that nobody should work on this, but I have my doubts having this task as a potential GSoC/Outreachy project, and I even think that nothing wrong would happen if we decline this task.

Qgil moved this task from Backlog to Need Discussion on the Possible-Tech-Projects board.Feb 17 2015, 3:41 PM

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Removing Possible-Tech-Projects as @Qgil 's concern earlier has not been addressed.

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