AI Vision Projects: YouTube Gesture Controller & Eye Attention Tracker

Welcome to my repository featuring two real-time AI projects built with Python and MediaPipe for intelligent webcam-based interaction.

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🎥 YouTube Gesture Controller

Control YouTube playback using just your hand gestures — no need for a keyboard or mouse!

📌 Overview

This project utilizes computer vision and hand tracking to detect finger gestures and map them to YouTube commands (e.g., play, pause, volume, navigation).

🛠️ Technology Stack

• OpenCV – Webcam input & image processing
• MediaPipe Hands – Real-time hand landmark detection
• PyAutoGUI – Simulates key presses for YouTube control
• cv2.putText() – Real-time gesture overlay
• Python time module – Manages cooldowns

✨ Features

Gesture	Action
Open Palm	▶️ Play
Fist	⏸️ Pause
Two fingers (index + middle)	🔊 Volume Up
Ring + pinky fingers	🔉 Volume Down
Pinky only	⏭️ Next Video
All except pinky	⏮️ Previous Video

✅ Cooldown system prevents accidental repetition.

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👁️ Eye Attention Tracker

A facial landmark-based attention tracker to detect if a person is looking at the screen and trigger an alert when focus is lost.

📌 Overview

This tool uses MediaPipe Face Mesh to monitor eye and nose positions in real-time and determine if the user is focused. If the person looks away, an alarm plays.

🛠️ Technology Stack

• OpenCV – Video frame capture & annotation
• MediaPipe Face Mesh – Detects key facial landmarks
• Python winsound or playsound – To trigger sound alerts
• Threading – Non-blocking alarm triggering

✨ Features

• Tracks eye and nose alignment to determine focus
• Visual feedback: eye landmark points on screen
• Alarm sound plays when user is distracted
• Alarm stops once user re-focuses or performs a specific gesture (e.g., hand wave)

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Khatib-imen/eye-attention-tracker.git
cd eye-attention-tracker

### 2. Create a virtual environment (optional)
python -m venv venv
venv\Scripts\activate  # Windows

3. Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run a project
python gesture_controller.py   
python eye_attention.py     


🧑‍💻 Author
Imen Khatib
📍 Tunisia