Control your Mac using head movements. Rotate your head to move the cursor and make facial expressions to click, drag, and scroll. Powered by your iPhone’s TrueDepth camera.
Hey PH,
Matt from Hawkeye Labs here! Hawkeye Access for Mac lets you control your Mac hands-free using head movements and facial expressions, powered by your iPhone's TrueDepth camera. Ever since we first released Hawkeye Access for iOS last year, I've been itching to build a hands-free experience for the Mac. Over my winter break from school, I finally got around to it!
Access for Mac is a big step up over traditional hands-free controls. It's easy to learn, incredibly powerful, and cheap. I can't wait to see how this helps people with motor impairments use their Macs, from browsing the web to playing games to editing videos. On top of that, I'm hoping Access will make hands-free controls accessible to more people than ever!
Highlights:
- Rotate your head to move the cursor
- Smile, pucker, raise brows, or stick out your tongue to click, drag, and scroll.
- Works system-wide with every app on your Mac
- Powered by your iPhone's TrueDepth camera
- Connects wirelessly between your Mac and iPhone
- Fully customizable
- No specialized hardware needed
Would love to get some feedback and am happy to answer any questions!
@owenfar1 Hey Owen, thanks so much for the kind comment! It really is incredible to get to work on products that can have such an impact on people. On top of that, it's always interesting working on novel UIs :)
@thefuturematt I would love to see constant development. this is a good enough cool idea so make this app paid and also you guys dont need to raise money... :))
@sahinboydas We're definitely looking at paid options! The thinking was we'd get it out the door as quick as possible, see if people were interested, and price accordingly. The response has been wonderful so far, so going to be playing with some pricing over the next couple weeks :)
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My first thought was DANG, April came early... Looks very cool and a godsend for accessibility.
Hawkeye Access for Mac empowers all of us to explore, build, and play on computers through hands-free control. Regardless of whether or not you have motor impairments, Hawkeye feels magical to use.
@iamsebj Yes! Seems like we were working on similar ideas in parallel, so it was definitely a bit of a shock when it popped up in the 10.15.4 beta! Figured it was best to get our concept out the door and see how much additional value people might get from it. I think the combo of the smoothness of the head tracking and the versatility of expression controls makes it an incredibly powerful tool. You really can do everything from gaming to graphic design to video editing!
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