SkyHand
A hand in the air in front of a laptop, its fingertips leaving blue light trails
Hand control · a North Watch app

Your hands are the mouse.

Point, click, drag, scroll and zoom with your hands in the air, through the webcam you already have. At a desk or from the sofa on a TV; it switches by itself.

Download for Mac See it in action

In action

Real screens from the app as it is today.

Drag: Close your fist and move: the blue hand cursor drags, and says so.
DragClose your fist and move: the blue hand cursor drags, and says so.
Arm: Hold up an open hand and the ring fills to arm SkyHand.
ArmHold up an open hand and the ring fills to arm SkyHand.
Zoom: Frame with both hands, thumbs in, to zoom; each hand is tracked on its own.
ZoomFrame with both hands, thumbs in, to zoom; each hand is tracked on its own.
Settings: Where you use it: Auto, Desk (1 m) or TV (2–3 m). Cursor and scroll speed.
SettingsWhere you use it: Auto, Desk (1 m) or TV (2–3 m). Cursor and scroll speed.

What it does

Point

An open hand moves the cursor.

Click

Close your fist, or tap thumb and index together.

Drag

Keep the fist closed and move.

Scroll

At the speed you set, in the direction you like.

Zoom

Frame the screen with both hands.

Switch desktops

A sideways swipe moves you to the next one.

Volume

Hold your hand half closed, as if around a ball, and turn it: clockwise is louder.

Dictation

Speak instead of typing, when you switch it on.

Free

SkyHand is free. Custom gestures, your own shortcuts on your own moves, are coming soon. It runs on your computer; the camera image never leaves it.

Version 0.2.3 · beta · free

Get SkyHand for Mac

Download for MacSkyHand_0.2.3_universal.dmg · 35 MB

It needs

  • macOS 13 Ventura or later
  • Any Mac with a webcam
  • Apple Silicon or Intel

On first launch it asks for

  • Camera to see your hands.
  • Accessibility to move the pointer.
  • Microphone and Speech Recognition only if you use dictation.

Everything runs on your Mac. No video or audio leaves it.

SHA-256 8659b841ba1b87896424e6af9484f8f690673bac350b0e572e4b0a9d1f19ce2c

Where it stands

StatusBeta

Free. Custom gestures are coming soon.

PlatformsmacOS

Windows is coming. The webcam you already have.

Made byThe North Watch

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