the
		HandVu
	vision-based hand gesture interface

• Linux (tested with Redhat 9.0 on 2.4.20-8 kernel and on Fedora2 on 2.6.9-1.11 and 2.6.10 kernels, all with dc1394 firewire interface),
• a 1.5 GHz or faster CPU (performance increases superlinearly with a faster CPU),
• OpenCV,
• a camera with 320x240 or greater resolution; either firewire, USB, or other frame grabber, that works with the OpenCV demos or with ARToolKit.
• only for the ARToolKit demo: the ARToolKit 2.61, OpenGL, GLUT, and SDL.

• Get all the required packages and install them in their default locations.
• Unpack the archive into a directory of your choice and cd into it. Type
  ./configure
  make
  (make install doesn't do much at the moment)
  
• Options to the configure process are:
  --without-artk do not attempt to build hv_ARtk demo [build it]
  --without-opencv do not even use OpenCV for file i/o [use OpenCV]
  --with-magick use ImageMagick=abspath for file i/o [use OpenCV]
  --with-type=type IntegralImage types: [float], uint

Troubleshooting and Tips

• ARToolKit might not compile due to libdc1394 compatibility issues. This patch, courtesy of Steve DiVerdi, might help the situation: video.c.patch, to be applied to ARToolKit2.61/lib/SRC/VideoLinux1394Cam/video.c with the command "patch < video.c.patch".
• Note that paths for ./configure --with must be absolute (no ~tilde).