Google officially kicked off this year’s I/O developer conference last night. Naturally, the company’s focus at the event was on artificial intelligence announcements, especially Gemini. In addition, other interesting statements were made.

At last year’s I/O, the tech giant said: “Project GamefaceWe have seen him introduce a technology called “. Introduced for desktop devices, this system allowed you to control the cursor by turning your face towards the mouse. It was announced at this year’s I/O that Project Gameface is coming to Android.

You can control Android applications with your face

Google hosted Project Gameface for Android developers last night. will be made open source announced. This means it can be integrated into applications and users will soon be able to control it with just their face, without any contact.

Project Gameface uses the device’s camera and a facial expression database from MediaPipe’s Face Landmarks Detection API to provide this functionality. After facial and head movements are detected, they are converted into cursor movements and facial control is offered. The Gameface project was originally introduced as an accessibility feature for players. But it can also help people with limited mobility.

Last year, Google introduced technology It can detect 468 points on the face He stated that different actions can be assigned to each facial expression. For example, actions can be determined such as laughing at a right click or winking at a left click. Android developers will ensure that these come to applications on phones.

The video that Google published last year for Project Gameface: