I was bored so I decided it would be cool to mess with Flex and a webcam.  After a bit of research I came across 2 articles that inspired me.  Many thanks to the following awesome coders!!

Guy Watson
Toby Tremayne

With the help of their articles, I wrote a Flex app that will increment a counter when it detects movement over a specific area of the screen.  Click here to see the demo video.  It stars me in my first ever action movie.  Watch the counter increment as I wreak havoc on a 50×50 white square in the upper left corner of the screen.

Okay so the white square is kind of boring.  The point is the collision detection.  The square could easily be a speed bag or a slab of meat (Rocky Balboa style).

Click here for the source.

Click here to open the app.  If you don’t have a web cam hooked up all you will get is a black screen.

Enjoy

Timothy Huertas

NOTE:  The app is not perfect.  In particular it has memory issues.  All suggestions for improvement are welcome.