ChromeOS introduces 'Face control' feature that lets you control your PC with your face
On January 22, 2025, at Bett 2025, Europe's largest educational technology trade fair held in London, Google announced that it will integrate 'Face Control,' an accessibility feature that allows users to operate devices by moving their faces, into Chromebooks.
New Google education tools for 2025
Google will let you control your Chromebook with your face - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24348966/google-chromeos-face-control-chromebooks-classroom-features-laptops
In December 2024, Google announced 'Face Control,' which allows you to control the mouse cursor with gesture input from facial movements and facial expressions. If you play the movie below, you can see how you are actually composing an email with your face.
Face control on Chromebooks - YouTube
When the woman tilted her head down, the mouse cursor moved from the center of the screen to the bottom, and the Gmail app opened.
When the woman raises the corners of her mouth, it triggers a click.
When I opened my mouth, voice input began, and the address was set by saying the name of the person I wanted to send an email to.
Google has now revealed that it's bringing Face Control to ChromeOS, along with other educational features, which will allow users to use a variety of gestures to control the mouse cursor through the webcam on their Chromebook.
Face Control isn't Google's only project that enables hands-free interaction.
In May 2023, Google announced 'Project Gameface,' an open source project for Windows that allows users to move the mouse cursor with eyebrow and mouth movements, and in May 2024, it released the Android version of Project Gameface.
'Project Gameface', which controls the mouse cursor with your face, is now open source and available for Android - GIGAZINE
In 2021, before the launch of Project Gameface, the ability to control a smartphone with your face was included in the beta version of Android 12.
Android 12 beta version introduces new feature to control smartphones with your face - GIGAZINE
Google also announced new educational features at the event, including Google Classroom, which will enable teachers to share content directly to students' screens, view students' screens remotely to see how they're progressing, and share students' best work with the entire class.
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