Move the pointer
Index finger up
- Curl your other fingers.
- Move your hand, not just your fingertip.
Gestures
Eight gestures. That's the whole manual.
Each picture shows your hand the way GestureWright sees it: 21 points on your fingers and palm. Hold your hand up facing the camera, about an arm's length away.
Click, double-click, drag
Pinch thumb and index
- Quick pinch: click.
- Two quick pinches: double-click.
- Hold or move while pinched: drag.
Right-click
Pinch thumb and middle
- Keep your index finger up.
- Touch your thumb to your middle finger.
Scroll
Two fingers up
- Move your hand up to scroll up, down to scroll down.
- The direction can be flipped in settings.
Switch desktop
Open palm, swipe
- A quick sideways sweep, under half a second.
- Slow drifting is ignored.
Show all windows
Three fingers up
- Mission Control on a Mac.
- Task View on Windows.
Volume up or down
Thumbs up or down
- Hold it to keep changing the volume.
Pause or resume
Fist for 1.5 seconds
- Use it before talking with your hands.
- Works while paused, to switch back on.
Tips
Getting the best tracking.
Light your hand
Normal room light is enough. Avoid sitting with a bright window directly behind you, which turns your hand into a silhouette.
Palm towards the screen
Hold your hand up with your palm facing the camera. Tilting it far sideways hides your fingers from view.
Small movements
Only the middle of the picture maps to the screen, so you rarely need to move more than a hand's width.
Rest your arm
Resting your elbow on the desk keeps your hand steady and stops your arm tiring.
Pause when you talk
Hold a fist for a moment before a conversation or a video call, so moving your hands doesn't click things.
Check what it sees
Calibrate camera shows your hand's skeleton live. If points jump around, adjust your light or distance.