I Ditched My Mouse: How I Control My Computer With Hand Gestures (In 60 Lines of Python)

A step-by-step guide explains how to build a hand gesture-controlled mouse using Python. The project leverages the OpenCV library to capture real-time video from a webcam and Google's MediaPipe to perform hand landmark detection. The system tracks the tip of the index finger to move the cursor, using the PyAutoGUI library to execute the movement on the screen. The complete Python script is provided, demonstrating how to map camera coordinates to screen coordinates and apply smoothing for less jittery control.