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lysdexic

Adding all links to examples using Google Mediapipe in Max here. Will update these as the collection grows. [updated 2023]

https://github.com/robtherich/jweb-mediapipe

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/jweb-pose-landmarker

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/jweb-hands-landmarker

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/jweb-hands-gesture-recognizer

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/jweb-facemesh

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/jweb-face-landmarker

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/jweb-object-detection

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/n4m-handpose 

https://github.com/lysdexic-audio/n4m-facemesh

I've made two new contributions to the Node For MaxMSP Community Library wrapping Google's MediaPipe (in a similar fashion to PoseNet using Electron) for these two:

Keen to see how they work on different operating systems, pull requests and bug logging via the issue trackers in the repo welcome :)

Adding all links to examples using Google Mediapipe in Max here. Will update these as the collection grows. 

n4m-facemesh-handpose-google-mediapipe

between 5 to 15 frames on OSX 10.15.3 Max 8.1.3

Wasn't expecting this kind of a negative/unhelpful response - but I'm actually getting ~20fps on Mojave on my mbp for both scripts. I thought this might be useful to share with the Max community. Hopefully some people here will find it useful.

If you run Facemesh on the cpu instead of webassembly you'll likely get 5fps, so stick with the WASM option.

Handpose is also around 20 fps. My framerate with facemesh is not as high as yours it's around 5 till 10 fps maximum (wasm)

MBP 2,9GHz i9 - intel UHD graphics 630 1536MB

Amazing - ~40fps with webgl MBP 13" +egpu.

My stats are almost identical to Aartcore's, except my GPU

Hi this is really great, I can't believe it took me this long to try it out. Thanks for sharing. Perfect for just tracking my hand instead of trying to do that with posenet. 

I am seeing similar numbers, with my mbp i7, radeon pro 560. 

hand pose is around 20 fps / facemesh was getting 15fps

quick question, has anyone tried lowering the resolution for better performance? I just changed the dims in the camera.js file to 320x240 from 600x500 and i think im seeing better performance.

Hi. This looks amazing. However, after downloading the dependencies, when Electron opens I just get a blank screen, and it doesn't launch/open my webcam. Is there something I might be doing wrong?

Hi folks - I've now wrapped both of these to two Max For Live Devices which are really fun to use. I'll be adding these to the repos early next week for everyone. I've also added a whole bunch of improvements to the scripting (offscreen rendering so you don't need the window to be visible to get the data, full model controls for handpose, replicated FaceOSC's gestures for Facemesh, so you can use "mouth width" and "eye height" etc) and more which I'll show you when I commit the updates. :)

yep! that's a great idea. I've actually added params for window size into the next update that you can control from max when you spawn the window - I might default them to 320x240 for better performance for most people

Hi, thanks for your interest in the project! Could be a few things, firstly - check for a .log file inside the folder to see if everything downloaded correctly from npm. If not, it'll be inside the log. Second, could be security on your OS (catalina can sometimes be a pain with this), haven't tried on windows but heard success from windows users.

You can try toggling your video device from the GUI controls also to see if that works. In the menu bar for the electron window there is an option to "Enable Debug Console" - if you open that up and see an error message post it here or in the issues tab for the repo on github :)

You'll also need to keep your maxpatch inside the same folder with all the other js files and node_modules. saving a patch into a different folder often breaks things with node.

Thanks for your reply. Hmm, it's strange. I'm certain it has all downloaded - everything opens and looks right in Visual Studio.

Interestingly - I can't see a GUI to toggle the camera with. I also do get an error, but it doesn't look like a fatal one: Electron Security Warning (Insecure Content-Security-Policy). Electron is also managing to connect to Max. 

Security-wise I'm on 10.12, and generally don't have problems granting access to things. Do you think there could be anything else up? Thanks.

Hi Lysdexic, I am having issues trying to get my webcam running in handpose and with jit.grab. On my mbp w the built in cam this works, and with my external cam. But I am now running windows10 and only works one at a time. Do you know of a solution?

I would like to draw the mesh in Max instead of the electron window.

Handpose framerate on Win 10 > from 20 to 28fps 

Notes: on fast hand movements the tracker in Electron looks less efficient then the example run by mediapipe... 

https://viz.mediapipe.dev/demo/hand_tracking

Is there something wrong I did using your dev?

mediapipefoto.PNG

I'm trying to use this patch (thanks for sharing) but it keeps crashing when i open it... So I didn't see a lot.

I'm trying to open the patch (thanks for sharing) but every time it crashes after few seconds... So i didn't see a lot. I wanted to ask if there was a way to adjust this.

Hi folks - thanks for the bug reports - can you make issues on github (make sure to list your system specs, param settings and OS) - just "it crashes" isn't quite as useful for finding out what that could be :)

I also have an update to both of these I need to push that is 80% complete when I can get two seconds free.. I'll do what I can to get it in soon - I use these patches for the course I teach at University and the semester starts again in a few days!

Yep! I'm drawing them in 3D in these two Max For Live devices you can see below.

But I just checked and the patch in the repo already has this in it for regular Max - so it's already ready to go :)

Screen Shot 2021-02-27 at 1.45.35 am.png

These M4L devices will come out for free in April and will be lots of fun, I actually engineered gesture recognition in them for the face and hands and worked in Palm normal to tell which way up your hands are and stuff too. Plus you can control your modular via CV :)

Screen Shot 2021-02-27 at 1.17.08 am.png

Screen Shot 2021-02-27 at 2.00.24 am.png

BTW, for the face mesh do you know if it's possible to stop the jittering somehow?

And I see it does not detect ample motion like a wink. I am guessing there is no solving this, right?

Any news regarding the 2 things I wrote above? Are there any solutions? 

@YGREQ - I've found lighting conditions dramatically affect it - also if you wear a hat, glasses or have facial hair it will not perform optimally (like FaceOSC)

I can accurately detect a wink when I place a good light source evenly frontlighting my face. I just use a small 30cm fluro tube I bought for $5 and it works much better for detecting eyes (front lighting will cut down on shadows in eye sockets) and also helps eliminating jitter (when the model can't find landmarks).

The jitter could also be from processing lag if you're dropping frames - but if you're getting a decent FPS it's most likely the lighting conditions. Give it a shot! I was surprised at the difference - but YMMV.

Google MediaPipe in Max (n4m, jweb) : Hand, Face, Body tracking