@qkl2058: A girl single-handedly tanked the stock prices of Figma and Photoshop. She created a new technique called "touchdesign" and made $420,000 from it. The technique has been used in Nolan's new film 'The Odyssey'. The idea was hers; Claude helped her build it from scratch. I took this...
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A girl used Claude AI and free software TouchDesigner and MediaPipe to develop a real-time interactive system for controlling 3D objects with hand gestures at extremely low cost, and successfully commercialized it, charging $5,000–$15,000 per event.
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There’s a girl who single-handedly caused the stock prices of Figma and Photoshop to drop.
She created a new technology called “touchdesign” and made $420,000 from it.
This technology has already been used by Nolan’s new film Odyssey.
The idea was hers, and Claude helped her build it from scratch.
I reverse-engineered the whole setup and found it was ridiculously simple.
The entire system only needs a laptop, a webcam, and two free pieces of software.
MediaPipe reads the camera feed and tracks 21 key points on each of your hands.
TouchDesigner then converts those points into a 3D object that follows your hand movements in real time.
Here’s how to do it, step by step:
First, go to http://derivative.ca and download TouchDesigner — use the free non-commercial version.
Second, download the MediaPipe plugin from http://github.com/torinmb/mediapipe-touchdesigner… and just drag the file into TouchDesigner — no installation needed.
Third, click on the hand_tracking node, set numHands to 2, so both hands are tracked in real time.
Fourth, open Claude Code in the project folder and paste this prompt:
Write a Python script for TouchDesigner that uses the MediaPipe plugin to create a 3D glitch-style cube controlled by both hands. The control scheme is: the midpoint between both hands controls the cube’s movement on screen; the angle between the hands controls the cube’s rotation on the X and Y axes; the distance between the hands controls the cube’s scale; pinching the left hand increases noise distortion; pinching the right hand cycles colors; fast hand movement triggers a glitch flash effect; clenching both fists freezes the frame for screenshots. Output a commented Python DAT script with parameters I can tweak.
Fifth, paste the generated script into a Python DAT node, and connect the MediaPipe output to it.
Sixth, press play — a cube will appear floating in front of you, moving with your hands in real time.
Later you can replace the cube with any other model — the hand control logic stays the same, just plug it in.
This girl now does live performances at fashion shows and product launches, charging $5,000 to $15,000 per event.
She also sells preset packs on Gumroad for $99 each.
Her webcam cost $80, and the software cost nothing.
The entire setup was built by Claude over a single weekend.
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available for download here.
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TouchDesigner Official Release
available for download here.
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a new graphics architecture with Vulkan and metal compatibility APIs. Learn more
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