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Analysis updated 2026-07-16 · repo last pushed 2019-12-10

Audience · designerComplexity · 4/5DormantSetup · hard

In one sentence

Ghost-cubes is an interactive art installation of glowing cubes that respond to hand gestures with changing light, color, rotation, and sound. Move your hands to control brightness, pitch, volume, and color without touching anything.

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    What it does
      Glowing cubes react to hands
      Light and sound sync together
      No buttons or screens needed
    Gestures
      Wake cubes with hand
      Fingers control brightness and volume
      Palm rotation spins cubes and pitch
      Two hands change color and channels
    Use cases
      Interactive art installations
      Live stage performances
      Museum hands-on exhibits
    Audience
      Performers and artists
      Gallery curators
      Interactive designers
    Tech stack
      Motion tracking unspecified
      Light output system
      Audio soundscape engine
      Cube hardware setup

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Set up a hands-on museum exhibit where visitors control glowing cubes through hand gestures.

USE CASE 2

Use it as a live performance instrument to create synchronized light and sound on stage.

USE CASE 3

Build an interactive art installation that turns body movement into a visual and audio experience.

USE CASE 4

Create a gallery piece where audiences explore light, color, and sound without touching anything.

What is it built with?

Unknown

How does it compare?

atom63/ghost-cubes0verflowme/alarm-clock0xhassaan/nn-from-scratch
Stars0
LanguageCSSPython
Last pushed2019-12-102022-10-03
MaintenanceDormantDormant
Setup difficultyhardeasymoderate
Complexity4/52/54/5
Audiencedesignervibe coderdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1day+

Requires physical glowing cube hardware and unspecified motion-tracking equipment plus audio and light output systems.

No license information is provided in the README, so it is unclear what permissions you have to use, modify, or distribute this project.

So what is it?

Ghost-cubes is an interactive art piece that lets you control light and sound using simple hand gestures. Imagine a set of glowing cubes sitting on a table, when you move your hands in front of them, the cubes respond instantly, changing their brightness, color, and rotation, while a matching soundscape plays in the background. The system recognizes four main gestures. Showing your hand to a cube wakes it up and starts its sound. Opening and closing your fingers adjusts the brightness of the surrounding cubes and the overall sound volume. Rotating your palm spins the cubes and changes the pitch of the audio. When you use both hands at once, the cubes shift from white to colored light, and raising or lowering each hand independently controls the saturation and volume of two separate audio channels. You would use this if you are building interactive installations, live performances, or museum exhibits where people can play with physical objects through motion alone. A performer could use it as a visual and musical instrument on stage, or a gallery curator could set it up as a hands-on piece that visitors explore. It is for anyone who wants to turn body movement into a synchronized experience of light and sound without pressing buttons or touching screens. The README does not go into detail about the underlying technology, so it is unclear exactly which motion-tracking tool or hardware is reading the hand movements, or what powers the sound and light output. What is clear is the design approach: it maps natural gestures directly to sensory feedback, creating an intuitive interface where your hands become the controller.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How can I adapt the ghost-cubes gesture system to control lights and sounds in my own interactive art installation?
Prompt 2
What hand gestures does ghost-cubes recognize and how does each one map to light and sound changes?
Prompt 3
Help me plan a museum exhibit using the ghost-cubes concept where visitors control glowing cubes with their hands.
Prompt 4
How would I extend the two-hand gesture feature in ghost-cubes to control additional light and audio channels?
Prompt 5
Design a live performance setup using ghost-cubes where a performer uses hand gestures to create synchronized light and sound.

Frequently asked questions

What is ghost-cubes?

Ghost-cubes is an interactive art installation of glowing cubes that respond to hand gestures with changing light, color, rotation, and sound. Move your hands to control brightness, pitch, volume, and color without touching anything.

Is ghost-cubes actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2019-12-10).

What license does ghost-cubes use?

No license information is provided in the README, so it is unclear what permissions you have to use, modify, or distribute this project.

How hard is ghost-cubes to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1day+ to a first successful run.

Who is ghost-cubes for?

Mainly designer.

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