Before you can use any of the blocks provided by the video sensing module, you need to turn on the camera from within Scratch. Here's how you can do that.
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Amongst the blocks provided by the video sensing module, there is a block that turns on the camera:
This block must always be executed at the beginning of your program:
Warning: If you have turned on your camera once using this block, it will remain on even if you were to remove the block from your program. If you close Scratch, however, the camera will be turned off once again and you will have to use this block again. It is recommended that you keep it in the beginning of your program.
Courses and lessons with this Tutorial
This Tutorial is used in the following courses and lessons
Keep 'em clean - remote Scratch game course
"Keep 'em clean" is a game that uses the players' real-life movement captured by a camera to control many "people" and push them towards a sink where they wash their hands! In this course, you will learn the basics of programming with Scratch, as well as using the "Video Sensing" extension to receive movement from the camera!
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Lesson 2 - Control by using the camera
Introduction
Now that we have a character in our game, it's finally time to learn how to move it using our camera.
What do you think the camera detects? Would it be better to move slower of faster? Why?
You will find the answers to these questions by the end of this lesson!
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