This is a A full tutorial of controlling Atari 2600 tennis in a new amazing way . Do you want to plat Atari 2600 using a modern technology ?

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This is Python object detection tutorial that enables controlling Atari 2600 tennis with a physical object. A real pong racket

The target of this video is to demonstrate how can use a physical object within a 80' video game ( the Atari 2600 Tennis) The object is detected using color HSV and masking. The code is based on Python and Open CV , and you can find a link below

You can find the code here. https://github.com/feitgemel/Object-Detection/tree/main/Tennis

Please watch the following video for interface to an original Atari 2600 : https://youtu.be/vJO6nMwUBXw

Chapters : 00:00 Project demo 02:15 Installing Anaconda environment 05:08 How to get handle of a window 07:28 How to send the game commands 09:31 How to detect an object using a USB camera 17:31 Cover the rest of the code

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