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PoseDance: Build a TikTok Trainer - Jen Looper

Get a GitNation Multipass, attend 8+ remote JavaScript conferences & watch tens of pro talks and workshops from our past events: https://portal.gitnation.org/multipass 🗓   Talk recording from JSNation Live 2020, the biggest JavaScript conference in the cloud: https://live.jsnation.com # PoseDance: Build a TikTok Trainer Do you scroll through TikTok, amazed at the goofy, yet complicated dance moves featuring today's youths? Those kids are popping off while you're sitting around, coding SQL queries. Fortunately, we are technologists, and there's no problem we can't solve, including getting better at TikTok dancing. In this talk, I'll show you how I perfected my moves by building PoseDance, your friendly TikTok trainer. We'll discuss how I leveraged PoseNet, which allows you to pinpoint body motion and draw a 'skeleton' on a video. Combined with a webcam mapping your own dance skeleton, a bit of math to compare the matching points, Azure functions to authenticate a user, and PlayFab as a game-friendly backend to keep scores and create a leaderboard, you've got the perfect quarantine pastime, making a perfect fool of yourself in front of a webcam. Come dance with me!

September 10, 2020