web camera in combination with a projector to control the mouse coursor using a laser pointer

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I want to use a USB web camera in combination with a projector to control
the mouse coursor using a laser pointer.

The projector projet computer screen on a Big Screen. The web-camera looks
at the Big Screen and see the laser dot on the BigScreen and determine their
coordinates.

The camera driver (or additional software) moves the mouse cursor to the
co-ordinate of the laser dot and emulated a mouse click.

Where should I be looking for a person for this job?
 
Fairly sure there are already off-the-shelf solutions that do this sort of
thing.
This is fairly close (2 minutes searching on Google).
http://www.magictouch.com/ViewTouch-FAQ.html

Though I didn't go as far as looking at the price...

Although it shouldn't be a hugely complex thing to do, do you really want to
do it yourself? Would probably cost more unless you have the skills
in-house.

Chris.
 
Thanks, Chris, for the most useful link.
I tried Google, but I did not know the right keywords (English is not my
mother tongue). Which one you used?
Of cource I did not plan to do uit myself - my question was where to find a
person for a job.
However this View Touch seems to be just what is needed
 
Glad it helped.

The search I did in Google was: 'laser pointer mouse'

It finds a lot of just laser pointers with built in track-balls and things
like that, but there are some things more like what you need.

Cheers,
 
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