Jamin Hu and Ohto Pentikäinen are the founders of Doublepoint.
Jamin Hu and Ohto Pentikäinen are the founders of Doublepoint.
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Doublepoint integrates gesture recognition into consumer gadgets for better AR

Doublepoint has raised $3.3 million to integrate its gesture recognition technology into consumer electronics gear and other hardware.

The idea behind the Helsinki, Finland-based company’s tech is to make it simpler for people to use hardware devices for things like augmented reality and other purposes with zero learning-curve issues, said CEO Ohto Pentikäinen in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.