gesture-recognition Archives

Jamin Hu and Ohto Pentikäinen are the founders of Doublepoint.

Doublepoint integrates gesture recognition into consumer gadgets for better AR

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2023
5 min

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...

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Google’s Motion Sense hands-on: Controlling games and apps with gestures

Posted byby GamesBeat
October 21, 2019
4 min

During a session at Google’s I/O 2015 conference headlined by the Advanced Technologies and Projects Group (ATAP), engineers demoed what they called Project Soli,...

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SoftKinetic to provide gesture-tracking 3D camera to Intel

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 4, 2013
1 min

Softkinetic will also provide gesture recognition embedded in a tablet.

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Intel in talks to acquire gesture control firm Omek Interactive (exclusive)

Posted byby GamesBeat
March 29, 2013
3 min

The race to buy a startup illustrates the hype and hopes for gesture-based technology.

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3Gear is latest motion-sensing firm trying to create more accurate gesture control

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
October 3, 2012
2 min

With 3Gear, the mouse treats your hand as if it's one big pointing finger. The touchscreen interaction is about sliding around pictures under glass, but 3Gear expects developers will use it for 3D applications rather than games.

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Kaggle launches competition to help Microsoft Kinect learn new gestures

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 12, 2011
2 min

What if it was as easy to add a new gesture to Microsoft Kinect as it is to create a keyboard shortcut? Big data...

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The investment brings eyeSight's gesture recognition software to CEVA's software solution.

Ceva doubles down with investment in motion-gesture recognition firm

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 23, 2011
2 min

Chip and hardware designer Ceva made a minority equity investment in gesture recognition firm EyeSight Mobile Technologies, the companies announced today. While more mobile...

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Qualcomm grabs motion-sensing patents in GestureTek deal

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 25, 2011
1 min

Mobile chipset maker Qualcomm has acquired some Kinect-like gesture-recognition technology from pioneer GestureTek, the company said today. Under the deal, Qualcomm will own intellectual properties related...

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