Doublepoint integrates gesture recognition into consumer gadgets for better AR
Summary
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 companys 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 Pentik\xe4inen in an interview with GamesBeat.The tech can detect whether you are pinching your fingers together simply by using the sensors already present in Android smartwatches. (In fact, there are 10 cameras to detect movement in the Meta Quest Pro VR headset).People can create devices that are significantly less expensive, said Pentik\xe4inen.Doublepoint will official show off its technology at Augmented World Expo USA 2023, which runs from May 31 to June 2 in Santa Clara, California. This means there is no need for memorizing a large number of gestures, and you dont need to pay any attention to it.This is all accomplished using generic smartwatch sensors and minimal compute cycles from an embedded central processing unit (CPU). Once embedded, the algorithm will run in the watch OS continuously and transmit the required gesture events via Bluetooth to the appropriate headsets.Pentik\xe4inen previously founded a real estate technology company and he has known Hu since middle school. Then it turned into the notion of measuring humans as they touched real physical objects.We first founded Doublepoint under the stealth name of Port 6 to keep our competitors guessing and under the sole focus of gesture-enabling AR devices, said Pentik\xe4inen.