gesture recognition

Gesture Tech Company Hillcrest Labs Moves Into Smartphone Territory

Ina Fried in Mobile on March 25 at 9:00 pm PT

The Maryland firm said it has modified the technology, already used in TVs and set-top boxes, to run on Android devices and Windows 8 tablets.

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Israel’s eyeSight Raises $4.2 Million in Funding for Gesture Recognition Technology

Ina Fried in Mobile on November 22, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Israel’s eyeSight Mobile Technologies, whose gesture recognition technology is being used in smartphones, announced Tuesday it has raised $4.2 million in Series B funding from investors including chipmaker CEVA and Japan’s Mitsui & Co. Global Investment.

Korea’s Pantech to Use Kinect-Like Gesture Recognition in Android Phones

Ina Fried in Mobile on October 31, 2011 at 9:58 am PT

The phone maker plans to use technology from Israel’s eyeSight Mobile Technologies to allow hand gestures to perform tasks such as answering calls and playing music.

D7 Video Highlights: Canesta Demo

Beth Callaghan in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 10:05 am PT

Canesta, a San Jose-based company specializing in 3-D “natural interfaces,” demo a new technology that allows a person to use gestures to control TV functions–everything from changing channels to navigating more complex menus. Apparently, it also enables you to Twitter from offstage while doing something completely different onstage.

D7 Tech Demo: Canesta

Oliver J. Chiang in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 9:55 am PT

Say goodbye and good riddance to your clunky and obsolete remote control. At least, that’s what Canesta, a San Jose-based company specializing in 3-D “natural interfaces,” would like to see happen. Today the company will demonstrate new technology that allows a person to use gestures to control TV functions–everything from changing channels to navigating more complex menus.

D7 Tech Demo: Immersion

Oliver J. Chiang in D7 on May 27, 2009 at 4:15 pm PT

Immersion is the company behind haptic, or touch feedback, technology for some videogame consoles and cellphones. At D7, the company will reveal two of its newest technologies: TouchSense for touchscreen keyboards and Immersive Messaging. With TouchSense, the user is not only supposed to be able to get haptic feedback, but can also feel the virtual keys. Immersive Messaging will also use haptic feedback, as well as gesture recognition, to send messages that employ physical senses rather than text.