Doublepoint integrates gesture recognition into consumer gadgets for better AR
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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.
The tech can detect whether you are pinching your fingers together simply by using the sensors already present in Android smartwatches. The company said it can very accurately detect such “microgestures” and do so much more cheaply than cameras, which are used in devices such as virtual reality headsets. (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 Pentikäinen.
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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. The company plans to license the technology to others.
After three years in stealth, Doublepoint has pending patents for its software platform, which works with a range of Google Android-based hardware devices such as AR headsets.
The funding came from a range of angel investors and established VCs from across Finland and Europe. Doublepoint investors include FOV Ventures, Superangel VC, Superhero Capital, Sune Alstrup, Timo Rein,
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