Company's gesture based mobile user interface and practical applications to be showcased SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 28
SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- GestureTek Mobile -- multiple
award winner and inventor of the world's first gesture-controlled mobile user
interface and gaming engine -- today announced that it has been selected as a
Top Innovator in the 2009 Mobile Innovation Global Award Competition --
Americas Tournament.
GestureTek has been named as one of three Top Innovators in the 'Most
Innovative Mobile Application in a Vertical Market' category. In total, 15
Top Innovators from five categories will compete for the title of 'GSMA Mobile
Innovation Global Finalist' at the Mobile Innovation Marketplace -- Americas
event that is taking place in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 3rd and 4th, 2008. The
Global Finalist from the Americas leg will then move on to compete against
other Finalists from other tournament locations. One overall winner will be
selected as the 'GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Award Champion' at the GSMA's
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, 2009.
In Atlanta, GestureTek Mobile will showcase its patented EyeMobile(R)
Engine to an elite panel of mobile operators, equipment vendors, investors and
media. The company will also host a booth, where attendees will be treated to
a demonstration of GestureTek Mobile's new motion-sensing mobile applications
from its various development initiatives, which include web browsing, image
view, map navigation and rapid text entry.
GestureTek's EyeMobile Engine is a software-based natural user interface
that enhances the experience for users of cell phones or personal digital
assistants. With EyeMobile, virtually anything that can currently be done on a
mobile device using conventional button presses can now be done simply by
tilting, shaking, rocking or rolling the unit. Unlike handsets that use
accelerometers, EyeMobile works with the existing hardware on any
camera-enabled handset.
"We see the potential for our gesture-based user interface as even greater
than our incredibly successful mobile gaming engine, and we're committed to
continually enhancing our offering to make it even more attractive to the
mobile marketplace and to end users," said Francis MacDougall, Co-Founder and
Chief Technology Officer for GestureTek Inc.
With over 150 motion-sensing applications available on the NTT DoCoMo
network, EyeMobile availability on more than 100 million handsets on multiple
platforms worldwide and a catalogue of turnkey games available for BREW,
Windows Mobile, Symbian and Java, GestureTek leads the world in the deployment
of gesture-based mobile user interaction.
"By developing applications such as Internet Browsers, picture viewers,
map applications and rapid text entry applications, GestureTek is leading the
way to a fully gestural touch-free user interface for all camera-enabled
handsets, fully competitive with the higher-cost implementation provided by
the iPhone's touch system," said MacDougall.
GestureTek's EyeMobile Engine is currently available for Microsoft Windows
Mobile handsets from manufacturers such as HTC and Samsung. It also supports
Qualcomm BREW handsets, available from carriers such as Verizon, Alltel,
Cellular South and KDDI. In Japan, EyeMobile is embedded in the NTT DoCoMo
handset series 904i, 905i and 705i. Handsets from Nokia, Sony Ericsson and
Motorola, running Symbian S60 or UIQ, are also supported.
"GestureTek Mobile's motion-controlled user interface and applications are
growing in popularity with mobile gaming and application developers, mobile
device manufacturers and carriers. Similar solutions are moving to laptops,
consoles, PC's and set top boxes. Without a doubt, we have reached a turning
point in the move to ubiquitous gesture-based user interfaces for mobile
devices," said William Leckonby, CEO of GestureTek Inc.
GestureTek's EyeMobile technology is an extension of the company's core
patented Video Gesture Control platform, which has been licensed and employed
in applications ranging from retail displays and digital signage to the
Microsoft Xbox 360, the Sony PlayStation 2 EyeToy and downloadable mobile
games.
About GestureTek Mobile
GestureTek Mobile is a business unit of GestureTek Inc. and the inventor
of the EyeMobile Engine. EyeMobile Engine is the world's first software-only
solution that provides cell phone users with the ability to interface with
their mobile device using shaking, rocking or rolling motions, in order to
play games, scroll menus, navigate maps, and browse photos and web pages.
GestureTek's video gesture control technology has been licensed by Microsoft,
Sony, Hasbro and many mobile game and application developers. GestureTek was
named the Overall Winner of the 2008 Global Mobile Innovation Award, presented
at the GSMA's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. GestureTek also won a
NATPE++ Top 12 Award for the Hottest Mobile Application. Games powered by the
EyeMobile Engine have been recognized by pre-eminent awards programs,
including: BREW 2006 Game Developer Awards "Best Up and Coming Application";
2006 International Mobile Gaming Awards; IGN Editors Choice Award for Best
Mobile Game, Best Puzzle Game and Most Innovative Design. GestureTek Mobile
developed the first gesture-recognition software to be embedded on DoCoMo,
Verizon and Windows Mobile 6 mobile devices, and is the first company to
deploy a market-ready gesture-controlled mapping application on a cell phone.
For more information visit http://www.gesturetekmobile.com
About GestureTek
GestureTek is the pioneer, patent-holder and world leader in
gesture-recognition technologies and computer vision for information,
presentation and entertainment systems. The company's revolutionary video
gesture control software lets users control interactive content, access
information, manipulate special effects or immerse themselves in an
interactive 3D virtual world -- simply by moving their hands or body. In the
past 20 years, GestureTek has delivered approximately 4,000 interactive
displays, kiosks, exhibits, games and other interactive solutions for museums,
science centers, location-based entertainment facilities, retail stores,
tourism and hospitality venues, real estate presentation centers, corporate
boardrooms and showrooms, television networks and game developers. GestureTek
technology is also used by advertisers and marketers to make their digital
signs and advertisements interactive and immersive. Healthcare organizations
specializing in rehabilitation, sensory stimulation, activation and recreation
also use GestureTek's technology for virtual therapy. GestureTek's clients
include leading organizations and Fortune 500 companies such as CNN, NASA,
BMW, Ford, Oracle, Intel, IBM, Federal Express, Autodesk and Panasonic.
Software and patent licensees include Microsoft, Sony, Hasbro and NTT DoCoMo.
GestureTek is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with additional offices in
Toronto, Ottawa and Asia. Learn more at http://www.gesturetek.com or call
(800) 315-1189.
SOURCE GestureTek Mobile
