Advancing high in terms of proffering blue-ribbon performance, GestureTek has recently decided to herald at the CES that its all-new patented software for gesture-based mobile device interaction now lends support to the Android operating system. The company is anticipated to release a brand new engine as well that enables Windows Mobile publishers and developers to integrate motion and object tracking into their gesture-control games and applications.
The company’s latest momo for Windows Mobile actuates a phone’s camera to track objects and motion within the camera’s field of view. The engine defines interfaces for two trackers – the Motion tracker which helps in determining interaction by following specific moment and the Mosaic tracker which tracks objects, including faces and hands.
“Momo makes possible groundbreaking mobile games that can respond to hand motions over menu items and even track the position of the user’s head,” remarked Yoshi Kumagai, GestureTek’s Senior Vice President of Mobile.
Further, the eyemo employs the camera’s capability on a handset to wittily sense and report device motion. To notify, the efficient software is already enabled on various platforms, including the Symbian, Brew, Java, Windows Mobile and Linux platforms, allowing a ‘joystick’, ‘force of motion’ and ‘menu selection’ style of interaction.
“Now eyemo software can also be added to camera-enabled handsets operating on the Android platform, providing users with fun and intuitive gesture-based interactivity,” continued Kumagai.
Putting an end to the need of any special hardware or design updates, the eyemo software can be effectually delivered over the air or embedded directly into many camera-enabled devices. Designed to be cost-effective, the software comes equipped with a very simple implementation process and lets users shake, rock or roll their phone to play games or answer calls, once downloaded. Users can even shuffle playlists, navigate maps, scroll, pan, zoom, trun pages and browse the web, all without pressing a button or touching the screen.
On the other hand, the momo ascends the standard of touch-free control to a great extent. Users can now control the action merely by using specific hand or body gestures with no movement of the device.
The new GestureTek software is now made available to experience across the globe.