GestureTek Mobile's Motion-Controlled Gaming Software Expands Potential Reach to over 50 Million Handsets.Technology available for Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. 6 and selected models for Verizon, Alltel, Cellular South and DoCoMo 904i series handsets SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- GestureTek Mobile, inventor of the world's first gesture-controlled mobile user interface and gaming engine, today announced the availability of its gesture-recognition software to millions more handsets in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and worldwide - including devices operating on the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Mobile 6 platform; more than 30 handset models from North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. carriers operating on the BREW platform such as Verizon, Alltel and Cellular South; and the NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. 904i series in Japan. The announcement comes just six months after the successful launch in Japan of GestureTek's 'EyeMobile Engine' on more than 1 million DoCoMo FOMA See i-Mode. (TM) 904i series handsets. DoCoMo is Japan's largest wireless operator and is known as an early adopter of new mobile technologies. "GestureTek Mobile's motion-controlled gaming applications, and other user applications, have captured the hearts and minds of game developers and original equipment manufacturers all over the world, because they're simpler and more fun than the cumbersome, non-intuitive button presses of conventional interfaces," said William Leckonby, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of GestureTek Inc. Rapid adoption of GestureTek Mobile's EyeMobile Engine is also being driven by its innate competitive advantages and cost-efficiencies. EyeMobile software uses a cell phone's existing camera to intelligently recognize and respond to hand and body movement. This allows mobile handset manufacturers to deliver motion-controlled applications worldwide without the expense and real estate of adding specialized hardware to deploy gesture recognition (1) The ability to interpret simple handwritten symbols such as check marks and slashes. See PDA and tablet PC. (2) The ability to recognize hand signals. In 1998, Toshiba introduced a device that uses infrared light reflected from a user's hand to sense its motion. . Users of handsets supporting the EyeMobile Engine will be able to download over 60 gesture-controlled mobile games and other revolutionary applications that can deliver the capability to scroll menu items, navigate maps with GPS integration, browse photos and scan web pages on a full browser window - simply by tilting the cell phone in various directions. The EyeMobile Engine includes three trackers, dubbed Shake, Rock, and Roll that represent different types of motion for different types of input. Shake can be used for actions such as rolling dice or shuffling MP3 decks. Rock interprets right, left, up and down gestures to generate traditional cursor-style user input commands. Roll offers joystick control by responding to tilting motions to navigate games, maps or Web pages. 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., the world leader, pioneer and patent-holder in computer vision and gesture-recognition technologies for information, presentation and entertainment systems. The company's 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 free space. GestureTek is the inventor of the EyeMobile Engine, the world's first software-only solution that provides cell phone users with the ability to play games, scroll menus, navigate maps and browse web pages simply by shaking, rocking or rolling their cell phone in various ways. GestureTek's video gesture control technology has been licensed by Microsoft, Sony, Hasbro, as well as many mobile game developers, for their gaming products. 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 The International Mobile Gaming Awards is an organisation which concentrates on the ratings of mobile games and recognizes them by rewarding them giving prestigious awards. It has been established in 2004 by its managing director Maarten Noyons. ; IGN IGN Ignored (Status) IGN Institut Geographique National IGN Ignition IGN Instituto Geografico Nacional (Spain) IGN Imagine Games Network IGN In-Game Name (gaming) Editors Choice Award for Best Mobile Game, Best Puzzle Game and Most Innovative Design. GestureTek Mobile is the first gesture-recognition software provider to be embedded on DoCoMo, Verizon and Windows Mobile 6 mobile devices, and the first to deploy a market-ready gesture-controlled mapping application on a cell phone. For more information visit www.gesturetekmobile.com. |
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