Atheer Acquires OnTheGo for Gesture Recognition

“Hands free” is a simple concept but when someone uses their hands in the physical world, they also need ways to “naturally” control the digital world assets they want to use. Automatic gesture recognition is one of the ways of interacting with digital content on hands-free delivery platforms. It’s not built into the optics or some other component before a smart glasses manufacturer introduces it.

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For Atheer, an AREA sponsor member and provider of the AiR platform, gesture recognition is and has been a strategic differentiator. That position was deepened with the acquisition of ONtheGO Platforms, a developer of gesture recognition technology. In a press release issued by Atheer, the company states that ONtheGO adds three issued and six pending patents to Atheer’s IP portfolio of gesture interaction and rich visuality technologies, bringing the total to 14 issued patents and nearly 50 additional pending patents.

These technologies will be further integrated and gradually introduced in future editions of the Atheer AiR Glasses and the collaboration-centric AiR Enterprise Suite.

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