Finnish start-up Doublepoint emerges from stealth

Could 17, 2023 – Finnish start-up Doublepoint Oy has this week emerged from stealth after spending the final 3+ years growing a patent-pending software program platform that the corporate states permits “intuitive, zero learning-curve” gesture recognition.

Doublepoint is a brand new startup growing software program to show smartwatches into subsequent era gesture enter units for augmented actuality (AR), shopper electronics, and extra. Initially targeted on bringing low effort, tactile, and 0 learning-curve interactions to Android Put on OS powered smartwatches, Doublepoint makes use of the in-built sensors to observe tendons and vibrations and doesn’t require any laptop imaginative and prescient sensors exterior of the watch, in line with the corporate.

Doublepoint at present affords a highly-advanced machine studying algorithm that precisely detects touch-based microgestures, together with pinch, floor interactions and extra. The corporate famous that its platform can also be able to raycasting – a way that makes use of digital rays projected from a digicam or sensor to detect and monitor the place and motion of fingers and gestures in the actual world. Doublepoint’s resolution nonetheless doesn’t require a digicam with a purpose to obtain raycasting for gesture recognition. As a substitute, that is all achieved utilizing generic smartwatch sensors and minimal compute cycles from a smartwatch’s embedded CPU, in line with Doublepoint.

Hand place and motion in units might be measured in many various methods, together with wristbands, rings, RADAR, LIDAR, and cameras. Initially targeted on gesture-enabling off-the-shelf smartwatches in addition to XR units, Doublepoint goals to unravel probably the most vexing enter issues in the most straightforward approach. That is achieved through the use of an especially delicate, mechanically-based sensor in a wise wristband to detect motion, place and micro vibrations.

With Doublepoint, no costly optical cameras or LIDAR sensors are required. The corporate’s wristband-based know-how as an alternative focuses on the vibrations that happen solely when the consumer touches one thing.

Along with algorithmic programming options, the corporate additionally plans on offering customized {hardware} designs which are devoted to – and optimized for – contact detection. Doublepoint does supply a free Contact SDK, which turns current smartwatches into precise enter units and offers it as a obtain on the corporate’s website.

“We first based Doublepoint beneath the stealth title of ‘Port 6’ to maintain our rivals guessing and beneath the only real focus of gesture-enabling AR units. Now we have since discovered a prepared and keen market in sensible watches in addition to XR and we’ve got lastly revealed our manufacturing title, full funding and full mission. We’re extraordinarily grateful to our VCs for the latest inflow of capital and their supreme confidence in our staff, know-how and imaginative and prescient,” mentioned Ohto Pentikäinen, CEO of Doublepoint Oy.

Doublepoint at present has a complete of 11 staff located in Finland, Sweden, Germany, and the UK. As of April, 2023, the corporate has raised a complete of EUR €3 million from a spread of angel buyers and established VCs from throughout Finland and Europe. Doublepoint buyers embody FOV Ventures, Superangel VC, Superhero Capital, Sune Alstrup, Timo Rein, Enterprise Finland, and others.

Doublepoint will likely be exhibiting at AWE 2023, the place the corporate will likely be showcasing its platform from Sales space 943 on the expo ground. The corporate was additionally just lately introduced as a finalist in AWE’s Start-up Pitch Competition.

To search out out extra about Doublepoint and its gesture enter platform for augmented actuality, please go to the corporate’s website.

Picture / video credit score: Doublepoint Oy / YouTube

Sam Sprigg

Sam is the Founder and Managing Editor of Auganix. With a background in analysis and report writing, he has been masking XR trade information for the previous 5 years.