Doublepoint enhances AR interactions on Magic Leap 2
June 18, 2024 — Doublepoint Technologies, a supplier of gesture expertise, has at the moment unveiled its WowMouse gesture answer for augmented actuality (AR) on the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2024. This newest WowMouse replace from the corporate transforms Android smartwatches into AR gestural enter units. The corporate has additionally labored with spatial computing firm Magic Leap to reinforce the person experiences on its Magic Leap 2 headset.
“We’re grateful to the Magic Leap group for lending their unbelievable AR experience to assist us take the human AR expertise to the subsequent degree with WowMouse micro-gesture controls,” mentioned Ohto Pentikäinen, CEO and co-founder of Doublepoint. “The demand for intuitive and highly effective interactions with wearable units is continuous to develop, and we’re excited to be on the forefront of providing new improvements in gesture expertise.”
Doublepoint first introduced its WowMouse app at CES 2024, marking the corporate’s entry into wearable expertise and interactive digital interfaces. WowMouse leverages the corporate’s core algorithm to allow micro-gestures that remodel smartwatches into wrist-based mice. The corporate said that since its debut, its app has achieved greater than 55,000 downloads. Now with this newest AR characteristic, WowMouse supplies an enter answer for larger flexibility and presents an choice that caters to numerous environments and spatial computing use circumstances.
By Bluetooth-pairing a Magic Leap 2 with an Android smartwatch operating WowMouse, customers can activate “WowMouse AR Mode.” The characteristic permits for seamless management of AR environments by way of gaze and pinch interactions utilizing Magic Leap’s newest headset, based on the corporate.
Attendees at AWE 2024 can have the unique alternative to witness the Doublepoint’s options for human-computer interplay and get hands-on demonstrations of WowMouse AR this week on the Lengthy Seashore Conference heart from June 18-20.
The WowMouse app may be downloaded on the Google Play Store. For extra data on Doublepoint and its gesture expertise for augmented actuality and wearable units, please go to the corporate’s website.
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