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Gestoos: The future is in the present with gesture recognition tech for consumers

  • Spain
  • 4 min read
  • Apr 16, 2020
  • By Emanuela Ferraro

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From spotting and alerting sleepy drivers in their cars to switching on a washing machine with the wave of a hand, Gestoos's gesture and behavior recognition tech has wide application across devices and industries

He was leading the European arm of Oblong Industries founded by John Underkoffler, the ex-MIT scientist well known for envisioning the future of human-computer interface for films like Minority Report, The Hulk and Iron Man. These days Gemán León is Chief Experience Officer of Gestoos, a Barcelona-based startup he co-founded, producing software enabling human-machine interactions through hand gestures.
Gestoos analyzes and facilitates interactions between people, objects and spaces. Like Tom Cruise in Minority Report playing with multi-touch interfaces, Gestoos “turns reactive, interactive...

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