Qualcomm Bringing Gesture Recognition Soon To A Snapdragon Processor Near You
Touch screens? That’s sooooo 2011. In the future, we can launch apps simply by making a few silly hand gestures. Well, that might be the future Qualcomm has in mind thanks to some new gesture related IP’s the company recently acquired from GestureTek. Steve Mollenkopf executive vice president of group president of Qualcomm announced via press release:
“Applications processors are enabling a range of new ways for consumers to interface with their home entertainment and mobile devices. Our acquisition of key technology and assets from GestureTek will strengthen Qualcomm’s smartphone product portfolio and enable our customers to launch products with new and compelling user experiences.”
With all the mobile processor competition going around these days, Qualcomm may be trying to get an early leg-up on the competition with some gesture enabled Snapdragon chips. The new gesture recognition tech will by integrated into Qualcomm’s current and next-gen Snapdragon processors. Looks like someone took Google’s Gmail Motion idea and ran with it.
[Via Qualcomm]