Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB (“Crunchfish”) ingår ett evalueringsavtal med Extremesight Technology Ltd i Kina för att utvärdera Crunchfishs geststyrningsprogramvara XR Skeleton för sina nya AR-glasögon. Extremesight kommer att betala en mindre avgift för evalueringslicensen och supporttjänster som ger bolaget tillgång till Crunchfishs XR Skeleton för att integrera och utvärdera för kommersiellt bruk i ett nästa steg.
Extremesight utvecklar Augmented Reality (AR)-glasögon med full AR-funktionalitet, där geststyrning kan användas som en interaktionsmetod.
Crunchfish XR Skeleton möjliggör en extremt exakt och flexibel interaktionslösning där var och en av de 21 punkter som representerar lederna i handen kan användas som interaktionsyta för att kontrollera t.ex. virtuella objekt eller menysystem. För att uppnå en så realistisk upplevelse som möjligt i augmented reality krävs extrem noggrannhet för hur programvaran tolkar händernas rörelse. XR Skeleton använder en vanlig kamerasensor för att leverera avstånd mellan alla 21 punkter i tre dimensioner. Programvaran är optimerad för AR-glasögon och VR-enheter men stöder också interaktion med mobiltelefoner och publika skärmar.
”Vi upplever omfattande intresse för vår senaste programvara för geststyrningsteknik och är glada att välkomna Extremesight som ny kund för XR Skeleton. Genom att lägga till vår marknadsledande geststyrningsteknologi i sina AR-glasögon ges användaren en komplett AR-upplevelse”, säger Joakim Nydemark, VD för Crunchfish Gesture Interaction.
För ytterligare information, vänligen kontakta: Joakim Nydemark, VD Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB
+46 706 35 16 09 joakim.nydemark@crunchfish.com
Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB (“Crunchfish”) enters an Evaluation License Agreement with Extremesight Technology Ltd in China, to evaluate Crunchfish’s XR Skeleton gesture control software for their new AR-glasses. Extremesight will pay a smaller fee for the evaluation license and support services that will give the company access to Crunchfish XR Skeleton to integrate and evaluate for commercial use as a next step.
Extremesight is developing Augmented Reality (AR) glasses with full AR capabilities, where gesture interaction may be used as an interaction paradigm.
Crunchfish XR Skeleton enables an exceedingly precise and flexible interaction solution, where each of the 21 points that represent the joints of the hand can be used as an interaction surface to control e.g. virtual objects or menu systems. In order to achieve an experience that is as realistic as possible in augmented reality, extreme accuracy is required of how the software interprets the movement of the hands. XR Skeleton uses a standard camera sensor to deliver distances between all 21 points in three dimensions. The software is optimized for AR glasses and VR devices but also supports interaction with mobile phones and public screens.
“We experience a lot of interest for our latest gesture technology software and are happy to welcome Extremesight as a new customer of XR Skeleton. By adding our high precision touchless gestures to their AR glasses, the user may take full advantage of the AR experience”, says Joakim Nydemark, CEO at Crunchfish Gesture Interaction.
For more information, please contact: Joakim Nydemark, CEO Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB +46 706 35 16 09 joakim.nydemark@crunchfish.com
Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance AB is the Certified Adviser. Email: ca@vhcorp.se. Telephone +46 40 200 250.
About Crunchfish – crunchfish.com/gestures Crunchfish is a technical pioneer within digital payments with its ground-breaking Digital Cash Wallet using a two-step payment process, first clearing offline followed by online settlement, which makes digital payments robust and independent from the net. Crunchfish Digital Cash Wallet is extremely flexible and may be used with all types of payment services. It is interoperable cross-service/schemes and cross-borders/currencies. It truly delivers the properties of cash, such as instant clearing, offline payments and preserving the payer’s integrity, without requiring any changes to the central or commercial banking infrastructure. This enables CBDC to be rolled out fast in any country.
We have also developed Blippit, an app terminal that connects to cash register systems for both online and offline payments and have a patent-pending solution to reduce food waste. Crunchfish also develops gesture control of smart AR glasses for the consumer market.
Crunchfish is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market since 2016, with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden and with representation in India.
The only thing we know for certain about the future, is that it is sure to be different. It may sound like science fiction, but soon many of us will wear smart glasses that enhance the reality around us with digital objects and make our everyday lives both easier and more efficient. The world will hardly be the same.
Augmented Reality (AR) has been around for a while, but now things are really starting to move. In the near future, we will all be impacted by this technology and the opportunities it offers.
“AR is created when virtual objects are placed on top of the reality we see around us through our mobile camera or smart glasses”, Joakim Nydemark, CEO of Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB, explains. The company develops technology that allows you to interact in the world of augmented reality via intuitive hand gestures.
As with so much else, smart phones and tablets initially created the conditions for AR, whereby the user is given a new experience using the camera and software in such devices.
“Using smart glasses frees both hands and provides quick access to new information through a transparent screen, hanging in the air right in front of the user’s eyes. Crunchfish’s technology makes it possible to interact with the augmented reality without needing to touch a physical screen. Crunchfish’s gesture control technology lets users interact with virtual objects through hand gestures. This means that we can look up from the mobile display and not only make the content of the phone more naturally accessible, but also access relevant information about everything around us”, Joakim continues.
”Crunchfish’s gesture control technology is absolutely world class”
– Joakim Nydemark
The smart glasses are usually connected to the mobile phone similarly to a smart watch, but in the future, it is predicted to replace the phone as the device you always want to carry with you. With a mobile connected to smart glasses, you can make calls, browse the phone book, take pictures and surf the web. Everything is projected as an extra visible layer in the glasses, while the phone can be left in the pocket or purse and both your hands are free. In the long run, smart glasses will replace the mobile phone as AR opens up for many more possibilities.
“Imagine you are out walking in town. Directions to your destination can be projected in front of your eyes, and by pointing the camera in your glasses at different objects, a building for example, you can get information about when the house was built, if there is an apartment for sale or drawings of how it looks inside. Once inside the apartment, the AR can show you how a room will look with different shades of color or wallpapers, or how a specific sofa would fit in the living room”, Joakim explains.
AR will not only revolutionize and facilitate our private sphere. The new technology will also create new opportunities for our working lives, streamlining and simplifying them. The technology is already today in many workplaces, as part of efforts to make companies and industries more digital and effective.
“Imagine repairing a machine or servicing a car. With the help of smart glasses, the service technician can get instructions projected in front of him on what is to be checked and in what order the various steps are to be performed, but also how, if he is unsure, by displaying a step-by-step description. Similarly, the technology can also be used in manufacturing. A new employee can quickly learn what, how and in what order things should be done, for example during assembly where it is important to assemble things in the right order”, says Joakim.
“The breakthrough of AR technology is not far away. As soon as one of the big electronics companies, say Apple, launches attractive smart glasses for consumers, things will snowball – perhaps as early as next year – and at a cost that will probably be on a par with what you would pay for a regular mobile phone today. The technology is currently being honed. One of the keys to success is to produce smart glasses that are attractive and comfortable enough for you to want to wear them on a daily basis. With limited space for electronics, the demand on performance is high. Crunchfish’s gesture control technology is absolutely world-class and gives the user full flexibility to interact with the augmented reality, despite limited resources”, Joakim Nydemark concludes.
About Crunchfish – crunchfish.com/gestures Crunchfish is a tech company with patent-pending solutions for Digital Cash that can be integrated with both the payment rail and in mobile wallets. The solutions are globally scalable and makes digital payments more robust as the risks of disruptions and downtime are eliminated. We have also developed Blippit, an app terminal that connects to cash register systems for both online and offline payments and have a patent-pending solution to reduce food waste. Crunchfish also develops gesture control of smart AR glasses for the consumer market. Crunchfish is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market since 2016, with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden and with representation in India.
Om framtiden vet vi egentligen ingenting mer än att den säkert kommer bli annorlunda. Det kan låta som science fiction, men snart kommer många av oss bära smarta glasögon som förstärker vår verklighet med digitala objekt och gör vår vardag både enklare och effektivare. Världen kommer knappast vara sig lik.
Förstärkt verklighet eller Augmented Reality (AR) som det kallas på engelska har funnits en tid, men det är först nu som det börjar hända saker på allvar. Inom en snar framtid kommer vi alla förhålla oss till tekniken och möjligheterna den erbjuder.
”AR skapas när virtuella objekt läggs ovanpå den verklighet vi ser genom mobilkameran eller smarta glasögon,” förklarar Joakim Nydemark, vd för Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB, som utvecklar tekniken som gör att man kan interagera med förstärkt verklighet via intuitiva handgester.
Som med så mycket annat är det smarta mobiler och surfplattor som initialt skapat förutsättningar för AR, där man genom att använda kameran och mjukvara ger användaren en ny upplevelse. ”Att använda smarta glasögon frigör båda händerna och ger snabb tillgång till ny information i en transparant skärmbild i luften framför användarens ögon. Crunchfishs teknik kommer in i bilden för att kunna interagera med den förstärkta verkligheten i avsaknad av en fysisk skärm att trycka på. Med Crunchfishs geststyrningsteknologi interagerar du med virtuella objekt genom handgester. Det gör att vi kan lyfta blicken från mobiltelefonens display och inte bara få mobiltelefonens innehåll mer naturligt tillgängligt utan även relevant information om allt omkring oss”, fortsätter Joakim.
Samma geststyrningsteknologi kan även användas i kombination med publika skärmar på förslagsvis tågstationer, köpcentrum och vid incheckning på hotell. Men hjälp av handrörelser kan man exempelvis bläddra i tidtabeller och köpa biljetter utan att behöva trycka på skärmar. Viktigt ur ett hygienperspektiv i dessa pandemitider.
”Crunchfishs teknik inom geststyrning är i absolut världsklass” – Joakim Nydemark
Smarta glasögon kopplas till mobiltelefonen på liknande sätt som en smart klocka, men förutspås i framtiden ersätta mobiltelefonen som den enhet som vi alltid bär med oss. Med mobilen kopplad till smarta glasögon kan man ringa, bläddra i telefonboken, ta bilder och surfa runt på internet. Allt projiceras som ett extra synligt lager i glasögonen med mobilen kvar i fickan eller handväskan och båda händerna fria. I förlängningen kommer smarta glasögon ersätta mobilen eftersom AR öppnar upp för mycket fler möjligheter.
”Tänk dig att du är ute och går på en gata i stan. En vägbeskrivning för att du ska nå ditt mål kan projiceras framför ögonen och genom att rikta kameran i glasögonen mot olika objekt, exempelvis en byggnad, skulle du kunna få information om när huset är byggt, om det finns någon lägenhet som är till salu och även ritningar på hur den ser ut. Väl inne i lägenheten kan du med AR se hur ett rum kommer att se ut med olika färgnyanser och tapeter eller hur en viss soffa passar i vardagsrummet”, förklarar Joakim.
AR kommer inte bara att revolutionera och underlätta i vår privata sfär. På samma sätt kommer den nya tekniken att skapa nya möjligheter i arbetslivet som effektiviserar och förenklar. Redan i dag används den på många arbetsplatser som en del av digitaliseringen och effektiviseringen inom företag och industri.
”Tänk att man ska reparera en maskin eller serva en bil. Med hjälp av smarta glasögon kan serviceteknikern få instruktioner projicerad framför sig på vad som ska kontrolleras och i vilken ordning de olika momenten ska utföras, men också hur, om man är osäker, genom att en steg-för-steg-beskrivning visas. På liknande sätt kan tekniken även användas inom tillverkning. En nyanställd kan snabbt lära sig vad, hur och i vilken ordning saker ska göras, till exempel vid montering där det är viktigt att saker sätts samman i rätt ordning”, berättar Joakim.
“AR-teknikens genombrott ligger inte långt borta. Det handlar om att någon av de stora elektronikföretagen, till exempel Apple, ska lansera attraktiva smarta glasögon för konsumenter och då kommer det gå fort – kanske redan nästa år – och till ett pris som troligen kommer vara i nivå med en normal mobiltelefon idag. Just nu finslipas tekniken. Det handlar mycket om att kunna ta fram smarta glasögon som är så attraktiva och bekväma att man vill bära dem hela dagen. Med begränsad plats för elektronik ställs höga krav på prestanda. Crunchfishs teknik inom geststyrning är i absolut världsklass som trots begränsade hårdvaruresurser ger användaren full flexibilitet att interagera med den förstärkta verkligheten”, avslutar Joakim.
Om Crunchfish – crunchfish.com/gestures Crunchfish är ett techbolag med patentsökta lösningar för Digital Cash som kan integreras både med betalningsrälsen och mobila plånböcker. Lösningarna är globalt skalbara och gör digitala betalningar mer robusta eftersom riskerna med störningar och driftstopp elimineras. Vi har också utvecklat Blippit, en appterminal som ansluts till kassasystem för både online- och offlinebetalningar och har en patentsökt lösning för att minska matsvinnet. Crunchfish utvecklar även geststyrning av smarta AR-glasögon till konsumentmarknaden. Crunchfish är sedan 2016 noterade på Nasdaq First North Growth Market med huvudkontor i Malmö och med representation i Indien.
Crunchfish AB (“Crunchfish”) today announces that the company has started a restructuring of the company group structure, with the purpose to clarify the different business areas and put these in relevant subsidiaries. With the new company group structure, Crunchfish’s different business areas will be operated in separate wholly owned subsidiaries, each of which can report its own revenues and expenses. The new company group structure will not have any direct financial impact on Crunchfish, but only aims to create a further increase in clarity and transparency.
Crunchfish Proximity AB is undergoing a name change to Crunchfish Digital Cash AB with Patrik Lindeberg as CEO. The closely related solution areas Digital Cash, Blippit and Nearby are part of this company. Crunchfish starts a new subsidiary, Crunchfish Food Waste AB with a focus on Food Waste in which Linda Kronby will be the new CEO. Linda will also continue as CEO of Blippit AB, which Crunchfish Digital Cash AB owns together with ClearOn AB in equal parts. The third subsidiary is Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB, where Joakim Nydemark is still CEO.
“Our new group structure clarifies our three main solution areas and provides the market with transparent information as wholly owned subsidiaries with their own accounts”,says Joachim Samuelsson, Crunchfish’s Group CEO.
For more information, please contact: Joachim Samuelsson, Group CEO of Crunchfish AB +46 708 46 47 88 joachim.samuelsson@crunchfish.com
Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance AB is the Certified Adviser. Email: ca@vhcorp.se. Telephone +46 40 200 250.
About Crunchfish – crunchfish.com Crunchfish is a tech company with a patent-pending solution for digital offline payments that can be integrated both with the payment rail or in a mobile wallet. The offline solution is globally scalable and makes digital payments more robust as the risks of disruptions and downtime are eliminated. We have also developed Blippit, an app terminal that connects to a cash register system for both online and offline payments. Crunchfish also develops gesture control of smart AR glasses for the consumer market. Crunchfish has been listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market since 2016 with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden and with representation in India.
To show the possibilities and flexibility of Crunchfish’s gesture control product – XR Skeleton – the company today publishes a video of a prototype in AR, in which interaction with virtual objects and buttons is shown. As previously announced, the company’s gesture control product XR Skeleton has impressive performance and advanced features, which creates the conditions for high-precision interaction with virtual objects in Augmented Reality (AR) as well as Virtual Reality (VR) environments.
By identifying all the moving parts and contours of the hand and then linking these points together into a skeletal structure, the possibility of high-precision interaction with virtual objects is opened up. In the interaction video which is now available, examples of how you can use the skeleton model to pinch objects, change size and press buttons are shown. An important detail that affects the user experience in a positive way is the flexibility of the gestures. It does not matter if you press the buttons with one finger, two fingers or the whole hand – it works just as well, which shows how intuitive the interaction is. This may seem like an obvious feature, but it is extremely difficult to solve technically without Crunchfish’s skeleton model.
An important difference between AR and VR is that in AR, you always see reality and the user’s real hands. This entails the complexity that the system must keep track of exactly where the hands are in relation to all augmented information, such as the planets in the video above. From the user’s point of view, the experience must be that the objects as well as the hands seem real, and in that case the user must be able to touch and move the objects as if they were real. Enabling this intuitive gesture control is one of Crunchfish XR Skeleton’s absolute strengths.
“We are proud to show our XR Skeleton solution in an AR environment, where the precision and compliance of the interaction is clear. We constantly enhance the solution technically and there is no doubt that we are among the best in the world in the field of gesture control”, says Daniel Milesson, Head of R&D at Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB
For more information, please contact: Joakim Nydemark, CEO of Crunchfish Gesture Interaction AB +46 706 35 16 09 joakim.nydemark@crunchfish.com
Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance AB is the Certified Adviser. Email: ca@vhcorp.se. Telephone +46 40 200 250.
About Crunchfish – crunchfish.com/gestures Crunchfish is a tech company with a patent-pending solution for digital offline payments that can be integrated both with the payment rail or in a mobile wallet. The offline solution is globally scalable and makes digital payments more robust as the risks of disruptions and downtime are eliminated. We have also developed Blippit, an app terminal that connects to a cash register system for both online and offline payments. Crunchfish also develops gesture control of smart AR glasses for the consumer market. Crunchfish has been listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market since 2016 with headquarters in Malmö, Sweden and with representation in India.
