eyeSight and Huan TV Partner to Provide Gesture Recognition-Based Applications and Games to the Chinese Connected TV Market

HERZELIYA, Israel and BEIJING, China, August 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

eyeSight Mobile Technologies, a developer of touch free interfaces for consumer electronics, signed a partnership agreement with Huan TV, China's leading provider of content for connected TVs, to offer gesture recognition-based content to Huan's subscribers.

Huan TV will provide customers with special content for the connected TVs which are integrated with eyeSight's Hand Gesture Recognition Technology, enabling the operation of these apps with intuitive hand gestures.

• The collaboration will allow Huan TV, a major content provider to connected TVs in the Chinese market, to offer a wide variety of gesture-controlled applications and games. Consumers who purchase smart TVs in which eyeSight's technology is integrated will enjoy a much wider selection of games and applications, in addition to the gesture-controlled functions initially provided by these TVs.

This move is aligned with eyeSight's overall strategy of entering the fast-growing Chinese Internet-connected TV market. The partnership with Huan will provide eyeSight with a strong foothold in the Chinese market.

"The cooperation with Huan TV is extremely exciting as it will allow us to integrate our technology into applications and games which will provide a whole new user experience to users of eyeSight-enabled connected TVs," said Gideon Shmuel, eyeSight's CEO. "By partnering with TV manufactures and collaborating with Huan TV, we will be able to offer much richer content and a new interactive user experience."

 eyeSight's software-based technology meets the growing market demand of new and enhanced user interaction with devices. eyeSight's solution offers touchless control for camera-enabled devices such as tablets, mobile phones, PCs, TVs, and set-top boxes.

About eyeSight

eyeSight Mobile Technologies is a leader in touch free interfaces for consumer electronics, enabling the consumer to easily and intuitively control devices using simple hand gestures.

Requiring only a standard 2D camera, eyeSight's software solution provides an enhanced user experience, allowing remote control of a variety of devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, TVs, portable computers and set top boxes.

For more information about eyeSight, visit http://www.eyesight-tech.com.

About Huan TV

Huan TV is a leading Internet content provider in China with all-inclusive channels focusing on cultural and technological services. Huan TV is established as a joint venture between Chang Hong and TCL, serving millions of Smart TV users in the growing market.

In addition to its own feature-rich contents, Huan TV provides seamless connections to various popular Internet platforms in China, offering updated news, educational topics, latest movies, TV programs, weather reports, financial market reports and interactive on-line games. All the contents are customized to suit the cutting-edge technologies of Smart TV which has become the core entertainment center of millions of home in China.

For more information about Huan TV, visit http://www.huan.tv.

Company Contact:
Liat Rostock
Marketing Director
eyeSight Mobile Technologies
email: [email protected]
Mobile: +972-5404670162

SOURCE eyeSight Mobile Technologies