PointGrab Ltd. and Sunplus Innovation Technology (SunplusIT) announced their partnership to bring PointGrab's PointSwitch(TM) gesture control solution to the home appliances market worldwide. This follows PointGrab's recent unveiling of the new PointSwitch(TM) experience that enables consumers to control home appliances from a distance just by pointing at them. Users will now be able to turn lights or the air conditioner on or off, as well as enable more complex controls such as dimming the brightness, partially drawing the shades, or increasing the temperature on the thermostat from a distance.

This collaboration will provide an innovative electronic module that makes home appliances easier to operate and consume less energy. PointGrab and SunplusIT are initially targeting lighting control and air conditioning OEMs for residential and commercial segments. Both companies will jointly offer OEMs a unique solution that is based on a sophisticated computer vision algorithms embedded in a low-cost high-performance ISP that can be used for both retrofits and new installations.