3D Touch has been overcome. Welcome to FingerAngle.

November 20, 2015

QEEXO's new technology is much more accurate, with more options, and does not require specialized hardware.

Η Apple presented us the 3D touch with her new iPhone 6S amidst drum rolls, but some lads in the Qeexo, at Carney Mellon University, quietly and without fuss they far surpassed it.

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This company has developed an algorithm that can accurately calculate the 3D position and angle of our finger on a screen touchscreen. It is called FingerAngle and can not only recognize the angle of our finger, but even the rotations! This can be far superior to 3D Touch, as it results in many more finger movements that are produced simply by the movement of the finger, while the 3D touch is simply based on how gently or hard you press the screen.

For example, you could adjust the volume of the voice by rotating your finger left or right. Similarly, you could zoom in or out of a picture with corresponding gestures. You could also scroll the screen up or down by simply changing the angle of your finger. Now imagine what improvements can be made to game controls with such capabilities.

Such applications can be very useful in smartphone ή tablet, but think how much more useful it can be in a smartwatch which, de facto, has too small a screen to fit more than a single finger.

Although the FingerAngle is software-based, don't expect to see an app that installs it on your smartphone. It will be installed on your computer. firmware of the device and integrated into the manufacturer's software to make it work. Η Qeexo is already working with a number of manufacturers to bring the functionality of the FingerAngle on their devices.

Qeexo had already unveiled improvements in mobile screen handling with another of its technologies, the FingerSense. With the FingerSense, the phone can sense if you tap the screen with your finger, or with another finger lock, or with stylus and react differently. Huawei already uses the FingerSense in the models of P8, Honor 7 and mate S. Users of these devices can replace various functions by using different parts of their fingers or locks.

The company has also developed the technology EarSense, which is a software alternative that recognises when we have the phone in our ear so it unlocks it automatically. In this way also, devices with a thin enough screen can sense when the phone is in our ear and when it is not so that it does not accidentally open when it comes into contact with other surfaces (e.g. our pocket).

We can't yet calculate the full functionality that a technology like the FingerAngle, but we hope that we will soon see its implementation in the near future.