<s>
Flutter	B-Application
is	O
a	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
technology	O
startup	O
based	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
by	O
Navneet	O
Dalal	O
and	O
Mehul	O
Nariyawala	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
received	O
early-stage	O
funding	O
from	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
and	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
Flutter	B-Application
App	O
,	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
control	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
iTunes	O
,	O
Spotify	O
,	O
VLC	O
,	O
and	O
QuickTime	O
using	O
hand	O
gestures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
utilizes	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
technology	O
that	O
works	O
with	O
the	O
webcam	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
requiring	O
separate	O
hardware	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
Kinect	B-Algorithm
,	O
Flutter	B-Application
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
built-in	O
webcam	O
to	O
recognize	O
the	O
gestures	O
of	O
a	O
person	O
's	O
hands	O
between	O
one	O
and	O
six	O
feet	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
plans	O
to	O
achieve	O
profit	O
by	O
licensing	O
the	O
technology	O
to	O
software	O
companies	O
that	O
can	O
then	O
integrate	O
Flutter	B-Application
into	O
their	O
own	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nariyawala	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
Flutter	B-Application
wants	O
to	O
power	O
the	O
eyes	O
of	O
our	O
devices	O
—	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
that	O
Siri	O
functions	O
as	O
the	O
iPhone	O
’s	O
ears.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Flutter	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2013	O
for	O
US$40	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
