<s>
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
gestigon	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
by	O
Sascha	B-General_Concept
Klement	I-General_Concept
,	O
Erhardt	O
Barth	O
,	O
and	O
Thomas	O
Martinetz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
develops	O
software	O
for	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
control	I-General_Concept
and	O
body	B-Application
tracking	I-Application
based	O
on	O
3D	O
depth	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
is	O
developing	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
and	O
automotive	O
solutions	O
for	O
Audi	O
,	O
and	O
Volkswagen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
is	O
also	O
working	O
on	O
AR/VR	O
headsets	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
and	O
smart	O
home	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Valeo	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
automotive	O
supplier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sascha	B-General_Concept
Klement	I-General_Concept
worked	O
as	O
a	O
student	O
assistant	O
and	O
Ph.D.	O
student	O
for	O
the	O
professors	O
Thomas	O
Martinetz	O
and	O
Erhardt	O
Barth	O
,	O
who	O
have	O
been	O
developing	O
software	O
solutions	O
based	O
on	O
time-of-flight	O
sensors	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Lübeck	O
since	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
they	O
founded	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
in	O
2011	O
with	O
seed-funding	O
from	O
High-Tech	O
Gründerfonds	O
,	O
Mittelständische	O
Beteiligungsgesellschaft	O
Schleswig-Holstein	O
and	O
local	O
business	O
angels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
month	O
,	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
received	O
an	O
Innovation	O
Award	O
at	O
CeBIT	O
2012	O
,	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
15	O
startups	O
to	O
receive	O
an	O
award	O
out	O
of	O
276	O
candidates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
participated	O
at	O
CES	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
and	O
,	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
also	O
at	O
TechCrunch	O
Disrupt	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
year	O
Visteon	O
and	O
Volkswagen	O
used	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
's	O
gestures	O
solutions	O
in	O
their	O
products	O
presented	O
at	O
CES	O
2014	O
and	O
CeBIT	O
2014	O
where	O
it	O
won	O
the	O
“	O
CeBIT	O
Innovation	O
Award	O
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
public	O
displays	O
of	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
's	O
technologies	O
include	O
Audi	O
at	O
CES	O
2015	O
and	O
CES	O
2016	O
;	O
Volkswagen	O
and	O
Infineon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
launched	O
its	O
Virtual	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
solution	O
Carnival	O
at	O
the	O
TechCrunch	O
Disrupt	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
using	O
an	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
and	O
different	O
depth	O
sensors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
has	O
partnered	O
with	O
several	O
companies	O
that	O
develop	O
hardware	O
solutions	O
,	O
especially	O
depth	O
sensors	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
sensing	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
partnered	O
with	O
Inuitive	O
,	O
a	O
3D	O
computer	O
vision	O
and	O
image	O
processors	O
developer	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
VR	B-Application
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
presented	O
at	O
CES	O
2016	O
assembled	O
on	O
an	O
Oculus	B-Device
Rift	I-Device
development	O
kit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
closed	O
its	O
Series	O
A	O
financing	O
round	O
from	O
with	O
nbr	O
technology	O
ventures	O
GmbH	O
as	O
a	O
primary	O
investor	O
headed	O
by	O
Fabian	O
von	O
Kuenheim	O
and	O
High-Tech	O
Gründerfonds	O
and	O
Vorwerk	O
Direct	O
Selling	O
Ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Valeo	O
,	O
a	O
French	O
automotive	O
supplier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
develops	O
software	O
that	O
works	O
with	O
3D	O
sensors	O
to	O
recognize	O
human	O
gestures	O
,	O
poses	O
and	O
biometrical	O
features	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Flamenco	O
,	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
for	O
finger	O
and	O
hand	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
control	I-General_Concept
,	O
</s>
<s>
Carnival	O
SDK	O
,	O
software	O
for	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
and	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
see	O
and	O
use	O
their	O
hands	O
in	O
virtual	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gestigon	B-General_Concept
's	O
solutions	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
skeleton	O
recognition	O
.	O
</s>
