recognition founded israel 2010 founders yitzi kempinski tuvia elbaum nir blushtein area served worldwide key people yitz kempinski ceo cto tuvia elbaum cmo 1 nir blushtein products aac devices eye tracking for mobile devices smartphones and tablet computers based on built in 2d cameras number of employees 15 2013 2 website www.umoove.me umoove is a high tech startup company that has developed and patented a software only face and eye tracking technology . the idea was first conceived as an attempt to aid disabled people but has since evolved . the only compatibility qualification for tablet computers and smartphones to run umoove software is a front facing camera . umoove headquarters are in israel on jerusalem s har hotzvim . umoove has 15 employees and received two million dollars in financing in 2012 . the company s original founders invested around 800 000 to start the business in 2010 . 3 in 2013 umoove was named one of the top three most promising israeli start ups by newsgeeks magazine . 4 the company also participated in the 2013 leweb conference in paris france where innovative technology startups are showcased . 5 contents 1 technology 2 umoove experience 3 reviews 4 uhealth 5 collaboration rumors 6 references technology edit the technology uses information extracted from previous frames such as the angle of the user s head to predict where to look for facial targets in the next frame . this anticipation minimizes the amount of computation needed to scan each image . 6 umoove accounts for variances in environment lighting conditions and user hand shake movement . the technology is designed to provide a consistent experience whether you re in a brightly lit area or a darkened basement and to work fluidly between them by adapting its processing when it detects color and brightness shifts . it uses an active stabilization technique to filter out natural body movements from an unstable camera in order to minimize false positive motion detection . 7 running the umoove software on a samsung galaxy s3 is said to take up only 2 % cpu . 6 umoove works exclusively with software and there is no hardware add on necessary . it can be run on any smartphone or tablet computer that has a front facing camera . umoove claims that even a low quality camera on an old device will run their software flawlessly . umoove experience edit in january 2014 umoove released its first game onto the app store . 8 the umoove experience game lets users control where they are flying in the game through simple gestures and motions with their head . the avatar will basically go toward wherever the user looks . 9 the game was created to showcase the technology for game developers 10 but that did not stop some from criticizing its simplicity . 11 umoove also announced that they raised another one million dollars and that they are opening offices in silicon valley california . 1 in february 2014 umoove announced that their face tracking software development kit is available for android developers as well as ios . 12 reviews edit the umoove experience garnered mostly positive reviews 13 from bloggers and mainstream media with some predicting that it could be the future of mobile gaming . 9 mashable wrote that umoove s technology could be the emergence of gesture recognition technology in the mobile space similar to kinect with console gaming and what leap motion has done with desktop computers . 14 some however remain skeptical . cnet for example did not give the game a positive review and called the eye tracking technology freaky but cool . they also noted that pioneering technologies have been known to fall short of expectations citing apple inc s siri as an example . the technology blog gigaom said that the umoove experience is awesome 13 and technology evangelist robert scoble has called umoove brilliant . 15 uhealth edit in january 2015 umoove released uhealth an mobile application that uses eye tracking game like exercise to challenge the user s ability to be attentive continuously focus follow commands and avoid distractions . the app is designed in the form of two games one to improve attention and another that hones focus . 16 uhealth is a training tool not a diagnostic . umoove has stated that they want to use their technology for diagnosing neurological disorders but this will depend on clinical tests and fda approval . 17 the company cites the direct relationship between eye movements and brain activity as well as various vision based therapies have been backed by many scientific studies conducted over the past decades . uhealth is the first time this type of therapy is delivered right to the end user through a simple download . 18 collaboration rumors edit in march 2013 there were rumors on the internet that umoove would be the functioning software embedded into the samsung galaxy s4 which was due to launch that month . this rumor was perpetrated by among others new york times 3 techcrunch 7 and yahoo . 19 once samsung launched without the umoove technology rumors about a potential collaboration with apple inc hit the web . it has been said that due to the fact that apple inc is losing market share and stock value to samsung they will be more aggressive and eye tracking is a logical place to make that move . 20 references edit a b geektime . retrieved 18 february 2014 . spectrumwebsite . retrieved 11 september 2013 . a b newyorktimes . retrieved 11 september 2013 . israel21c . retrieved 11 september 2013 . lewebsite . retrieved 18 february 2014 . a b spectrumwebsite . retrieved 12 september 2013 . a b techcrunch . retrieved 12 september 2013 . itunes . retrieved 18 february 2014 . a b bgrwebsite . retrieved 18 february 2014 . tuawwebsite . retrieved 18 february 2014 . cnetwebsite . retrieved 18 february 2014 . techcrunchfeb14 . retrieved 20 february 2014 . a b gigaom . retrieved 19 february 2014 . mashable . retrieved 18 february 2014 . september 2013 scobleplus check url value help . ctv . 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