Timeline

Vincent John Vincent and Francis MacDougall review Vincent’s “dance machine” proposal and begin work on ideas for video gesture control.

Francis and Vincent, in a partnership known as Vivid Group, begin to work on GestureXtreme products.

The first prototype of GestureXtreme is created on an Amiga 1000, and GestureTek is founded.

Vincent uses GestureXtreme to become the world’s first Virtual Reality Performer / Virtual Musician and starts performing around the world.

The GestureXtreme prototype is named one of the Popular Science’s Top 100 inventions of the year.

GestureTek produces a more robust version of GestureXtreme that tracks full body parts; angle, speed, and trajectory.

GestureXtreme becomes the world’s first interactive immersive Video Conferencing system by enabling people to interact in the same virtual world from different places in the world.

GestureXtreme becomes the world’s first Interactive Virtual Set for a television and film production for Total Panic and Nick Arcade on Nickelodeon.

GestureTek is chosen for an installation in the Canadian Pavilion at the World Expo in Seville, Spain.

Vincent performs at the Grand Scientific Musical Theatre Concert extravaganza for 15 000 people in Las Vegas. The show is produced by Scott Page, Allen Parsons and Bob Ezrin.

GestureTek is chosen for an installation in the Canadian Pavilion and the Korean Government Pavilion at the World Expo in Seoul, South Korea.

Vincent co-creates, co-executive produces, and performs at the International Digital Media Awards.

Vincent, 20th Century Kid, and GestureTek help co-produce the City of Toronto’s 25th Anniversary Earth Day Concert; and also performs at the event via solar power.

Opened first Silicon Valley office on the famous S.S. Vallejo in Sausalito, California.  

GestureTek creates world’s first Immersive Video Gesture Control Virtual Reality rehabilitation applications, which later become the IREX system.

GestureTek is awarded a broad patent for Video Gesture Control for its 1990 submission.

GestureTek invents interactive projected surfaces, such as floors, walls, tables, windows, etc.

GestureTek invents the world’s first Virtual 3D depth camera video gesture control system.

GestureTek takes on its first investors (an Angel Investor Group including David Bowie, Bob Goodale, and RZO, music business managers for Rolling Stones, U2, etc.)

GestureTek introduces the world's first immersive virtual reality rehabilitative exercise system-IREX system.

GestureTek invents GestPoint (now known as GestTrack) point and control from a distance using a two camera matrix, and is the inspiration for the gesture-controlled interface for the movie Minority Report.

GestureTek creates its first Multi-Touch Table for the Samsung NY show room.

GestureTek invents the world's first immersive video gesture controlled Karaoke experience.

GestureTek invents Optical Tracking for mobile phone gesture control in 3D space.

Vincent receives the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the Canadian New Media Awards.

GestureTek takes its vast array of custom Multi-Touch Tables and vertical displays and productizes them into turnkey systems and distributes globally.

GestureTek receives multiple additional patents for its new Gesture Control Techniques and licenses its technology and patents to Sony for the Playstation EyeToy.

GestureTek licenses its technology and patents to Hasbro and helps them create the ION Educational Gaming System for kids, which plugs into your TV.

NTT DOCOMO Japan begins delivering GestureTek’s EyeMobile on its mobile handsets with 300 apps available; today over 100 million handsets have it.

GestureTek wins the Most Prestigious Mobile Technology Award at the Mobile Awards Congress in Barcelona, for Leading Technology of the Year.

GestureTek licenses its technology and patent to Microsoft for Video Gesture Control on the Xbox.

GestureTek licenses its patents to Reactrix in the USA for its interactive projection surfaces advertising network.

GestureTek invents the Cube, the “World’s First Turnkey, Plug and Play, Interactive Projection” System in a box.

Vincent John Vincent is honoured with the Media Guru Award in Milan, Italy.

GestureTek sells its 3000th GestureFX Interactive Surface System.

GestureTek begins to deliver an early version of its GesTrack3D SDK for 3D depth camera video gesture control application development.

GestureTek invents crowd gesture tracking system using an Advanced GestTrack 3D System and 16 3D depth cameras.

GesutreTek delivers first 3D gesture control technology for integrated in-car use to Ford Motor Company.

GestureTek’s products now covered by over 18 patents. Microsoft releases the Kinect, the first commercially available version of 3D depth camera gesture control, GestureTek’s invention.

GestureTek delivers its 400th Cube to Old Navy Stores.

Vincent is invited to speak at the second annual IdeaCity Conference in Toronto.

Vincent speaks at TEDx Waterloo using GesTrack3D/Kinect to give the world’s first Keynote presentation completely controlled by Video Gesture Control.

Vincent is inducted into the DigiFest digital pioneer hall of fame.

GestureTek sells its consumer and mobile phone division and assets to Qualcomm for a substantial return, while retaining its Digital Signage and Health division to continue leadership and growth.

Vincent John Vincent, the founder of GestureTek, purchases back the remainder of GestureTek forming GestureTek Systems for Digital Signage and Health markets, as well as reorganizing the company.

GestureTek Systems initiates a new gesture engine.

GestureTek Systems delivers its ArtAlive! installation for Crayola, which, for the first time allows the public to use a tablet to draw images and then send them onto the interactive gesture walls while also selecting the effect the image will experience when it is touched.

GestureTek Systems wins a Digital Signage Award for its Crayola installation.

GestureTek Systems wins a Digital Signage Award for its Virtual Dig installation for the Royal Botanical Garden.

Anisa McMullan joins the GestureTek Systems team to begin the process of rolling the health division into its own company, GestureTek Health.

GestureTek demonstrates smart signage where beacon and wifi to mobile devices allow shared info with their Gesture Controlled Displays that respond to user’s personal interest.

Vincent is invited to Digital Hollywood to speak on a panel about the next generation of VR/AR.

GestureTek Systems receives investment and rolls out as a separate company GestureTek Health, Headquarters, Toronto, ON.

GestureTek Health CEO and Co-founder, Vincent John Vincent, helps open the a UK office in London, England at Canada House.

GestureTek Health debuts IREX 1.5 where 3D depth camera allows the elimination of a green screen.

GestureTek Health wins the COPA Practice Growth: Innovation of the Year Award for IREX 1.5 at the Neurological Rehabilitation Expo in London, England.

The Journal of mHealth announces that GestureTek Health is listed in the Global Top 100 Digital Health Companies.

GestureTek Health wins the Gold APEX Award at DSE for their installation at St. Joseph's Just for Kids Clinic.

GestureTek Health installs 11 systems at Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.