AirTouch by Neural Lab — Gesture Control for Any Camera
Add Apple Vision Pro-like gestures to any projector app in five minutes
AirTouch by Neural Lab turns any camera into a gesture interface that maps to mouse, keyboard, and touch. No SDK, no headset, no proprietary hardware.
What the press is saying
“I was impressed with how well AirTouch delivered, and unlike most gesture technology out there, it requires no special equipment — just a standard webcam.”
Engadget Amy Skorheim
“Apple Vision Pro-like control without the $3,500 price tag.”
Cybernews Konstancija Gasaitytė
How it works
From Any Camera to Working Gesture Control in Three Steps
01
Install
Download AirTouch and point any webcam at the user. That's the setup.
02
Map
Pick from the AirTouch gesture library. Map each gesture to a mouse click, key press, or touch event.
03
Use
Open the app you already use. Control it with your hand. Nothing to integrate, nothing to rewrite.
Why AirTouch
Gesture Control Without the Overhaul
Most hand tracking systems ask you to buy hardware, hire integrators, and rewrite your software. AirTouch does the opposite.
Any camera you already own
RGB webcam, phone camera, laptop camera, IP camera. If it streams video, AirTouch's hand tracking works with it. No depth sensors. No proprietary bar taped to a monitor.
Any app you already have
AirTouch maps gestures to the inputs your operating system already speaks: mouse clicks, keyboard keys, and touch events. If your app accepts a click, it accepts AirTouch gesture control. Nothing to integrate. Nothing to recompile.
Five minutes from download to demo
Install AirTouch. Point a camera. Map a gesture. First-time users go from zero to working gesture control before the coffee finishes brewing.
Reads intent, not just motion
AirTouch's patented intent detection picks the primary actor out of a crowd and locks onto them until they're done, so stray hands and passing motion get filtered out instead of taking over mid-task. Most gesture systems just fire on any hand that moves.
The difference
Better Outcome, Less of Your Team's Time
| The old way | AirTouch |
|---|---|
| Hardware | ✕ Proprietary sensor required |
| ✓ Camera you already own | |
| Integration | ✕ Schedule a project |
| ✓ Download and install | |
| App support | ✕ SDK code per app |
| ✓ Any mouse, keyboard, or touch app | |
| Time to deploy | ✕ 3 to 6 months |
| ✓ Five minutes | |
| Intent detection | ✕ Fires on any motion |
| ✓ Locks onto the primary user | |
| Vendor lock-in | ✕ Replace when vendor pivots |
| ✓ Universal OS inputs |
Solutions
One Hand Tracking Technology, Every Screen
AirTouch runs in operating rooms, conference centers, factory floors, retail kiosks, and OEM products. The use cases keep growing because gesture control at the OS input layer is universal.
Medical and sterile environments
Working with technology shouldn't mean more risk of transmission. AirTouch keeps interaction sterile across surgical suites, pathology labs, the ICU, and quarantine.
Exhibits and immersive experiences
A VR headset traps the experience on one person's face. AirTouch brings Apple Vision Pro-like gestures to any display instead: transparent, projected, VR cave, large or small.
Industrial and manufacturing
AirTouch holds up where other interfaces quit: clean rooms, dirty rooms, heavy vibration, protective glass, gloved hands, or from across the room.
Office and enterprise
Drive presentations from across the boardroom. Turn any display into a smart board. AirTouch makes any screen interactive, big or small.
Home and kitchen
Control your screen when your hands are full, wet, or dirty.
OEM integrations
Embed AirTouch hand tracking inside vehicles, consumer electronics, TV, kiosk, or signage displays.
Built for both
For developers and individuals
Download AirTouch and start in five minutes with any webcam. Use it with the apps you already have, or dig into code samples to build gesture control into your own projects.
For enterprises and OEM
On-prem hand tracking deployment, offline licenses, GDPR-compliant analytics, SLA, and dedicated integration support for OEM and large rollouts.
Common questions
What is AirTouch?+
AirTouch is gesture control and hand tracking software from Neural Lab. It turns any standard RGB camera into a gesture-driven input device, mapping hand gestures to mouse clicks, keyboard keys, and touch events at the operating system level, so it works with apps you already use without any code changes.
Do I need special hardware?+
AirTouch hand tracking works with any RGB camera, including your laptop webcam, an external USB cam, a smartphone, and most IP cameras. There is no depth sensor requirement and no proprietary device to plug in.
Which operating systems does AirTouch support?+
AirTouch runs on Windows, Linux, and Android today, and macOS support is on the way. Because gestures map to standard mouse, keyboard, and touch input, it works across the apps those systems already run.
Does it require coding or an SDK?+
AirTouch maps gestures to standard mouse, keyboard, and touch inputs at the operating system level. If an app accepts a click, it accepts AirTouch. There's nothing to integrate.
How do I install AirTouch?+
Setup takes about five minutes in most cases. Start the free trial, run the installer, point any standard webcam at yourself, and map your first gestures from the built-in library. There is no SDK to integrate and no code to change.
Which apps work with AirTouch gesture control?+
Effectively all of them. Because we map to inputs your OS already understands, anything that responds to a mouse, keyboard, or touch event responds to AirTouch. That includes browsers, presentations, kiosks, CAD software, medical imaging viewers, games, and custom enterprise apps. If your team built it on Windows, Linux, or Android, AirTouch can drive it.
How is AirTouch different from Ultraleap or Apple Vision Pro?+
Ultraleap requires a proprietary IR hand tracking sensor mounted to every device. Apple Vision Pro requires a $3,500 headset and works only inside its own ecosystem. AirTouch requires a camera that's almost certainly already in the room, and works with every app you already have. Neural Lab trades specialized hardware for an AI model trained on millions of hand-pose samples, and trades vendor lock-in for universal OS-level inputs.
What's the latency?+
50 milliseconds. Fast enough for medical interactions, gaming, and live presentations. We benchmark against the threshold where people stop perceiving lag.
Can someone accidentally or deliberately interfere with AirTouch?+
AirTouch is built to prevent exactly that. Patented intent detection uses signals like eye gaze and a deliberate activation gesture to confirm a user means to interact before acting. Casual hand movement, conversation gestures, and accidental brushes are filtered out. Other gesture systems fire on any motion their camera sees. That filtering is why enterprises trust AirTouch with transactions where accuracy is non-negotiable.
Does it work with gloves, in low light, or behind glass?+
The hand tracking model is trained for sterile environments (gloved hands, including colored medical gloves), industrial settings (poor lighting, protective gear), and kiosks behind protective panels. Edge cases exist, and some may call for a specialized camera. Book a demo and we'll test against your exact environment.
Is it secure and GDPR-compliant?+
AirTouch gesture inference runs entirely on-device, so no video leaves the machine by default. Enterprise plans include GDPR-compliant analytics dashboards, on-prem deployment, signed DPA, and SLA.
How much does AirTouch cost, and is there a free version?+
AirTouch starts with a free trial so you can test it on your own camera and apps before committing. Paid plans are billed per device, per month, and annual billing saves 17%. Current plans are on the pricing page.