Gesture recognition technology allows humans to interface with computers using body movements detected by cameras. Cameras read gestures and send that data to computers for processing as input to control devices or applications. Some techniques use specialized gloves with sensors to capture finger and hand positions and movements. When developing gesture recognition systems, factors like accuracy, precision, resolution, update rate, and latency of the sensing system should be considered. Systems work by using computer vision and image processing techniques on camera input to interpret 3D gestures based on x, y, and z coordinate data. Future developments could integrate speech and gesture recognition for more natural multimodal interaction with virtual assistants.