Apple Confirms Acquisition of 3D Sensor Startup PrimeSense

AllThingsD:

Apple has completed its acquisition of PrimeSense, the Israel-based company focused on 3-D sensor technology, for a price sources said was around $360 million. […]

PrimeSense became widely known in the sensor technology space for its early work with Microsoft’s Kinect gaming product, which uses cameras and depth sensors to capture players’ motions and incorporate them into Xbox gameplay. (Microsoft now deploys its own homegrown sensor technology for the current generation of Kinect devices, which ship with the recently launched Xbox One.)

Will be interesting to see what comes of this. Seems like too much money for Apple not to have something specific in mind.

★ Sunday, 24 November 2013