Apple has acquired PrimeSense, the company responsible for the sensor technology in the first Kinect device on the Xbox 360. The deal is rumoured to have been worth US$360-million.<\/p>\n
PrimeSense has since expanded into building smaller, compact sensors for mobile devices. Microsoft now uses its own sensor technology for the Kinect 2.0 on the Xbox One.<\/p>\n
Speculation puts the sensor technology in use with many hypothetical Apple products, such as a refreshed Apple TV and some sort of Apple smartwatch.<\/p>\n
It’s conceivable that motion sensors could be built into existing product ranges, from iPhones to desktop iMacs.<\/p>\n
PrimeSense has previously discussed their sensors working in mobile devices, able to observe a scene in three dimensions.<\/p>\n
PrimeSense says their mobile sensor tech can identify people, details of their body movements and gestures, distinguish between objects such as furniture, and build a 3D map of a room by locating walls and the floor.<\/p>\n
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