Apple has recently confirmed a purchase of Israeli PrimeSense for around 2.3 billion. The experts are now trying to determine what is available can culminate in.
Late on Sunday evening, Swedish time, Apple confirmed the acquisition of PrimeSense. The purchase amounts to $ 350 million, nearly 2.3 billion Swedish kronor.
PrimeSense is behind the 3D sensors based partly to Microsoft’s motion controller Kinect.
The Guardian writes that Apple’s takeover suggests that the company wants to use Prime Senses technology in the very near future in a new premium product.
Exactly what the product is, no one knows and Apple, understood the lid on, as usual.
“Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, but we usually do not discuss the purpose or plans with the acquisition,” the company said, according to Reuters.
One of the hottest rumors on the net is that the purchase of PrimeSense will be used for putative Apple TV launch and in that way make TV viewing interactive.
site Macrumors does not exclude that the technique can be used in future smartphones, tablets, laptops or other mobile devices.
Read an FAQ on Prime Senses products and what they can do.
spring 2012 reported technology site Cult of Mac that Apple was developing a TV with integrated touch screen control and a custom console. Rumor has so far not proved to be but considering the purchase of PrimeSense is not at all inconceivable that the same speculation begins again.
Apple was getting into the gaming market back in the 1990s, along with the Japanese manufacturer Bandai. The game console Pippin sold in close to 42 000 copies and after two years was scrapped project. When PC World listed the 25 worst technology products in 2006 ended the Apple Pippin console in place 22.
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