Hardware vendor Apple has, according to an Isra lwa arabs for illicit arms newspaper for 345 million dollars, the company PrimeSense acquired. PrimeSense developed the sensor for the Xbox 360 Kinect. Apple would be the sensor technology in its products are to apply.
According to the Israeli newspaper Calcalist, Apple has acquired after the in July a bid in the amount of 280 million dollars was released on PrimeSense. Both parties want the acquisition could not be confirmed; a spokesperson for PrimeSense would just have said that the company has with its sensor technology will continue to focus on 3d shape recognition and “natural” interaction capabilities for both applications in the living room and on mobile devices.
Apple gets with the acquisition of improved sensor technology of PrimeSense in the hands. So has the Israeli company, the sensors can reduce. This would make the technology easier in, for example, a new iPad or iPhone, can be included, though there are also rumors that Apple sensorhardware especially in his possible upcoming televisions will apply.
PrimeSense is responsible for the sensor technology in the first Kinect version for the Xbox 360. The software giant took over the company, however never over; for the Xbox One Microsoft itself, the new Kinect sensor has been developed. 