Apple Officializes Purchase of Motion-Sensor Firm PrimeSense

The reports that Apple was to buy Israeli 3-D sensor maker PrimeSense have turned out to be correct; the BBC reports that Apple has confirmed the purchase, though it is mum both about the price it paid and about where 3D sensors are likely to show up first in the Apple lineup. Also at the Register and Apple Insider, among others.

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The next UI

[SuperKendall]

I don't know what form the next wave of UI will take, but I do hope it doesn't involve me carrying around miniature semaphore flags.

Re:The next UI

[Samantha Wright]

A loud clatter of gunk music flooded through the Heart of Gold cabin as Zaphod searched the sub-etha radio wavebands for news of himself. The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive—you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same programme.

Good thing clippy never got ahold of that stuff...

[RandomUsername99]

Good thing clippy never got ahold of that stuff... I can see it now: Screen real estate and click blocking modal screen that says "Hello! You appear to be masturbating! Would you like me to a) order you a lube refill from amazon.com, b) give you a list of porn sites based on Alexa ratings, c) turn on your webcam, or d) enact your FREE TRIAL to e-harmony..."

Officializes???

[Anonymous Coward]

Really?

Re:Officializes???

[Jimbookis]

Timothy, you complete numpty. "Officially Confirms" is perfectly cromulent.

Re:Officializes???

[u38cg]

Or indeed, just "confirms".

Re:Officializes???

[Krymzn]

They clearly meant "officificates".

Re:Officializes???

[khakipuce]

Completes? makes official?

Although apparently some US Professor once said "any noun can be verbed"... ... not on this side of the pond matey!

Motion sensor?

[WarJolt]

Calling PrimeSense technology a "Motion-sensor" is like calling an iPhone a music player. Technically true; It can do that, but it doesn't really describe the product very well.

Officializes?

[Thong]

Are you serious?

'Officializes'

[Anonymous Coward]

I didn't think it was possible for little Timmy to get any worse but this officializes it.

Re: 'Officializes'

[binarylarry]

The word's been encromulized by the holy roman officiate of wordulisms.

They've ruled it's too legit to quit.

Re:'Officializes'

[Richy_T]

It's "keeping mum" too. Idioms should be used properly.

Re:Good thing clippy never got ahold of that stuff

[TrollstonButterbeans]

Your stereotype of Clippy is less helpful than the Clippy I remember.

Any proper Clippy should offer to improve on technique because he was all about maximizing productivity of the task you are focused on.

Re:Kinect

[tlhIngan]

This is the company that have developed the Kinect for Microsoft. What do you think is the future of the Kinect? Is it in the Microsoft's hands, now?

Yes, it is. A few years ago Microsoft purchased a company doing 3D imaging - they didn't have anything in time for the original Kinect, so Microsoft went PrimeSense there.

However, the Xbone has Kinect 2, which uses a time-of-flight (!) camera to determine depth instead of using structured light. Microsoft basically owns that technology which means we'll probably see tons of Kinect 2 upgraded robots once Microsoft releases a Windows version.

Re:2008 says hello

[Pinky's Brain]

That's the point though, they both fuck up pretty often when introducing new technology. Apple suffered from NVIDIA chips solder joint problems as well. Magsafe, great idea for connecting power cords to deep friers, shame that when Apple used it on laptops they forgot about strain relief. etc.

They both have no shortage of disasters.