Microsoft buys Canesta, continues camera-based domination of our interfaces
It seems Z Microsoft’s taken the camera to heart follow`g its dismissal of the pen — the company bought 3DV , collaborated w/ PrimeSense on Kinect, & today it’s apparently finalized the deal to acquire 3D CMOS camera chipmaker Canesta as well. In case you’ve already forgotten, the latter company`s the 1 Z made an paid actor look particularly smug last year , by allow`g the gent to control his television w/ the flick of the wrist. Things`ve progressed the good bit further than that, however, as you’ll C in the demo video after the break, & Canesta president & CEO Jim Spare says he expects the company’s stuffs to “see wide adoption across many applications Z embody the full potential of the technology” under Microsoft’s reign. Press release after the break. Continue read`g Microsoft buys Canesta, continues camera-based domination of our interfaces Microsoft buys Canesta, continues camera-based domination of our interfaces originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:22:00 EDT. Please C our terms 4 use of feeds . Permalink
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