Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect
by Qworg on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:45PM
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Primesense was the source of the structured light technology in the Kinect v1. They were purchased by Apple.
They produced an ASIC that ran the structured light system, as well as a custom grating to produce a very specific light pattern.
Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect
by eltoozero on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @06:37PM
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> acquired by ASUS. Original Kinect was developed by an Israel company Xtion
Xtion was a Primesense ASUS partnership to bring the tracking technology to the PC.
Xtion was not a separate company but rather an ASUS branded Kinect-like sensor.
Primesense made the sensors for both Kinect and the Xtion.[0]
Primesense was later purchased by Apple in 2013.[1]
Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect
by clarkmoody on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:41PM
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We got tons of use out of the ASUS version of Kinect (Xtion PRO) in my research lab. It worked very well and had a smaller form-factor than Kinect.
Re:Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect
by brutus1213 on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @02:37PM
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How does primesense fit into it? I thought primesense was the company acquired by apple?
The core technology (structured light in iPhone X and Kinect 1, ToF in Kinect 2) is rather straightforward (for a computer vision researcher, that is...), it's hardware (embedded CPU, cheap sensors and lasers) that enabled its mass adoption.