New Kinect will sense more detail, heartbeat and minuscule shifts

Re:New Kinect will sense more detail, heartbeat and minuscul... by Qworg on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @08:21AM (#5750236)

The company was Canesta. ToF sensors were their thing. [1]

Microsoft bought them in 2010, and it seems like they finally got their tech integrated (and cut Primesense out in the process).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canesta

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Re:New Kinect will sense more detail, heartbeat and minuscul... by beagle3 on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @09:13AM (#5750519)

And I was thinking about 3DV Systems' [1] product called ZCam [2]. I wasn't aware of the Canesta deal - apparently, MS cornered the market of depth cameras. Personally, I think this deserves some kind of regulatory anti-trust action. But that's just me.

[1] http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/21/sources-confirm-microsoft-... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZCam

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