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Wasn't the Kinect technology acquired by Apple? My impression is the top sensor bar in the iPhone X is essentially a miniaturized Kinect, so we should see more

by cbhl 9y ago

Wasn't the Kinect technology acquired by Apple? My impression is the top sensor bar in the iPhone X is essentially a miniaturized Kinect, so we should see more Kinect-like applications now that it fits in your pocket.

ansgri 9y ago
AFAIR, it was acquired by ASUS. Original Kinect was developed by an Israel company Xtion, which now lives as a trademark of ASUS game accessories: https://www.asus.com/3D-Sensor/All-Series/ https://www.asus.com/3D-Sensor/All-Series/ 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.
- brutus1213 9y ago
  How does primesense fit into it? I thought primesense was the company acquired by apple?
  - ansgri 9y ago
    Don't know about primesense, I was answering to "Wasn't the Kinect technology acquired by Apple?".
- clarkmoody 9y ago
  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.
- Qworg 9y ago
  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.
- eltoozero 9y ago
  > 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] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrimeSense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrimeSense
sorenjan 9y ago
Apple bought Primesense who made the technology behind Kinect 1. That uses structured light just like the iPhone X. Kinect 2 uses Time of Flight developed, as far as I know, by Microsoft. https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DanielLau/20131127/205820/The_Science_Behind_Kinects_or_Kinect_10_versus_20.php https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DanielLau/20131127/205820/Th...

by cbhl 9y ago

ansgri 9y ago

AFAIR, it was acquired by ASUS. Original Kinect was developed by an Israel company Xtion, which now lives as a trademark of ASUS game accessories: https://www.asus.com/3D-Sensor/All-Series/ https://www.asus.com/3D-Sensor/All-Series/ 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.

brutus1213 9y ago
How does primesense fit into it? I thought primesense was the company acquired by apple?
- ansgri 9y ago
  Don't know about primesense, I was answering to "Wasn't the Kinect technology acquired by Apple?".
clarkmoody 9y ago
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.
Qworg 9y ago
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.
eltoozero 9y ago
> 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] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrimeSense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PrimeSense

sorenjan 9y ago

Apple bought Primesense who made the technology behind Kinect 1. That uses structured light just like the iPhone X. Kinect 2 uses Time of Flight developed, as far as I know, by Microsoft. https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DanielLau/20131127/205820/The_Science_Behind_Kinects_or_Kinect_10_versus_20.php https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DanielLau/20131127/205820/Th...