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It will be interesting to see how apple manages to do this without violating one or more of microsoft's kinect patent(s)
by schrodingersCat 13y ago
It will be interesting to see how apple manages to do this without violating one or more of microsoft's kinect patent(s)
- e1ven 13y agoApple and Microsoft have had a cross-licensing deal since Steve came back to Apple. There are better sources that I don't have handy, but http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/13/3239977/apple-and-microsoft-cross-license-agreement-includes-anti-cloning http://www.theverge.com/2012/8/13/3239977/apple-and-microsof... confirms the base details.
- pavlov 13y agoMost patents for the base technology are probably owned by PrimeSense, the company that developed the depth sensor used in Kinect. Reportedly[1] Apple has recently offered $280 million for PrimeSense. Hmm. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/16/4527558/apple-primesense-israeli-3d-sensor-kinect http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/16/4527558/apple-primesense-i...