Apple buy Primesense - Semiconductor Manufacturer that Develop Kinect sensor

Kinect motion technology is made ​​in the Israeli company, PrimeSense

Apple has officially acquired 3D Sensing Company, PrimeSense. The Israeli company is a semiconductor manufacturer that cooperated with Microsoft in the development of the Kinect sensor for the first time for the Xbox 360 console.

Apple did not say how much total money they should spend. However, according to a source to the tech site AllThingsD, Apple to spend up to 360 million U.S. dollars to complete the acquisition process.

The Apple reluctant to talk about their plans to the company’s recently purchased.

However, according to analysts ' forecasts, the possibility Apple will utilize a product made by PrimeSense to be used on a variety of Apple products, such as wearable gadgets and televisions.

“Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans, “said Apple spokeswoman, Kristin Huguet.

Actually, PrimeSense acquisition news has been circulating since about a year ago. At that time, Apple offered 280 million U.S. dollars to the 3D sensor specialist companies.

PrimeSense is the first developer of motion recognition Xbox controller, Kinect. This controller uses cameras and motion sensors to recognize players.

Now, the developers of Xbox, Microsoft, prefer to develop its own technology from the controller.

PrimeSense’s own is not the first Israeli company that was acquired by Apple. Previously, the company known for its iPhone product has been purchased flash memory maker, Anobit, with over 500 million U.S. dollars.

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