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CultofMac has revealed that Apple was actually offered it before any other brand and basically talked themselves out of a deal by being “a pain in the ass”.

In 2008 Apple where making waves with multi-touch on the iPhone and iPod touch and PrimeSense thought the natural progression would be using their technology to make multi-touch happen without actually needing to touch devices. Their ambitions saw no bounds and believed Apple was the biggest brand to work with at the time – that said they realised their tech was hot property and had a long list of brands to meet with.

In the end it seems PrimeSense gave up on Apple due to red tape and buerocracy, Apple wanted to wrap the initial talks and deals in stifling privacy agreements, tieing them in very early prompting Beracha to despair and make the “pain in the ass” comment.

 



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Well it's their loss because Kinect's technology is the future.

But I'm sure Apple will find another company to work with to utilize the Kinect Technology, but MS has already started.



Forgive my ignorance but what is so special about Kinect technology - I am not dissing the device.

It's just that it is only a freaking camera with software.

OK, I know originally that there was a chip embedded in the unit that was removed but for a company like Apple that now produces it's own processors, chips and OS why won't they simply develope their own motion sensing system.

Where would the patents conflict? I don't get it.



weren't nintendo offered the tech in like 07 or something? And they turned it down because it was to expensive and laggy at the time? 



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zarx said:

weren't nintendo offered the tech in like 07 or something? And they turned it down because it was to expensive and laggy at the time? 

 

Yeah, Primesense may have approached Apple before Microsoft, but from what I understand 3DV (Primesense's Israeli competiton) showed their Z-cam tech to all of the big three (not sure about Apple) back in '07 before its public debut at CES 2008.  And yes, all three passed due to the aforementioned reasons.  Later, Microsoft teamed with Primesense and aquired 3DV and Z-cam to ensure legal rights for their then 'Project Natal'.



so could alot other companies



Sony was offered the technology, and they realized it wasn't what they were looking for since they were looking for a more "precise" entertainment experience, and they already had tried full body motion before so they turned it dow



 

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Just like Halo??



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