Microsoft in talks to buy Israel's 3DV: report
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Software giant Microsoft is in talks to buy Israel's 3DV Systems, a maker of three-dimensional video imaging, financial website TheMarker.com reported on Tuesday.
It said Microsoft would buy 3DV for $35 million. To date, 3DV, partly owned by Elron Electronic Industries has raised about $38 million in private funding.
3DV Chief Executive Zvika Klier declined to comment.
3DV Systems develops virtual reality imaging technology for digital cameras that it sells, called ZCams. Its main target is the gaming market, TheMarker.com said.
It added that Microsoft plans to use 3DV Systems' technology in its own gaming technology, such as in the Xbox 360.
(Reporting by Steven Scheer)
------- My question is does anyone think holding a controller is ultimately more intuitive. Google for video of the CES demo. The boxing, and review by ign at the time, called it the next step up from the Wii. Alot more accurate.
Apparently Reggie said at the time that theyre not interested.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
