The next iPhone 6 will have 3D vision
According to the Huffington Post, the Cupertino company confirmed this week that it had acquired PrimeSense, an Israeli company that designs sensors that allow people to interact with the products.
Every year manufacturers of smartphones seek to innovate to gain public over its competitors, while this year Apple introduced the 5S iPhones with fingerprint reader, next year could bring competition to a new level with screens that capture 3D models.
PrimeSense built the technology that powers the Kinect motion sensor for Xbox, and Apple’s acquisition would have cost $ 350 million.
According to the publication, observers were quick to suggest that if Apple bought the company would be to incorporate motion technology, but James McQuivey, the trend analysis company Forrester argues that Apple is going to look “beyond the living room. “
McQuivey said the technology developed by PrimeSense has become so small that soon could be incorporated into the next iPhone, giving you the ability to detect 3D.
“This would allow someone to take a picture of an object or person to determine the size and mass to the (…) It sounds technical, but a phone with this capability could perhaps take the picture of your fridge and be able to recommend new equipment immediately will fill the exact same space, “he concluded.