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Apple Patents a Kinect-like Sensor

Posted on Friday, September 16 @ 16:37:09 Eastern by Josh_Laddin
I'm not sure what to make of this. Apple has been awarded a patent for new technology that this article says "feels like and performs very much like the Xbox Kinect." It certainly doesn't look like one, at least.


But then again, some of the device's functions do sound awfully familiar on paper:

A scanning beam will be used to pick up movements through a receiver, which has been displayed as a secondary device in this patent. Functioning similarly to the Xbox Kinect, the movements will then be transferred to the system. There’s only one input device and that is your own body.

There's more to it than that, though. Whatever this device is, it apparently not only has the ability to read objects in a 3D space, but project them as well—could we be looking at real holograms in the comfort of our own homes in the near future? The article claims that "this technology has a variety of applications including but not limited to virtual reality, flight simulation, entertainment, medical diagnostics, gaming and robotics".

Also, given Apple's current direction, I wouldn't be surprised if this thing were built into portable devices like laptops or maybe even a future iPad... dammit, now my Sci-Fi brain is running wild with the possibilities.

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  • DumbRodent42
    DumbRodent42
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Sep 16th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
    Soon enough we're gonna have a Holodeck projector you can carry around in your back pocket.
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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Sep 16th, 2011 at 5:39 pm
    Sooner then you think youtube.com/watch?v=DTXO7KGHtjI
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 16th, 2011 at 6:07 pm
    That was awful!
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  • JunkyArd
    JunkyArd
    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Sep 16th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
    Wow. Part of me actually didn't mind that. and I don't even like anime that much.
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  • drathbone
    drathbone
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Sep 16th, 2011 at 11:04 pm
    Woah....like Gorillaz but WAY hotter
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  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Sep 16th, 2011 at 8:48 pm
    Well, whatever it is, expect them to release a new version of it every year with just enough minor improvements to get all the iFans out there to shell out another five hundred bucks for it.
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 17th, 2011 at 8:20 am
    I nominate this to The iPeople Speak.
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  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Sep 17th, 2011 at 4:50 pm
    ooo we have subcategories now?
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 17th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
    Yo propongo que esto la gente habla.
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  • snwbrder3384
    snwbrder3384
    Joined: Sep 2011
    Posted: Sep 17th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
    is Apples R&D department called iCopy?
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