Apple has bought PrimeSense, creator of Microsoft Kinect - ZDNet

Technology: Apple has acquired or is in negotiations with PrimeSense, an Israeli company whose 3D sensor technology is used by the Microsoft Xbox. The price set for the repurchase would be at least $ 345 million.

According to a financial newspaper, Calcalist, Apple has reached an agreement with the Israeli company PrimeSense, the origin of the Kinect sensor Xbox game console from Microsoft. The giant reportedly paid $ 345 million for the acquisition.

However, according to informed sources very AllThingsD, if negotiations are going on between Apple and PrimeSense in the context of redemption, they have not yet been finalized.

According to AllThingsD, if an agreement were to be reached, the transaction price would probably be slightly above 345 million. Asked, PrimeSense, which has already raised $ 85 million in Calcalist, did not want to confirm the information.

“We focus on building a prosperous society while opening the 3D detection and natural interaction to the mass market and in a variety of markets such as the interactive living room and mobile devices,” says a carrier word of the company from Reuters.