Cloud Computing: Apple is Fighting to Lead the Spatial Computing Market
July 13, 2014
Grazed from CloudWedge. Author: Editorial Staff.
Spatial computing is an industry that is growing at an impressive rate. With Google’s ‘Project Tango’ due to be released later this year, and 3D imaging startup Matterport’s $16 Million in Series-B funding, there is a lot of buzz surrounding who will be the next company to release this technology to the general public.
Late last year Apple acquired PrimeSense, 3D sensing company for around $ 360 million, and then very little was heard again on the subject. PrimeSence produced this video about where they had envisioned 3D technology would take us when combined with the internet of things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w5QGf_9gGME
Then, just recently, Apple released an application that hints at the companies intentions towards the 3D imaging industry. That app is called itSeez3D and is currently best suited for the iPad. Though relatively useless without a camera add-on, the application lets users browse existing images in the image gallery. The accompanying camera is called Structure Sensor, and is made by tech startup Occipital…
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