蘋果收購3-D傳感器公司PrimeSense
科技2013年11月27日
此次收購交易加劇了相關猜測，即該公司將為其傳聞已久的蘋果電視機研發手勢控制系統。但一些分析人士表示，3-D傳感器可能會有更廣闊的用途。
在創意策略(Creative Strategies)公司，關注蘋果動態的消費者技術分析師本·巴扎林(Ben Bajarin)表示，「情況是這樣的，當你擁有一個優質的3-D深度傳感器，並且可以在移動設備或客廳里使用它的時候，會發生很多有趣的事情。」
動作感應技術已經存在多年，但除了在遊戲中，這種技術還沒被廣泛採
用。三年前，微軟(Microsoft)推出了Kinect動作操控設備，PrimeSense幫助研發了這個應用於Xbox電視遊戲機的設備。
Kinect有很多功能，比如它允許人們利用肢體動作控制遊戲。但黑客很快便對Kinect進行修改，使它可以用於很多其他用途，比如讓機械人「看到」周圍環境，或者像指揮一樣，通過手勢指揮一個數字樂隊。去年，微軟宣布，公司將為企業提供一款用於商業用途的Kinect設備，比如幫助購物者找到尺碼合適的衣服。
蘋果是一家野心勃勃且資金雄厚的公司，它有能力將3-D感應器推向
新方向。該公司一直在開創新方法，讓普通用戶與設備互動，比如鼠標、iPod上的觸摸滾輪，以及移動設備的觸摸屏與聲控系統。蘋果還在商業應用方面取得了
成功，使iPad和iPhone為醫療及建築業等領域的工作者提供幫助。
巴扎林表示，他覺得蘋果不會只滿足於利用3-D技術控制電視。他表示，其研究公司對125名微軟Kinect用戶進行了調查，發現很多人對利用手勢控制電視並不感興趣，他們寧願通過語音命令找節目觀看。巴扎林表示，蘋果可能會尋找該技術的更廣泛用途。
「你可以給某樣東西拍攝照片，打印出來，然後深入地觀察它，」他說。「或者說家庭自動化——比如你在房子里走動，某些事情就會發生。」他表示，這項技術還可以用於各個行業，比如實地考察工作者、機器製造車間，以及製造業。
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