A new solid state LiDAR chip could, finally, make high resolution depth scanning a reality for small devices. But how does it differ from current systems, and can it really offer the benefits we're ...

Get ready for more motion sensor controlled gaming. PrimeSense, the Israeli company that created the depth sensor for Microsoft’s Kinect, announced today that they will be bringing that technology to ...

It’s sometimes useful for a system to not just have a flat 2D camera view of things, but to have an understanding of the depth of a scene. Dual RGB cameras can be used to sense depth by contrasting ...

Microsoft’s Kinect may not have found success as a gaming peripheral, but recognizing that a depth sensor is too cool to leave for dead, development continued even after Xbox gaming peripherals were ...

Microsoft announced its Azure Kinect camera modules alongside HoloLens 2 early in 2019. Both devices use the same mixed-reality camera module, using a time-of-flight depth sensor to map objects around ...

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KYOTO, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto; hereinafter: Kyocera) today announced a high-resolution AI-based depth sensor for measuring tiny objects that have been ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Kinect originally debuted as an Xbox 360 accessory for motion sensing so you could ...

When it comes to efficient design, scientists are still learning from nature's smart evolutionary strategies. Now, a Harvard team has created a more efficient depth sensor by taking cues from jumping ...