Apple acquires Israel's PrimeSense in a $350 million deal: Bloomberg

(Reuters) - Apple Inc agreed to buy Israel-based PrimeSense Ltd, a developer of chips that enable three-dimensional machine vision, for about $350 million, Bloomberg reported on Sunday citing a source. PrimeSense's sensing technology, which gives digital devices the ability to observe a scene in three dimensions, was used to help power Microsoft's Xbox Kinect. Apple's interest in PrimeSense was first reported in July by the Israel-based Calacist news website. ...

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