SoftKinetic developed a 3D gesture recognition platform long before Microsoft released Kinect -- and it supports Linux as well as Windows. Despite the head start, the promised consumer gaming and television controllers have yet to appear. That should change in 2011, a company spokesperson says, thanks to an influx of venture cash, some big league partners and a plan to lure Kinect hackers into become its developers.
Kinect Competitor To Bring Gesture Control To Linux, Windows And TV - Hot Hardware
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SoftKinetic says it wants these folks, and anyone else with gesture coding experience. To that end last week it put developer's kits on sale that include the prototype 3D camera, even though the company says its full developer program won't be officially launched until February, at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.Find reviews on cheap Nokia phones
Although the Brussels-based company has struggled to bring consumer products to market, that doesn't mean it's made no progress since launching in July, 2007. Through various partnerships, SoftKinetic has assembled all the pieces needed to create an open-API Kinect competitor including a 3D chipset, image sensors/cameras and set-top-boxes. In September, it released its 2.5 version of iis that added support for Linux, Adobe Flash and the Unity 3D and 3DVIA Virtools development platforms. At that time, it also landed about $10.5 million (€8 million) in Round B financing from a European telco.Find reviews for cheap Nokia phones
Kinect Competitor To Bring Gesture Control To Linux, Windows And TV - Hot Hardware
