“The Apple TV is one of the few products in Apple’s lineup that doesn’t include an integrated camera, but that may change with future versions of the hardware, according to new job listings from the company, potentially paving the way for gesture-based motion controls in the living room,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“Mentions of camera support for Apple TV were discovered this week by AppleInsider in a handful of advertised available positions for Apple’s Camera Software team,” Hughes reports. “The listings reveal that the team builds capture and camera foundation across “all of Apple’s innovative products,” and goes on to include the currently camera-less Apple TV alongside camera-equipped devices like the iPhone and iPad.”
“There is a large amount of evidence that Apple is planning to improve upon its existing set-top box business, potentially with new hardware that could add camera-driven motion controls,” Hughes reports. “Perhaps most notable is the company’s late 2013 acquisition of PrimeSense, an Israeli 3D sensor firm that was responsible for the technology behind Microsoft’s first-generation Kinect motion controls for Xbox 360. Apple is said to have paid about $360 million in the deal.”
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