Isikhethi se-apula Sekuyisikhathi eside i-Apple yaziwa ngokuzama ukuhlanganisa izinzwa ezinyakazayo kubuchwepheshe bayo, ikakhulukazi isethi yayo ye-TV ekade ilindelwe. Lezi zibikezelo ziphinde zasekelwa iqiniso lokuthi i-Apple muva nje kuthengwe emuva Inkampani yePrimeSense.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ubuchwepheshe bayo be-3D buye basetshenziswa imikhiqizo eminingi evela kubakhiqizi abahlukahlukene eminyakeni yamuva. I (noma okungenani ibihlotshaniswa) nokuthuthukiswa kwe-Kinect, insiza enyakazayo yesikhulumi se-Xbox se-Microsoft. I-PrimeSense isebenzisa "ikhodi yokukhanya" emikhiqizweni yayo, esiza ukwakha isithombe se-3D ngenhlanganisela yokukhanya kwe-infrared kanye nenzwa ye-CMOS.
Engqungqutheleni ye-Google I/O yalo nyaka, i-PrimeSense yethule ubuchwepheshe Capri, okuvumela amadivayisi eselula ukuthi "abone umhlaba nge-3D". Ingakwazi ukuskena yonke indawo ezungezile, okuhlanganisa ifenisha nabantu, bese ibonisa ukumelwa okubonakalayo kwayo esibukweni. Ingakwazi futhi ukubala ibanga nosayizi wezinto ezahlukahlukene futhi ivumele abasebenzisi ukuthi bahlanganyele nendawo ebazungezile ngokusebenzisa amadivayisi abo. Lobu buchwepheshe buzosetshenziswa emidlalweni yevidiyo, imephu yangaphakathi nezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza. Umkhiqizi uthi ukwazile "ukusula umngcele phakathi komhlaba wangempela noweqiniso".
I-PrimeSense ithe ku-Google I/O ukuthi i-chip yayo entsha isilungele ukukhiqizwa futhi ingasetshenziswa kumadivayisi eselula ahlukahlukene. I-chip ye-Capri eyakhelwe ngaphakathi ingase isetshenziswe "ezinkulungwaneni zezinkulungwane" zezinhlelo zokusebenza ngenxa ye-SDK ezayo. I-Capri incane ngokwanele ukuthi ingangena kumakhalekhukhwini, kodwa endabeni ye-Apple kungaba nengqondo ukuyisebenzisa ku-TV ezayo (ngethemba).
Okuqinisekile ukuthi intshisekelo yenkampani yaseCalifornian kubuchwepheshe obunikeziwe. Eminyakeni ngaphambi kokutholwa kwalo nyaka, wabhalisa amalungelo obunikazi obuchwepheshe obuhlobene ngokwezinga elithile neCapri. Okokuqala, kunelungelo lobunikazi lango-2009 elasho ukusetshenziswa kwezibonisi ze-hyperreal ezivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi babuke izinto ezinezinhlangothi ezintathu. Bese, eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, ilungelo lobunikazi elalibhekene nokusetshenziswa kwezinzwa ezinyakazayo ukuze kwakhiwe indawo enezinhlangothi ezintathu ngaphakathi kwe-iOS.
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Obunye ubuchwepheshe bePrimeSense obunegama elilula Sense, futhi ivumela ukuskena okungu-360° kwezithombe ezibukhoma. Kusukela ekuhlolweni okuwumphumela, imodeli ingase idalwe kukhompuyutha futhi icutshungulwe ngokuqhubekayo. Isibonelo, ingathunyelwa kuphrinta ye-3D, bese idala ikhophi enembile yento enikeziwe. I-Apple, eke yakhombisa intshisekelo yokuphrinta i-3D, ingafaka ubuchwepheshe enqubweni yokukopisha. Uma kuqhathaniswa nendlela yomshini, i-Sense ishibhile futhi futhi ayidli isikhathi.
I-Microsoft futhi ekuqaleni yayinentshisekelo ku-PrimeSense, eyayizosebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obutholiwe ukuthuthukisa umkhiqizo wayo we-Kinect. Nokho, abaphathi benkampani bagcine benqume ukuthenga inkampani eqhudelana nayo iCanesta. Ngesikhathi sokutholwa (2010), abaphathi beMicrosoft babenomuzwa wokuthi iCanesta inamandla amakhulu kunePrimeSense. Kodwa-ke, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, akusacaci ukuthi iMicrosoft yenza isinqumo esifanele.
U-Apple uthenge i-PrimeSense ekuqaleni kukaJuni kulo nyaka. Yize ukutholwa kucatshangelwe kusenesikhathi, akukacaci ukuthi inkampani yaseCalifornia ihlose ukusebenzisa kanjani utshalomali lwayo. Uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi ubuchwepheshe bePrimeSense sebunezinyanga ezimbalwa bukhona futhi sebufinyelele kumakhasimende ajwayelekile, kungase kungadingeki silinde isikhathi eside imikhiqizo enechip yeCapri.
