Anonymous sources close to Microsoft have confirmed that the company is buying 3DV Systems, a motion-detection interface company.
Speculation mounted last week that Microsoft had tabled a bid of $35 million to purchase the Israeli company, though many questions hung over the validity of the rumours, specifically regarding how a $35 million bid for a company that had just raised over $38 million resulted in an agreement.
Yet Venturebeat claims that sources close to the matter, who were not named, have confirmed the rumours. The news site adds that the purchase price was small due to "the weak economy and the long gestation that this technology is going through".
3DV has been designing its camera technologies for some time; its ZCams are said to be a far more accurate version of Sony’s EyeToy, due to the fact that the devices can interpret how far away a subject is from its lens. The technology had reportedly been used in “advanced defense systems”, and has already been described as superior – in terms of accuracy – to the Wii Remote.
3DV's mission statement is made clear on its website: “The key to making a real difference in the gaming experience lies in the control. Sony acknowledged that, and launched EyeToy, Microsoft followed with their own camera, Vision. Nintendo took it a step further, introducing Wii. But the revolution is still around the corner.”
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