Microsoft acquires 3D motion recognition developer for Windows 8

On Friday, Microsoft announced the acquisition of a small company, Canesta, which focuses on developing 3D motion recognition technology. Canesta produces chips for cameras that allow devices to recognize changes in three dimensions, meaning that users can control devices through gestures or body language. Canesta has 44 patents for 3D motion recognition. Microsoft's acquisition of 3D motion recognition developers may consider extending it to Windows 8 systems.

In the Xbox 360 peripheral Kinect, Microsoft uses a similar 3D motion recognition technology. Last year, Microsoft also acquired a company that is committed to developing the same technology, 3DV Systems. While applying this technology to the gaming arena, Microsoft will naturally consider extending it to Windows.

If this is just a guess, then a Windows 8 development document leaked earlier this year confirms the credibility of this inference. According to this document, Windows 8 still uses an account to log in, but the system will use face recognition technology to provide simpler and faster user account login and switching. With the help of the camera, the technology can detect the user and automatically log into their account.

In a recent interview, Microsoft CEO Steve & middot; Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) represents: & ldquo; We are pleased to be able to lead in this area, and hope to Promote its further development. ”Canesta CEO James Spare is more telling: “Nothing is more than Microsoft's contribution to the Natural User Interface (NUI). "This may be a hint that Microsoft plans to use Canesta's technology on the Windows 8 natural user interface. In fact, James Spare was an executive at Microsoft. It seems that he will return to Microsoft's embrace through the acquisition.