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SOFTKINETIC-OPTRIMA SHOWCASES WORLD’S FIRST 3D IMAGING SOLUTION FOR INTEL® CE MEDIA PROCESSOR
Combination 3D Gesture Interface Platform with Intel® Media Processor CE 3100 Family Offers TV and Set-Top Box Manufacturers the Tools to Create True Interactive Television
BRUSSELS, Belgium – February 18, 2010 – Softkinetic-Optrima Electronics S.A., the leading provider of 3D imaging solutions, 3D CMOS sensors and 3D gesture recognition software, today announced it has adapted its gesture recognition platform to the Intel® Media Processor CE 3100, making the vision of interactive television a reality.
Combining Softkinetic’s gesture-recognition software and Optrima’s imaging hardware, the solution will be available to consumer electronics developers in Q2 2010. The solution will allow application and content developers to build interactive applications for a new generation of interactive television set-top boxes, including new user interfaces, video games, interactive TV applications and more.
“The 3D imaging market is entering into a phase of rapid growth, and 3D imaging solutions will soon be integrated into television sets and set-top boxes, offering consumers an unprecedented level of interactivity with their TV,” said Michel Tombroff, Softkinetic-Optrima managing director and Softkinetic CEO. “Intel Corporation’s vision to bring the power and flexibility of the Intel® architecture to the interactive TV experience is exactly in line with our strategy, and we are very pleased to be able to deliver 3D gesture-based interfaces and applications to the consumer.”
With the massive amount of TV content delivered digitally today and in the future, personalization and interactivity is critical. In addition, delivering interactive entertainment, software programs, and games shall be vital components of the user experience. Softkinetic Optrima will also adapt its solution to the Intel® Atom™ Processor CE4100 in the near future.
“By the year 2015, it’s expected there will be billions consumer devices delivering billions of hours of video content, music, video games and web browsing, so naturally we’ll need much more sophisticated ways to organize and deliver content in interactive and intuitive ways,” said Mike Tyson, marketing manager at Intel. “As a leader in the field of 3D gesture recognition, Softkinetic-Optrima is helping make interactive TV a reality using the power of the Intel CE media processors.”
About Softkinetic-Optrima Electronics S.A.
Softkinetic-Optrima, the joint venture of Softkinetic S.A. and Optrima S.A., is the leading provider of integrated hardware/software 3D imaging solutions for the interactive digital entertainment and consumer electronics markets. For more information on Softkinetic-Optrima please visit www.softkinetic-optrima.com.
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Metrological, Softkinetic and Optrima Partner to Bring 3D Gesture-Based Applications to Television
Open Platform Enables Media Service Operators to Directly Provide Gesture-Based Video Games and Interactive Applications
BRUSSELS and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – June 21, 2010 – Softkinetic, Optrima and Metrological Media Innovations today announced a partnership to offer set-top-box and television manufacturers an integrated 3D gesture-based solution that will transform home entertainment. In addition, Softkinetic and Optrima technologies will be offered to media service operators as part of Metrological’s Mediaconnect TV system, enabling Metrological to provide their global customer base with 3D gesture-based interfaces, video games and other interactive gesture-based applications.
Optrima Demonstrates 3D Camera Equipped with DaVinci™ DM365 Video Processor Embedded Development Kit from TI at Conference
Optrima 3D Camera Containing Embedded Video Processor Paves Way for Widespread Adoption of 3D Imaging Technologies
OSAKA, Japan – June 15, 2010 – Optrima, inventor of the Current Assisted Photonic Demodulation (CAPD) sensor technology and leading provider of 3D time-of-flight cameras, today announced that it will demonstrate its OptriCam 3D camera, which is equipped with Texas Instruments’ (TI) DaVinci™ DM365 video processor embedded development kit (EDK), at the Embedded Technology West Conference June 17-18, 2010 in Osaka, Japan.
SOFTKINETIC-OPTRIMA SHOWCASES WORLD’S FIRST 3D IMAGING SOLUTION FOR INTEL® CE MEDIA PROCESSOR
Combination 3D Gesture Interface Platform with Intel® Media Processor CE 3100 Family Offers TV and Set-Top Box Manufacturers the Tools to Create True Interactive Television
BRUSSELS, Belgium – February 18, 2010 – Softkinetic-Optrima Electronics S.A., the leading provider of 3D imaging solutions, 3D CMOS sensors and 3D gesture recognition software, today announced it has adapted its gesture recognition platform to the Intel® Media Processor CE 3100, making the vision of interactive television a reality.
DEVOTEAM PARTNERS WITH SOFTKINETIC-OPTRIMA TO BRING GESTURE-BASED INTERFACE TO TELEVISION
Leading Consulting recognizes market potential of 3D camera and gesture recognition solution for Consumer Electronics Markets
3D GESTURE RECOGNITION SET TO ACCELERATE WITH SOFTKINETIC'S IISU TM 2.1
SOFTKINETIC-OPTRIMA AND TEXAS INSTRUMENTS COLLABORATE TO DEVELOP AND MARKET 3D IMAGING SOLUTIONS
Combination of Softkinetic-Optrima 3D imaging products with Texas Instrument’s digital signal processors will offer solutions that provide decisive time-to-market advantage in fast growing 3D imaging market.
Brussels, Belgium – November 19, 2009 – Today, Softkinetic–Optrima, the leading provider of integrated hardware/software 3D imaging products announced a collaboration with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) to design, develop and market joint 3D imaging solutions for the television, personal computers, digital signage, health & fitness, industrial, robotics, automotive, security and many others markets…
SOFTKINETIC AND OPTRIMA UNVEIL UNIVERSAL 3D GESTURE RECOGNITION SOLUTION
Currently available, this revolutionary technology will change the way we interact with consumer electronics devices and digital entertainment
Brussels, Belgium – November 16th, 2009 – Softkinetic S.A., the leading 3D gesture recognition software developer, and Optrima N.V., the inventor of the Current Assisted Photonic Demodulation (CAPD) 3D sensing technology, today announced a strategic joint venture to introduce the Softkinetic-Optrima™ solution - the most complete 3D depth-sensing imaging and gesture recognition interface solution on the market...