Kinect tech destined for TV-embedded greatness in 2011, HTPC integration later this year

From Tel Aviv unknown to Xbox gaming wunderkind, PrimeSense has already had quite a run, but the camera-control tech that powers Kinect is destined for new applications before long. VP Adi Berenson tells us the company’s already signed deals to put PrimeSense inside HTPCs by the end of the year, and has at least one cable company ready to launch a gesture-controlled set top box by summer 2011. The end goal is to provide natural human control over TV-based media consumption, said Berenson, who’s working to get cameras in TVs themselves sometime late next year.

Like Kinect, these solutions will have a pair of 640 x 480 camera sensors to measure user position in 3D space, but don’t expect them to have motorized tilt functionality or voice recognition — PrimeSense said it won’t be able to make those available for manufacturers, as they’re all Microsoft ideas. The gesture recognition has reportedly evolved, though, and we’re eager to check that out soon. See what it used to look like in our GDC 2010 preview.

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