The San Jose, Calif., company on Monday unveiled the new, low-cost method for 3D imaging at the PC Forum tech conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Canesta's technology works like a radar system, but using nonvisible light rather than radio waves. A computer with the company's chip would emit the light, which would bounce off objects in front of it, and the chip would measure the time it takes for the light to return. The software then would record that information, allowing machines to perceive, react and interact with the environment around them, the company said.
Canesta is planning to outsource manufacturing of the chip, which should be available in the third quarter. The start-up is working with mobile and wireless device companies to use the 3D imaging technology in devices due at the beginning of next year. --Richard Shim, Special to ZDNet News
