Wed, Jun 24, 2009 | 09:15 BST
Microsoft 3DV acquisition confirmed
It’s finally been confirmed that Microsoft bought Israeli tech firm 3DV.
Israeli business daily Globes reports that Microsoft’s Moshe Lichtman mentioned 3DV in a press conference relating to Microsoft’s R&D centre in Israel.
“The R&D centre helped Microsoft in buying the intellectual property of 3DV Systems, and in the wake of that dozens of the company’s employees were recruited to work at the development centre,” Lichtman said.
Globes says the Antitrust Authority approved the deal “a few days” ago.
3DV’s tech has been long-rumoured as the basis for Natal, but Microsoft claimed at E3 that the 360 motion system was built in-house.
There’s more on Eurogamer.
17 comments
#1
Herlock
24/06/09, 9:39 am
Buying, buying and buying…they have a studio of Research and development in MS ?
#2
SniperWolf
24/06/09, 9:39 am
Israel..meh.. i hate that fucking country
#3
shox r4
24/06/09, 9:39 am
It is beautifully and cooool!
#4
Phoenixblight
24/06/09, 9:48 am
“they have a studio of Research and development in MS?”
Its just a name for the place its nothing but buy out M$ won’t do their own research and developement thats silly.
#5
Psychotext
24/06/09, 11:12 am
Yeah, MS do no R&D at all…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Research
#6
Komond_Deckard
24/06/09, 11:18 am
@Herlock: Of course they have. It’s a studio of Research and development new ways to buy
#7
Craymen Edge
24/06/09, 11:21 am
This buyout is probably just to swallow up any potentially troublesome patents that 3dv could have up their sleeves.
#8
blackdreamhunk
24/06/09, 12:28 pm
I could have told you that, they got the techfrom pc gaming.
#9
Retroid
24/06/09, 12:45 pm
Tech is just tech, you know. It’s not magically transformed from one platform to another.
#10
Prof Power Glove
24/06/09, 1:14 pm
I thought this happened six months ago.
So I guess we will now see an endless list of casual boxing and workout games coming to Project Nutella. JOY.
Might be quite nice to arrange your living room furniture as ‘cover’ points though, when playing Greers Of War: Natal Edition.
#11
sennasnit
24/06/09, 3:00 pm
has he got a dogs testicle in his mouth?
#12
Gekidami
24/06/09, 3:02 pm
Sony should buy a studio in Palestine to counter.
#13
Phoenixblight
24/06/09, 3:04 pm
Psychotext thats great you have wiki that shows the list of people in the R&D doesn’t change the fact they bought a company and then said we did it ourself right til 1up interviewer shut that down. Now its damage control time.
#14
tomer2911
24/06/09, 3:51 pm
fuck you SniperWolf!!!
Go get a life you fucking son of a bitch
#15
Blerk
24/06/09, 3:53 pm
Wow, that took longer than I expected!
#16
DaMan
24/06/09, 3:53 pm
lmao.
#17
SniperWolf
25/06/09, 7:54 am
@tomer2911
WOW did i hurt your inhuman Israeli feeling.fuck off wuss
. fuck you all inhumans