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Apple/PrimeSense patent describes using hand gestures to control a Mac

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/screen-shot-2017-11-28-at-12-28-19.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1000)</div><p>Apple has today been granted a patent for using hand gestures to control a Mac. The inventors named in the patent are from PrimeSense, the company that developed Microsoft’s Kinect sensor, and which Apple <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2013/11/24/report-apple-completes-buyout-of-primesense-the-3d-body-sensor-company-responsible-for-microsofts-kinect/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">acquired back in 2013[/url].</p>
<p>PrimeSense was also involved in developing some of the technology behind <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/face-id/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Face ID[/url], and the patent here appears to rely on a similar TrueDepth camera in a Mac …</p>
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