Modern day home entertainment reaches far beyond sitting in front of a screen watching a film or playing a video game. Recent advances in technology have crossed over to the consumer market, introducing a world of new leisure-time activities to people’s homes, garages and backyards.
Gaming, virtual e-Commerce, 3D online education – Augmented Reality (AR) applications with three-dimensional depth sensors link the real with the digital world and are strongly demanded. Infineon Technologies AG and pmdtechnologies developed a 3D depth sensor based on the Time of Flight (ToF)-technology which outperforms other solutions in the market and aims for target applications that offer a wider spectrum of innovative consumer usability.