In other words, 3D depth mapping of objects seen in front of the device: SoftKinetic teases embedded 3D depth camera, coming to Intel devices next year hands-on.
3D is coming ….
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SeeFront’s Glasses Free 3D wins German Innovation Award
SeeFront GmbH has won the German Innovation Award 2013. The Hamburg-based company’s glasses-free 3D display technology convinced the jury members, among them physicist and Nobel laureate Prof. Dr. Gerd Binnig and Cornelia Rudloff-Schaeffer, president of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.
via SeeFront 3D Getting Real: SeeFront wins the German Innovation Award 2013!.
iPhone 6: Will It Have A 3D Camera?
iPhone 6: Will It Have A 3D Camera?.
Other 3D phones have not done so well. On the other hand, last year Apple surveyed customers of Final Cut Pro (their video/movie editing suite) about their interest in 3D support.
Olympus applies for patent on 3D camera and lens
Olympus patent discloses new 3D camera and lens. | 43 Rumors.
Hard to tell from the drawings but it looks like the lens (see right most drawing at link) is doing an internal beam split to give slightly different left and right perspectives.