Between this and Testflight, I get the impression that Apple wants to <i>rule</i> its app ecosystem in the feudal sense. Whatever "indy" contingent there is, it is just meant to effectively be the bush leagues for the major league, which is Apple itself.<p>Hopefully, Apple will realize that it's sometimes better to co-opt than to control, especially when what you'd be trying to control is an ecosystem experiencing dramatic growth. It's this kind of realization that resulted in the iOS App Store in the first place.<p>That said, Apple is in a good position to continue its feudal rule, for now, as (IIRC) Apple's income is far larger than that produced by the App Stores in aggregate. This would be analogous to the late Middle Ages when the rise of the merchants began, but their wealth and power were still dwarfed by the feudal power structure and the church. The merchants were useful to the existing power structure, but still had to kowtow to it.<p>So the way to defeat Apple, if that's what you want to do, is to foster the growth of a better ecosystem than the iOS App Store. (Or, it could be worse, but still bigger, unfortunately.)
It's just what Ben Farrell predicted: <a href="http://www.benfarrell.com/2013/11/28/primesense-purchased-by-apple/" rel="nofollow">http://www.benfarrell.com/2013/11/28/primesense-purchased-by...</a>.<p>Apparently I have to buy something with a fruit symbol on it, to be able to develop for 3D sensors in the future...
This is exactly what we knew would happen. Apple is not our friend. They are at best an ally, and at worst prepared to destroy an industry for the sake of profit and domination.
Why does the title say Apple is shutting down OpenNI, then link to a page that says nothing about it? Furthermore, how do you shut down someone else's company, and how do you shut down a project whose code is freely available? This doesn't make sense.
What does this mean for the Structure Sensor's integration with OpenNI?<p>(<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/occipital/structure-sensor-capture-the-world-in-3d#project_faq_68196" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/occipital/structure-sen...</a>)
Is there more information available than just that quick statement on the front page? The about page calls openNI a consortium and lists 5 founding companies [1].<p>[1] <a href="http://www.openni.org/organization/" rel="nofollow">http://www.openni.org/organization/</a>
So, is there anywhere that indicates that the github codebase (under the apache license) @ <a href="https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI2" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI2</a> is also going to be scuttled? Or just the website?
I bought a DepthSense 325 which is the chip behind the new Creative / Intel 3d cam coming out<p><a href="http://www.softkinetic.com/en-us/products/depthsensecameras.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.softkinetic.com/en-us/products/depthsensecameras....</a>
Right now I can buy a used Kinect for about $35.00 and write code using OpenNI that gives me access to the 3D depth map from the Kinect. If I can't do this anymore, what is my recourse? Will libfreenect remain open?
Those who are looking for the OpenNI drivers, they are still open source and can be downloaded through <a href="https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI2" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/OpenNI/OpenNI2</a>