Today, Softkinetic-Optrima, the leading provider of integrated hardware/software 3D imaging products announced a collaboration with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) to design, develop and market joint 3D imaging solutions for the television, personal computers, digital signage, health & fitness, industrial, robotics, automotive, security and many others markets.

“The 3D imaging market is entering into a phase of rapid growth, and 3D imaging solutions will soon be connected or integrated with video game consoles, television sets, set-top boxes, desktop and laptop computers,” said Michel Tombroff, Softkinetic Optrima Managing Partner and Softkinetic CEO. “The collaboration with TI allows us to accelerate the industrial roadmap to bring complete solutions faster and at a reduced cost.”

As part of the collaboration with TI, Softkinetic-Optrima will port its 3D gesture recognition middleware called iisu™ directly onto TI’s intelligent digital signal processors and will provide direct support for OptriCam^TM, Softkinetic-Optrima’s 3D imagers product, to TI-based development boards. This offers applications developers the tools and APIs required to develop advanced gesture-based applications.

Softkinetic-Optrima’s iisu™ middleware insulates application developers from the low-level technicalities of the 3D depth sensing cameras, dramatically reduces their development cycles by offering a rich set of interfaces and predefined gesture-based patterns, and allows them to focus their effort on the game play itself.

“TI believes that the market for 3D imaging represents a strategic opportunity not only in specific vertical markets but in many broad based markets as well,” said Debasish “Ron” Nag, Director of Business Development at TI. “In a cutting-edge market like 3D imaging, working with a leading technology provider will allow our customers to create innovative 3D products and get to market quickly.”

The OptriCam driver for the OMAP™ 3 processors-based BeagleBoard is available today for evaluation, and iisu-based solution will be available in the first half of 2010. For more information about pricing and availability, please contact info@softkinetic-optrima.com.

About Softkinetic-Optrima

Softkinetic-Optrima, the joint venture of Softkinetic S.A. and Optrima N.V., is the leading provider of integrated hardware/software 3D imaging solutions for the interactive digital entertainment and consumer electronics markets. For more information on Softkinetic-Optrima please visit www.softkinetic-optrima.com.

About Texas Instruments Incorporated

Texas Instruments helps customers solve problems and develop new electronics that make the world smarter, healthier, safer, greener and more fun. A global semiconductor company, TI innovates through design, sales and manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries. For more information, go to www.ti.com.