A sense of purpose

By building on Sony’s many breakthroughs in semiconductor and digital imaging technologies we develop the next generation of smart 3D-driven applications. We partner with other innovative businesses to launch ground-breaking solutions that become a welcome part of everyday life.

By developing new sensing solutions we can help people

 

  • Navigate their environment more accurately
  • Improve productivity
  • Interact with machines more naturally
  • Live and travel more safely
  • Create and share with greater confidence and freedom

The Sony Depthsensing Solutions history

SoftKinetic was a Belgian start-up, originally centered on providing software development kits and middleware later branched out into internal game and application development with the establishment of SoftKinetic Studios in September 2009.

SoftKinetic then progressed into hardware, partnering with time-of-flight camera developer Optrima in September 2010, with the two companies merging into a reformed SoftKinetic by March 2011.

SoftKinetic is founded

Optrima is founded focusing on sensor technology

SoftKinetic and Optrima merge to combine the software and hardware solutions of both companies

SoftKinetic technology is used in the PlayStation

Depthsensing applications in automotive are developed

Sony acquires SoftKinetic

Aibo launches using depthsensing

Depthsensing brings 3D to mobile devices

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  • Happy employee
  • Happy employee

  • “As a facility manager, everything I do is to support our core business. I focus on 5 pillars: to make sure my colleagues receive everything they need in terms of infrastructure, fleet management, safety, logistics and travels. With my team we collect requests from colleagues and try to answer them. You could call me a solution creator.”

    Renaud Verleyen Facility Manager

  • “Since Sony Depthsensing Solutions is interwoven with the Japanese culture, I consider myself to be a bridge between Belgium and Japan. I not only translate the technical documents, but I also contribute to the internal communication process by writing articles about Japanese culture. Fortunately, the culture is very open. My colleagues are all so kind. They’re really good at the core.”

    Marie Tada Translator

  • “I’m a part of the software validation department. I write programs to support other programmers in their work. Testing to verify whether software we’re making works the way it should is also an important part of my job. It seems very technical, but you also have to be creative. As a former game developer, that’s the ideal combination.”

    Wim Vanherle Staff Software Engineer

News & Events

  • Showcases at AutoSens 2020 – The Sensor and Perception Conference & Exhibition for the Automotive Industry
  • Autosens Detroit