Primesense Lays Off 50 out of its 190 Employees

Globes: PrimeSense is firing 50 of its 190 employees. The company is holding hearings for employees today, ahead of sending them pink slips later this week. PrimeSense is cutting its workforce in all departments: marketing, R&D, and operations.

Update: Hebrew-language newspaper Calcalist adds few details about Primesense status (Google translation here). Few key points from the article:

• Primesense was profitable in 2011, but it is not clear if it turns a profit in 2012
• Kinect sales are heading down, albeit no numbers were quoted
• Primesense has secured design wins for two more generations of Kinect, up to 2014. After that point Microsoft's plans are unknown.
• So far Primesense sold 20 million 3D cameras for Kinect