16 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Xbox
3. The Kinect's Technology Was Created By Israeli Company PrimeSense
Apparently it was first offered to Apple, who didn't want any part of investing in something so unproven, but Microsoft - seeing the potential for a new foray into digital entertainment - snapped it up, assumedly loving the idea so much they staked the whole of the Xbox One's launch day presentation on it a few years after.
Although we all know how well that went...