Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has shared the company’s vision for the future of technology spanning virtual reality, autonomous driving, the industrial Internet, and the important role developers play in bringing this future to life at 2016 Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, US.
On stage, and in an editorial on Medium, Krzanich discussed his vision for merged reality — a new way of experiencing physical and virtual interactions and environments through a suite of next-generation sensing and digitising technologies.
According to Krzanich, “Merged reality delivers virtual world experiences more dynamically and naturally than ever before – and makes experiences impossible in the real world now possible.”
In Medium, Krzanich listed upcoming technological advances that will soon make merged reality an actual experience:
Six degrees of mobility - Krzanich explains: "It’s about sensing technologies to help make sure that while you’re experiencing your virtual world, you’re not colliding into real-world stuff."
Integrated tracking. New sensing technologies such as Intel RealSense cameras are attached to the headset and other smart devices.
More natural manipulation, without the controllers and 'nun chucks' of today’s virtual reality systems, enabling real-life hands to appear in simulated experiences.
No tethers. "No more being jolted out of your VR experience because you have reached the end of your cord," Krzanich promises.
Digitised real-world content, as opposed to computer-generated content. "Rather than a single point of view, advancements like Intel’s Replay 360-degree technologies use encoded video and advanced composition algorithms captured from an array of cameras to digitise whole playing fields and venues — from any position, from any point of view, and with an enhanced ability to interact. This is a game changer for the entire category of virtual and augmented reality," Krzanich said.
Key announcements at IDF 2016 included:
Intel Project Alloy, an all-in-one virtual reality solution that features the compute and sensors integrated directly into the headset and leverages Intel RealSense technology. The Alloy Head-Mounted Device (HMD) allows the user to experience VR untethered. Project Alloy will be offered as an open hardware platform in 2017.
A collaboration with Microsoft to bring virtual reality to mainstream PCs.
The new Intel Joule developer platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). This new high-end compute platform , available in two models – 570x and 550x, enables people to rapidly prototype a concept and then take it into production in a fraction of the time and development cost. Intel Joule consists of a system-on-module (SOM) in a tiny, low-power package, making it ideal for computer vision, robotics, drones, industrial IoT, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), micro-servers and other applications that require high-end edge computing. The Intel Joule 570x developer kit will begin shipping in September through Intel reseller partners.
The availability of the US$1,899 Yuneec Typhoon H drone with Intel RealSense technology, which has intelligent obstacle navigation capabilities; the Intel Aero Platform Compute Board and the Intel Aero Platform Ready-to-Fly Drone, a fully-assembled quadcopter with compute board, integrated depth and vision capabilities using Intel RealSense technology. Intel's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developer kit is powered by an Intel Atom quad-core processor. It combines compute, storage, communications and input-output all in a form factor the size of a standard playing card. When matched with the optional Vision Accessory Kit, developers will have opportunities to launch sophisticated drone applications.
The Intel Euclid Developer Kit for researchers, makers and robotics developers. This device integrates sense, compute, and connect capabilities in an all-in-one candy bar size form-factor that gives developers the ability to quickly and easily create applications with Intel RealSense technology.
Intel Custom Foundry announced its 10 nm design platform will now offer access to ARM Artisan physical IP to enable foundry customers to achieve best-in-class PPA (power, performance, area) for power-efficient, high-performance implementations of their designs for mobile, IoT and other consumer applications. Zane Ball, co-GM of Intel Custom Foundry, explained the news in a blog post.
"Having leading IP providers in our portfolio will accelerate ecosystem readiness while providing greater flexibility and time-to-market advantages to our customers," said Ball in the blog post, which also announced:
On stage, and in an editorial on Medium, Krzanich discussed his vision for merged reality — a new way of experiencing physical and virtual interactions and environments through a suite of next-generation sensing and digitising technologies.
According to Krzanich, “Merged reality delivers virtual world experiences more dynamically and naturally than ever before – and makes experiences impossible in the real world now possible.”
In Medium, Krzanich listed upcoming technological advances that will soon make merged reality an actual experience:
Six degrees of mobility - Krzanich explains: "It’s about sensing technologies to help make sure that while you’re experiencing your virtual world, you’re not colliding into real-world stuff."
Integrated tracking. New sensing technologies such as Intel RealSense cameras are attached to the headset and other smart devices.
More natural manipulation, without the controllers and 'nun chucks' of today’s virtual reality systems, enabling real-life hands to appear in simulated experiences.
No tethers. "No more being jolted out of your VR experience because you have reached the end of your cord," Krzanich promises.
Digitised real-world content, as opposed to computer-generated content. "Rather than a single point of view, advancements like Intel’s Replay 360-degree technologies use encoded video and advanced composition algorithms captured from an array of cameras to digitise whole playing fields and venues — from any position, from any point of view, and with an enhanced ability to interact. This is a game changer for the entire category of virtual and augmented reality," Krzanich said.
Key announcements at IDF 2016 included:
Intel Project Alloy, an all-in-one virtual reality solution that features the compute and sensors integrated directly into the headset and leverages Intel RealSense technology. The Alloy Head-Mounted Device (HMD) allows the user to experience VR untethered. Project Alloy will be offered as an open hardware platform in 2017.
A collaboration with Microsoft to bring virtual reality to mainstream PCs.
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| Source: Intel Corporation. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich displays a Joule maker board at the 2016 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, US on August 16, 2016, during his opening keynote presentation. His presentation offered perspective on the unique role Intel will play as the boundaries of computing continue to expand. |
The new Intel Joule developer platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). This new high-end compute platform , available in two models – 570x and 550x, enables people to rapidly prototype a concept and then take it into production in a fraction of the time and development cost. Intel Joule consists of a system-on-module (SOM) in a tiny, low-power package, making it ideal for computer vision, robotics, drones, industrial IoT, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), micro-servers and other applications that require high-end edge computing. The Intel Joule 570x developer kit will begin shipping in September through Intel reseller partners.
The availability of the US$1,899 Yuneec Typhoon H drone with Intel RealSense technology, which has intelligent obstacle navigation capabilities; the Intel Aero Platform Compute Board and the Intel Aero Platform Ready-to-Fly Drone, a fully-assembled quadcopter with compute board, integrated depth and vision capabilities using Intel RealSense technology. Intel's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developer kit is powered by an Intel Atom quad-core processor. It combines compute, storage, communications and input-output all in a form factor the size of a standard playing card. When matched with the optional Vision Accessory Kit, developers will have opportunities to launch sophisticated drone applications.
The Intel Euclid Developer Kit for researchers, makers and robotics developers. This device integrates sense, compute, and connect capabilities in an all-in-one candy bar size form-factor that gives developers the ability to quickly and easily create applications with Intel RealSense technology.
Intel Custom Foundry announced its 10 nm design platform will now offer access to ARM Artisan physical IP to enable foundry customers to achieve best-in-class PPA (power, performance, area) for power-efficient, high-performance implementations of their designs for mobile, IoT and other consumer applications. Zane Ball, co-GM of Intel Custom Foundry, explained the news in a blog post.
"Having leading IP providers in our portfolio will accelerate ecosystem readiness while providing greater flexibility and time-to-market advantages to our customers," said Ball in the blog post, which also announced:
- LG Electronics, a new customer, will produce a mobile platform based on Intel Custom Foundry’s 10 nm design platform.
- Spreadtrum is designing on Intel’s 14 nm foundry platform.
- Achronix Semiconductor is in production on its Intel 22 nm Speedster 22i HD1000 networking silicon.
- Netronome is in production on its Intel 22 nm networking silicon – NFP-6480.
- Altera is using Intel's foundry platform to build the first true 14 nm field programmable gate array (FPGA), which offers unprecedented advances in PPA.
The Intel SoC FPGA Developer Forum was also held for the first time, featuring Intel acquisition and FPGA specialist Altera. Dan McNamara, Corporate VP and GM, Programmable Solutions Group at Intel, explained in a blog post that the need for more bandwidth and lower latency in networks, the need for flexibility for data centres to react to new and changing workloads, and the need to manage performance per watt are all value drivers for FPGAs.
"Intel FPGAs break down bottlenecks and accelerate the smart and connected world by delivering greater flexibility, increased intelligence and higher efficiency. As a multifunction algorithm accelerator, FPGAs and system-on-a-chip (SoC) FPGAs provide the optimum mix of hardware and software programmability. This allows system designers to create better systems by exploring which workloads work most efficiently across the CPU and FPGA domain," he said in the post.
Intel will continue FPGA development for a wide range of use cases: small systems, constrained but performance-critical systems and ultimate-performance environments – small, medium and large. The roadmap will include standalone FPGAs, system-in-package solutions that tightly couple FPGAs with CPUs and monolithic SoC FPGAs that integrate both ARM and Intel-architecture worlds.
The latest FPGA from Intel is the Stratix 10, based on Intel’s 14nm Tri-Gate process, and represents the formal brand transfer from Altera to Intel.
Interested?
Watch the keynotes
View the merged reality concept video
Watch the Yuneec Typhoon H drone in action
Read the TechTrade Asia blog posts about Intel's vision of autonomous driving and Intel's additions to the RealSense portfolio
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Watch the keynotes
View the merged reality concept video
Watch the Yuneec Typhoon H drone in action
Read the TechTrade Asia blog posts about Intel's vision of autonomous driving and Intel's additions to the RealSense portfolio
from Bloggeroid
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