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   Date: 26th Aug 2010

Intel and Nokia's Joint innovation Center officially opened

The Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center located at the Center for Internet Excellence at the University of Oulu has been officially opened by Intel, Nokia and University of Oulu. This facility plans to hire about two dozen R&D professionals and is the latest member of Intel's European Research Network, Intel Labs Europe.

Initially the lab will conduct research for new mobile user experiences. Creating interfaces that are more similar to interactions in the real world can enable experiences that are more natural and intuitive. The new lab is aligned with the MeeGo open source platform recently launched by Intel and Nokia.

"The University of Oulu's focus on future telecommunications solutions as well as electronics and photonics made it the perfect location for the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center," says Justin Rattner, Intel chief technology officer and director of Intel Labs.

Intel says, another potential area of research could look into technologies that allow displaying a 3-D hologram of the person you are talking to on the phone, a capability only found in science fiction movies today. Consumers will feel more involved and engaged with their mobile experience than with current methods.

"3-D technology could change the way we use our mobile devices and make our experiences with them much more immersive," said Rich Green, Senior vice president and chief technical officer, Nokia. "Our new joint laboratory with Intel draws on the Oulu research community's 3-D interface expertise, and over time will lay down some important foundations for future mobile experiences."

This research facility will work closely with the Oulu Urban Living Labs, which provide a unique environment for sensor research, testing and piloting technological and social innovations. Intel says that the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center follows a successful industry and academia collaboration model similar to the ones of Intel Labs Barcelona and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain, the Intel Visual Computing Institute and the Saarland University in Germany or Intel Labs Berkeley at the University of California at Berkeley in the United States.

          
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