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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