Freespace is also used by LG for its Smart TVs and Magic Motion Remote.
#Freespace remote control software#
The Freespace Motion Engine software was embedded in the Roku 2 "game remote", released in 2011, which uses Freespace to control Roku's streaming players.
The software compensates for human tremor and inadvertent movement, generating natural cursor movement. Technology and products įreespace Motion Control Technology combined motion algorithms with MEMS accelerometers, gyroscopes, and other sensors to translate physical motions into cursor movement. On July 22, 2019, CEVA announced the acquisition of Hillcrest Labs. In January 2018, Hillcrest Labs launched its FSP200 processor. On December 20, 2016, InterDigital announced the acquisition of Hillcrest Labs.
In 2011, Hillcrest raised new funding from NEA, AllianceBernstein, Columbia Capital, and Grotech Ventures. Also in 2010, LG came out with the Magic Motion remote, which used Hillcrest's technology to allow users to change channels with gestures. Hillcrest released a new version that worked with Hulu, and Hulu blocked it again. Hulu blocked users of Kylo from accessing the site.
#Freespace remote control mac os#
In 2010, Hillcrest released the Kylo browser, a free web browser for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, optimized for viewing on a TV screen.
#Freespace remote control Pc#
PC World Magazine named The Loop pointer one of the “top 100 products of the year” and one of the “greatest tech designs ever.” In 2009, Hillcrest released the Loop pointer for sale directly to consumers. Also in 2008, Universal Electronics and Texas Instruments licensed Freespace for use in remote controls. In 2008, Hillcrest licensed its technology to Kodak, for the Kodak Theater HD Player and Pointer Remote. In 2007, Logitech licensed Hillcrest's technology for the MX Air, a mouse that could be used in the air. In 2006, Hillcrest introduced its first products: the Loop pointer and the Home television navigation system, with a graphical, zoomable interface. Early investors included Grotech Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and Columbia Capital. The company also developed a graphical, zoomable interface for television content. This allows a remote control to operate as a mouse for the television. To that end, Hillcrest developed Freespace motion sensing technology, which translates a user's gestures into screen motion. Founder Dan Simpkins, who had previously founded SALIX technologies, believed that television content was becoming increasingly difficult to navigate, and he wanted to make it easier. History įounded in 2001 as Hillcrest Communications, the company changed its name to Hillcrest Laboratories in 2005. The company, based in Rockville, Maryland, was acquired by CEVA in July 2019. Hillcrest also invented the first graphical zoomable interface for television and Kylo, the first Web browser optimized for television. Hillcrest Labs was a sensor processing technology company that developed free space motion-control technology and the first motion-controlled remote for television. ( January 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. This article contains content that is written like an advertisement.
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