The pair have locked a bunch of two dozen boffins into a new lab in Oulo, Finland and told them to come up with something compelling.
The brief, according to the press statement, is to create interfaces "that are more natural and intuitive, in the same way that modern games and movies are more immersive through the use of realistic 3-D graphics."
Intel, which is trying to look beyond chips and pass itself off as a computer firm now that computers fit into your hand, said it hopes to take cues from the research to develop its next generation of microprocessors.
"3D has the potential to revolutionise mobile and internet user experiences," Heikki Huomo, director of Nokia’s center for internet excellence said.
Intel and Nokia believe that the technology will go well with their MeeGo operating system, which is targeted at a wide range of mobile devices. Intel hopes to take cues from the research to develop its next generation of microprocessors. The new lab will partner with other Intel labs in Germany, France and Ireland.
Intel Corporation, Nokia and the University of Oulu officially opened the Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation Center today. It will employ about two dozen R&D professionals and become the latest member of Intel’s European Research Network, Intel Labs Europe.
“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.
The lab will be located at the Center for Internet Excellence at the University of Oulu, and will work closely with the Oulu Urban Living Labs, which provide a unique environment for sensor research, testing and piloting technological and social innovations. 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.
News Source: thinq.co.uk