Tech giants dive together into mobile 3D technology pool

Post by Steven Cox on 24th August 2010
 in 3G, E-commerce, General news

Computer chip maker Intel and mobile phone giant Nokia have teamed up to establish a joint laboratory to concentrate on developing mobile 3D technology.

The lab comes under the aegis of Intel Labs Europe, the company's network of research facilities based on the continent, and is part of the University of Oulu, in Nokia's homeland of Finland.

Among the technology the two companies are known to be collaborating on is a way of enabling mobile phones to display 3-D holograms of the person being spoken to when making a call.

Rich Green, Senior Vice-President and Chief Technical Officer for Nokia, said: "3D technology could change the way we use our mobile devices and make our experiences with them much more immersive.

"Our new joint venture with Intel draws on the Oulu research community's 3D interface expertise, and over time will lay down some important foundations for future mobile experiences," Green added.

The first projects being worked on will be designed for the new MeeGo joint software platform which the companies unveiled at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year.

No more details have emerged of what is specifically being worked on, or when the first fruits of the joint efforts will be available.