In The News
2011 Highlights
- Hillcrest CEO: Cable Should Dump Old Set-Tops
By Steve Donohue, Light Reading Cable (6/29/2011) - As the TV market shifts, Hillcrest Labs may find its spotlight moment
By Steven Overly, Washington Post (5/1/2011) - Hillcrest Labs Raises $5.5M to Remake Your TV Remote
By Janko Roettgers, GigaOM (4/13/2011) 2010 Highlights
- Loop reigns in any presentation
By Jonathan Blum, Entrepreneur Magazine (10/30/2010) - Kylo Offers Alternative to Google TV
By Austin Carr, Fast Company (10/4/2010) - Hillcrest Labs brings LG's Magic Motion remote to life, cheekily points out that Sony uses it, too
By Tim Stevens, Engadget (8/26/2010) - Hillcrest Sees More Movement from TV, Game Companies
By Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal (8/25/2010) - Kylo’s Hulu Workaround No Longer Working
By Liz Shannon Miller, GigaOm/NewTeeVee (5/28/2010) - Kylo TV-friendly browser adds Hulu workaround (update: gets blocked again)
By Rob Pegoraro, Washington Post (5/27/2010) - Kylo TV browser Connects to Hulu, Offers $50 Mouse Accessory
By Priya Ganapati, WIRED (5/26/2010)Â - TV-Friendly Browser Kylo Updates to Support Hulu Watching and More
By Jason Fitzpatrick, Lifehacker (5/26/2010) - Hillcrest Labs' Updated Kylo "TV Browser" Brings Hulu Into the Loop
By Kyle VanHemert, Gizmodo (5/26/2010) - Kylo, the Web browser for your TV, gets geeky
By Josh Lowensohn, CNET (5/25/2010) - Kylo Browser for TVs 0.6.1 for Mac
CNET (4/8/2010) - Web browser for TV, apps draw attention at Demo tech conference
By Edward Baig, USA Today (3/23/2010) - Next-gen Web TV apps focus on the browser
By Josh Lowensohn, CNET (3/23/2010) - Startups at DEMO Target Web-Connected TV
By Arik Hesseldahl, BusinessWeek (3/22/2010) - Innovation blooms in the desert: Demo Spring 2010
By Paul Taylor, Financial Times (3/22/2010) - Hillcrest Labs Pairs Kylo "TV Browser†with Motion-Sensing Loop Pointer
By Jack Loftus, Gizmodo (3/22/2010) - Hillcrest Labs builds TV-friendly Kylo browser for its Loop pointer, Hulu promptly blocks it
By Paul Miller, Engadget (3/22/2010) - Kylo Web Browser Targets TV Couch Potatoes
By Priya Ganapati, WIRED (3/22/2010) - Evil Hulu Already Blocking New TV-Focused Web Browser Kylo
By Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider (3/22/2010) - Hands-On with Kylo Web Video Browser
GigaOm/NewTeeVee (3/22/2010) - First look: Kylo media browser
By Chris Breen, MacWorld (3/21/2010) - Tech Test: Cut the Wires on Hybrid Home Theater [Video]
By Peter Svensson, Associated Press (3/17/2010) - PC World Top 100
PC World (1/26/2010) 2009 Highlights
- 2009 Tech Awards Winners
By Jason Lomberg, ECN Magazine (12/11/2009) - Cable Freedom Is a Click Away
By Nick Bilton, New York Times (12/9/2009) - Viewers of the World Unite, You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Cable Bills
By Nick Bilton, New York Times (12/9/2009) - The Macworld Gear Guide: Circle Gets the Square
By Christopher Breen, MacWorld (12/1/2009) - iCandy: Tech Gifts Beautiful Inside and Out
By David LaGesse, US News & World Report (11/23/2009) - Best Gadgets Gifts for Under $100
By Anna Attkisson, LAPTOP Magazine (11/5/2009) - Hardware remotes for your media center Mac
By Christopher Breen, MacWorld (10/29/2009) - The PC World 100: Best Products of 2009
PC World (10/26/2009) - From the Net to the TV screen, with help from Netgear
By John Healey, Los Angeles Times (10/16/2009) - Connect a PC to Your TV? You Need This Thing
By Chris Dannen, Fast Company (9/18/2009) - Your TV is Out of the Loop
By Ross Rubin, ABCNews.com (9/10/2009) - Nintendo Settles U.S. Trade Fight Over Wii Video-Game System
By Susan Decker, Bloomberg (8/24/2009) - Hillcrest Labs Loop Pointer
By Esten Hurtle, PC Magazine (7/23/2009) - Hello, Gorgeous! 15 of the Greatest Tech Designs Ever
By Dan Tynan, PC World (7/13/2009) - Coming Quickly to Your TV: Gesture Control
By Chris Albrecht, BusinessWeek.com (6/16/2009) - A Wireless Mouse That's Surfaceless, To
By Eric Taub, New York Times (6/15/2009) - Gesture Controlled Mouse Makes its Retail Debut
By Priya Ganapati, WIRED (6/15/2009) - The Loop Controls Your TV Like the Wii for $100
By Mark Wilson, Gizmodo (6/15/2009) - Hillcrest Labs Loop combines Wiimote, mouse, and Ouroboros
By Tim Stevens, Engadget (6/15/2009) - In the spotlight: Hillcrest's Dan Simpkins
By Carol Wilson, Connected Planet (3/9/2009) - What's On Tonight?' Just Got Easier
By Eric Taub, New York Times (3/5/2009) - ZillionTV: Another Set-Top Box, With Ads
By Saul Hansell, New York Times (3/4/2009) - What We Want in an Apple TV
By Brian X. Chen, WIRED (2/10/2009) - Kodak's Theatre HD Player with gyro-based Pointer Remote unboxed and reviewed
By Paul Miller, Engadget (1/22/2009) - Switched On: The 2008 Switchies
By Ross Rubin, Engadget (1/19/2009) - The best of the "Best of CES"
By John Morris, ZDNet (1/14/2009) - CES Night Two: Eric's Notebook Dump
By Eric Savitz, Barron's Tech Trader Daily (1/8/2009) - Hillcrest Labs wants to make your remote a pointer
By Frank Caron, Ars Technica (1/8/2009) - Hillcrest Labs hops on the RF4CE remote control bandwagon with TI
By Darren Murph, Engadget (1/6/2009) - RF4CE-based RF remote controls to be showcased at CES
By Jean-Pierre Joosting, EE Times (1/6/2009) 2008 Highlights
- Family Snapshots in the Splendor of HD
By Katherine Boehret, Wall Street Journal (11/25/2008) - Start-Up Says Nintendo Violated Patents
By Nick Wingfield, Wall Street Journal (8/21/2008) - Hillcrest Labs: Nintendo's Wii Infringing Our Patents
By Om Malik, GigaOm (8/20/2008) - Nice Work, TiVo, But Here's The TV Remote We Want: No Remote
By Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider (6/23/2008) - Universal Electronics licenses motion control, hopes you don't put your eye out
By Steven Kim, EngadgetHD (3/17/2008) - Like A Super Hero
By Barrett Sheridan, Newsweek (1/26/2008) - Venture Investment Climbs In Region
By Zachary a. Goldfarb, Washington Post (1/21/2008) - Net and Tube: A Cool Couple
By David LaGesse, US News & World Report (1/16/2008)
Wave To The Computer! It's Paying Attention
By Peter Svensson, Associated Press (1/10/2008) - Hillcrest Labs Gets $25 Million For TV Navigation Service
By Joseph Weisenthal, PaidContent (1/7/2008) - Two Stories To Watch: High Def And Motion
By Ted Kemp, CNBC.com (1/7/2008) 2007 Highlights
- How Steve Jobs Can Fix Apple TV (AAPL)
By Dan Frommer, Silicon Alley Insider (12/10/2007) - The MegaGoods Roundup
Popular Science (December 2007)
- Dream Tech Toys
Forbes (11/16/2007) - CES: Home entertainment's future is interface, not hardware
By John Timmer, ARS Technica (11/16/2007) - Logitech's MX Air Cordless Laser Mouse: Best Pointer We've Tried ...
By Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics (8/13/2007) - The Mouse That Soars
By Cliff Edwards, Business Week (8/9/2007) - Total control at a flick of your wrist
By Paul Taylor, Financial Times (7/28/2007) - The Evolution of Input The Shape of The Future Remote
By Ryan Kim, San Francisco Chronicle (5/14/2007) - Zoomable TV interface with Wii-like remote
By Michael Kanellos, CNET (5/4/2007) - A Mouse in the House
By Kara Swisher, All Things Digital (4/30/2007) - 2007 Tech Preview; Consumer Electronics Show
Popular Mechanics (2/18/2007) - Hillcrest Loop Hands–On Video: Better Than the Wiimote
By Adam Frucci, Gizmodo (1/10/2007) - Reinventing The Remote
By Peter Kafka, Forbes (1/9/2007) - Hillcrest Labs' Loop Remote Lets Your Change the Channel with a Gesture
By Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics (1/9/2007) - CES: The 2007 PM Editor's Choice Awards
Popular Mechanics (1/8/2007) - At CES, déjà vu
By Dan Frommer and Rachel Rosmarin, Forbes (01/05/2007) 2006 Highlights
- The Loop: Motion Controlled Remote Hands–On
By Jason Chen, Gizmodo.com (12/6/2006) - Bracelet–Shaped Remote Coming in 2007
By Rachel Cericola, Electronic House (12/4/2006) - Doughnut Adjust Your Set
The Economist (12/1/2006) - CES Unveiled@NY '07: Point and Click Coming to Set–Top boxes?
By Dan Moren, MacWorld (11/11/2006) - With This Remote Control I Thee Wed
By Michael Kanellos, CNET (11/8/2006) - Space–Age Remote Control Coming in 2007
By Michael Kanellos, CNET (11/8/2006) - The Future of Fun: Gearvolution
By Dan Tynan, PC World (10/2/2006) - The Future of Today’s Technology
By Ian Hardy, BBC News (2/5/2006) - Anywhere, Anytime TV
By Jeremy A. Kaplan, PC Magazine (1/11/2006) - A Better Way to Navigate Your TV
By Edward Albro, PC World (1/9/2006) - Best of CES ’06
CNET (1/05/2006) - The Loop: The Coolest Remote Ever?
By Lloyd Case, PC Magazine (1/5/2006) 2005 Highlights
- D3 Gallery
By Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, Wall Street Journal/All Things Digital – D3 Conference
Press Releases
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Hillcrest Labs' Scoop™ Pointer Named Winner in the Interactive TV Category of the 2012 TV Innovation Awards
Las Vegas, NV and Rockville, MD – January 12, 2012 – At CES 2012, Hillcrest Labs today announced its Scoop™ pointer was named winner in the Interactive TV category at the prestigious 2012 TV Innovation Awards ceremony at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.Download

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Hillcrest Labs Announces New Customers for Next-Generation Portfolio of Motion Control Software and Products
Las Vegas, NV and Rockville, MD – January 10, 2012 – At CES 2012, Hillcrest Labs today announced several new customers and products that will utilize Hillcrest's next-generation portfolio of motion control software and products.
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Warpia Unveils WarpiaTV, a New Way to Stream Media and Browse the Web from Your PC to Your TV
San Jose, CA. – January 10, 2012 - Warpia, a premier technology brand dedicated to delivering intuitive connectivity solutions, announces WarpiaTV, a wireless PC to TV connectivity solution featuring a Wireless Motion Controller and web video browsing software.
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Hillcrest Labs named CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Award Honorees in two product categories
New York, NY and Rockville, MD – November 8, 2011 – Hillcrest Labs today announced that two of its products, the Freespace® MotionEngine™ and Scoop™ pointer, have each been named as International CES Innovations 2012 Design and Engineering Awards Honorees in two different categories.Download

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Hillcrest Labs integrates Texas Instruments’ ZigBee® RF4CE solutions on next-generation motion sensing remotes
Rockville, Md. – September 8, 2011 – Hillcrest Labs today announced an integrated motion sensing remote control solution – which includes radio frequency (RF) technology from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) – designed for manufacturers of motion sensing RF remote controls, Smart TVs, set-top boxes and streaming media players.Download

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Hillcrest Labs Unveils Next-Generation Portfolio of Motion Control Software and Products
Rockville, MD – August 31, 2011 – Hillcrest Labs today unveiled its second-generation family of user interface solutions that pave the way for a wide range of products to incorporate state of the art natural user interfaces (NUI’s).Download

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Hillcrest Labs’ Technology Licensed for Roku Game Remote
Rockville, MD – August 19, 2010 – Hillcrest Labs announced today that Roku has licensed Hillcrest’s patented Freespace® MotionEngine™ software for use with its motion-sensing remote and its new line of Roku 2 streaming players.Download

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Hillcrest Labs Unveil Low Cost, Embedded Motion-Control System for Next-Generation Connected TVs
LAS VEGAS, NV and ROCKVILLE, MD -- January 5, 2011 -- Hillcrest Labs, a leader in motion-control technology and interactive television applications, today announced a new low cost, embedded motion-control system for TV manufacturers.Download

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SMK Electronics Licenses Hillcrest Labs' Freespace Technology to Bring Motion Control to Internet-Connected CE Devices
LAS VEGAS, NV; ROCKVILLE, MD; and TOKYO, JAPAN - January 5, 2011 - Hillcrest Labs, a leader in motion control technology and interactive television applications, and SMK Electronics, a leading global manufacturer of remote controls and CE accessories, today announced that the companies have signed a licensing agreement for Hillcrest's Freespace® technology.Download

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Hillcrest Labs. Kylo™ Web Browser for TV Named as CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Award Honoree
New York, NY and Rockville, MD, November 9, 2010 - Hillcrest Labs today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2011 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for Kylo™, the free Web browser for television.Download

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Hillcrest Labs Unveils New Version of Kylo™: New Look and New Search
Rockville, MD-October 5, 2010-Hillcrest Labs today unveiled the latest version of Kylo™, the free Web browser for television, with many new features for the millions of consumers who view online content on their PCs or Macs® connected to the TV.Download

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Hillcrest Labs Tapped by LG to Bring Motion Control to First 3DTV Internet- Connected LED LCD HDTVs
Hillcrest Labs disclosed today that LG Electronics is using Hillcrest Labs' patented Freespace® in-air pointing and motion control technology for LG's first 3D-ready, Internet-connected HDTVs that are currently shipping in the Korean market and will be available globally. Download

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Hillcrest Labs Releases New Version of Kylo™: the Web Browser for TV
Hillcrest Labs today unveiled the latest version of the Kylo™ browser, the free Web browser for TV, which the company introduced earlier this year. Developed for the millions of households that connect their PCs or Macs® to the TV, Kylo lets users visit sites across the Web with a browser that was specifically designed to be viewed from a distance in the family room, living room, or dorm room. Download

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Hillcrest Labs Celebrates Dads and Grads with $49 Promotion of the Loop™ Pointer
In advance of Father's Day and graduation ceremonies across the country, Hillcrest Labs today launched a special $49 promotion for its award-winning Loop™ pointer, an in-air mouse designed for the millions of consumers who enjoy viewing online content on their PC or Mac® connected to a TV. Download

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Hillcrest Labs Introduces Kylo™: The Web Browser for Television
Developed for the millions of households that connect their PCs or Macs to the TV, Kylo lets users visit any site on the Web with a browser that was specifically designed to be viewed from a distance in the family room, living room, or dorm room. Download

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Hillcrest Labs Announces Availability of Integrated Freespace® Motion Control and Bluetooth® Turnkey Solution at CES
Joint development with Broadcom enables use of Freespace motion control and Bluetooth for use with Internet-connected TVs and a wide range of other devices. Download

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