Media Kit

Hillcrest Laboratories has created the first pointer-based, digital media system for TV. Hillcrest enables CE manufacturers and service providers to deliver the most visually engaging and intuitive way to browse, discover, and interact with digital media throughout the home. Components of Hillcrest's digital media system can be embedded across a wide range of in-home entertainment devices including PCs, DVRs, media adapters, and more. The company won the CES innovations award in 2006, was listed as Gartner's "Cool Vendors" in 2006 as well as Sanford C. Bernstein's Best in Show at NCTA 2007, and was named by Popular Mechanics as Editors Choice at CES in 2007 as well as.

Background

  • Founded: 2001; Renamed Hillcrest Laboratories in 2005
  • Target Industries: Consumer Electronics, Service Providers and Internet Content Companies
  • Core Products: Freespace® and HōME™
  • Investors: NEA, Columbia Capital and Grotech Capital
  • Headquarters: Rockville, Maryland

Leadership

  • Daniel Simpkins - Founder, Chairman and CEO
  • Charles Gritton - Chief Technology Officer
  • Dave Karlin - Senior Vice President, Customer Programs
  • Peter Jackson - Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration
  • Chad Lucien - Vice President, Strategic Marketing
  • Negar Moshiri - Vice President, User Experience
  • Parag Sheth - Vice President, Corporate Marketing

Hillcrest Demo

Hillcrest Labs demo video shows the features and capabilities of HōME Interactive Media System and Freespace-enabled Loop

Product Photo Downloads

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Photos available via the Hillcrest Labs website are only for use by accredited members of the media. We will permit the use of Hillcrest Labs photography by the media as long as the use will not disparage Hillcrest Labs nor imply endorsement by Hillcrest Labs. The photography cannot be changed or manipulated in any way with the exception of resizing or cropping. By downloading our product photography you are indicating that you accept these terms and are an accredited member of the media.

Press Releases

  • 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

  • Hillcrest Labs' Loop™ Pointer Named As CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Award Honoree

    New York, NY and Rockville, MD, November 10, 2009 - Hillcrest Labs today announced that it has been named an International CES Innovations 2010 Design and Engineering Awards Honoree for its groundbreaking Loop™ pointer. The Loop pointer is an in-air mouse designed for the growing number of consumers who enjoy Internet entertainment on their PC or Mac® or connect their computer to a television. Products entered in this prestigious program are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, engineers and members of the media to honor outstanding design and engineering in cutting edge consumer electronics products across 36 product categories. Download

  • Hillcrest Labs Introduces Open Source Library to Enable Development of a Wide Variety of Freespace® Motion Control Applications

    Developers Can Easily Add Motion Control to New Applications and Devices. New libfreespace Open Source Library Supports Linux, Mac® and Windows. New Freespace Reference Kit Version 3.1 Includes a Six-Axis Motion Control Module as Small as a U.S. Quarter. Download

Media Contact

JEREMY PEMBLE
JLM Partners for Hillcrest
t: 206.381.3600
e: email