Press Releases

• 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

• 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.Download

• 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.Download

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Hillcrest Labs Introduces the Loop™ Pointer: In-Air Mouse for TV

  Before Father's Day, Award Winning Product Now Available to Consumers - Targeted to Consumers who Connect their TV to a PC or Mac® - Available for $99 via Amazon.com or www.hillcrestlabs.com/loop Download

• Hillcrest Labs Tapped by ZillionTV for User Interface and Next-Generation Remote Control

  ZillionTV to License Hillcrest's HōME™ and Freespace® Download

• Hillcrest Labs and Texas Instruments Showcase RF4CE Remote Controls with Freespace Technology at CES

  Hillcrest Labs and Texas Instruments today unveiled some of the first remote controls to utilize the new "Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics" (RF4CE) standard.Download

• Kodak Licenses HoME™ and Freespace® for new KODAK Theatre HD Player

  Hillcrest Labs today introduced a new HoME™ Reference Kit (HRK) today for companies and service providers that want to develop their own devices which utilize Hillcrest Labs' core technologies Download

• Hillcrest Labs Issues Statement About Legal Action Against Nintendo and the Wii

  Hillcrest Labs issued an official statement about legal action that the company has taken today against Nintendo® for patent infringement. Download

• Universal Electronics Inc. Licenses Hillcrest Labs’ Freespace Pointing and Motion Control Technology

  Hillcrest Labs and Universal Electronics Inc. (UEI), (NASDAQ: UEIC) today announced a recently signed license agreement for Hillcrest Labs’ patented Freespace® pointing and motion-control technology. Download

• Hillcrest Labs Secures Additional $25 Million in Funding

  Series D Round includes AllianceBernstein, New Enterprise Associates, Columbia Capital and Grotech Capital Group Download

• Hillcrest Labs’ Freespace Technology Debuted with Logitech MX Air Mouse

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• Hillcrest Labs to Bring Interactive, Motion-Sensing Capabilities to CE Devices

  2006 CES Innovations Award Winner Extends Freespace® Pointing Beyond TV Remotes Download

• Hillcrest Labs Wins CES "Best of Innovations" Awards at CES 2006

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• Hillcrest Labs Demonstrates HoME, a Ground-Breaking Line of Navigation Products for TV at the Wall Street Journal's "D:All Things Digital" Conference

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• Hillcrest Communincations Secures $10 Million in Funding to Deliver New Entertainment Products to Market

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