The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker is trying to prove it's no longer just a PC company, introducing new devices and partnerships. by Richard Nieva January 6, 2014 7:04 PM PST Intel CEO Brian Krzanich (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Intel wants to prove that it's not just a PC company anymore. As the world has shifted to devices for people on the go, the company is trying to make sure it keeps apace with the market. Chief executive Brian Krzanich on Monday introduced a bevy of wearable related technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Krzanich showed off two new audio devices. One is a headset nicknamed Jarvis that can integrate with a personal assistant app on a phone without even touching it. Krzanich said it will work with an assistant that Intel is developing, but will also work with an existing assistant. (Siri, anyone?). The other is a set of earbuds with fitness capabilities and gets power from a phone's headphone jack. The company also introduced a smartwatch that has smart "geo-fencing" which, Krzanich says, the capability to monitor the person who's wearing it from afar. One use case: in case of an emergency and a person steps out of the geo-fence, the watch can send out an alert. "You can imagine all kinds of applications," said Krzanich. Still, some consumers may have privacy concerns. Related posts Wearables are white-hot at CES 2014. So they're doomed, right? Hardware firm swaps in 8-core Intel CPU on Mac Pro; speed jumps Intel's 2014 Android ambitions embrace 64-bit, more tablets And to try and keep the "wear" in wearable, the company has partnered with brands like Barney's New York and the Council of the Fashion Designers of America to collaborate on bringing future wearables to market. The chipmaker is a Silicon Valley stalwart, but hasn't always been on the cutting edge of innovation. Krzanich tried to change some of that perception during his keynote. The company has been working on what it calls "perceptual computing," which aims to help a computer sense what's going on around it by using methods like facial recognition, gestures and voice recognition. Earlier in the day, the company unveiled its first manifestation of perceptual computing: a 3D camera, part of a product line called Real Sense. The slim camera -- about the size of an index finger -- can do things like replace a subject's background during conference calling like a green screen would, or read gesturing to navigate through screens. Developing. More to come...
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker is trying to prove it's no longer just a PC company, introducing new devices and partnerships.
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
Intel wants to prove that it's not just a PC company anymore.
As the world has shifted to devices for people on the go, the company is trying to make sure it keeps apace with the market. Chief executive Brian Krzanich on Monday introduced a bevy of wearable related technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Krzanich showed off two new audio devices. One is a headset nicknamed Jarvis that can integrate with a personal assistant app on a phone without even touching it. Krzanich said it will work with an assistant that Intel is developing, but will also work with an existing assistant. (Siri, anyone?). The other is a set of earbuds with fitness capabilities and gets power from a phone's headphone jack.
The company also introduced a smartwatch that has smart "geo-fencing" which, Krzanich says, the capability to monitor the person who's wearing it from afar. One use case: in case of an emergency and a person steps out of the geo-fence, the watch can send out an alert. "You can imagine all kinds of applications," said Krzanich. Still, some consumers may have privacy concerns.
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- Wearables are white-hot at CES 2014. So they're doomed, right?
- Hardware firm swaps in 8-core Intel CPU on Mac Pro; speed jumps
- Intel's 2014 Android ambitions embrace 64-bit, more tablets
And to try and keep the "wear" in wearable, the company has partnered with brands like Barney's New York and the Council of the Fashion Designers of America to collaborate on bringing future wearables to market.
The chipmaker is a Silicon Valley stalwart, but hasn't always been on the cutting edge of innovation. Krzanich tried to change some of that perception during his keynote. The company has been working on what it calls "perceptual computing," which aims to help a computer sense what's going on around it by using methods like facial recognition, gestures and voice recognition.
Earlier in the day, the company unveiled its first manifestation of perceptual computing: a 3D camera, part of a product line called Real Sense. The slim camera -- about the size of an index finger -- can do things like replace a subject's background during conference calling like a green screen would, or read gesturing to navigate through screens.
Developing. More to come...
