Microsoft and Intel jointly announced “Project EVO”, a deep collaboration to further push the boundaries of personal computing, including smarter voice interaction, virtual and merged reality experiences for all, powerful gaming, strengthened security and identity protection, and true always-connected computing.
Intel noted that a powerful CPU is central to merged reality experience so, together with Microsoft, we are ensuring that Windows 10 merged reality experiences are optimized on a range of Performance-class, 6th and 7th Gen IntelR Core? processor-based PCs. And, by the end of 2017, merged reality will scale across mainstream Intel architecture platforms natively on Intel HD Graphics.
According to Intel, the two are also collaborating on Intel’s Project Alloy All-in-One head-mounted display reference design, Intel Optane, Intel RealSense, Thunderbolt, and eventually removing the cable with WiGig to take the experience to the next level.
Through this work, their OEM partners and device vendors can focus on innovation, trusting their products will deliver reliable and compelling merged reality experiences. Similarly, developers can optimize for known hardware configurations, bringing them greater scale and reduced complexity.
In addition, Intel pointed out gaming is one of the top reasons people want a new PC. Its 7th Gen Intel Core processors deliver incredible 4K gaming and high dynamic range (HDR) quality video playback, real-time broadcasting capability, and ultimate mega-tasking so people can game and stream online simultaneously.
And Intel are also working to ensure that the best gaming experiences are accessible in many forms: from VR PC backpacks to slim notebooks to powerful gaming rigs and PC gaming anywhere with the Xbox Controller.
Furthermore, Intel said they have saw the opportunity with artificial intelligence as well. And their engineers have been working closely with Microsoft to add far-field speech recognition and improved voice activation to PCs, making them much more intuitive.
