IDF 2016: Keynote Live Blog
by Ryan Smith & Ian Cutress on August 16, 2016 11:56 AM EST11:59AM EDT - Ian on text, Ryan on images
11:59AM EDT - We're just about to start, but Intel is doing something akin to a pre-roll ad
12:00PM EDT - Demonstrations around Intel NUC on DJ equipment and Real Sense on an imaginary keyboard
12:00PM EDT - The keynote is set to be hosted by Diane Bryant, VP
12:01PM EDT - the demonstrator is playing coldplay on stage
12:02PM EDT - Ian: 'don't get me started on coldplay'
12:03PM EDT - All the demonstrators are wearing Curie bracelets
12:03PM EDT - Not Basis Peak watches
12:04PM EDT - Now time for a combo DJ set
12:04PM EDT - Not my sort of music, I'll be honest
12:04PM EDT - But the visuals are good
12:07PM EDT - Time to start
12:08PM EDT - Looks like my 2GB data cap for 4G for the week just finished...
12:10PM EDT - Intro video is starting with a VR headset
12:11PM EDT - 'What if VR felt less virtual?'
12:11PM EDT - 'What if VR felt less virtual?'
12:12PM EDT - 'What if VR felt less virtual?'
12:13PM EDT - It sounds like they're talking about controlled robots
12:13PM EDT - 'Merged Reality'
12:14PM EDT - Brian Krzanich on stage
12:14PM EDT - 'In the virtual world, you can experience new things'
12:14PM EDT - The virtual world needs to interact with the real world - merged reality
12:15PM EDT - 'Interacting in a more natural way'
12:15PM EDT - Over 6000 people at IDF, a record
12:15PM EDT - Over 6000 people at IDF, a record
12:16PM EDT - 20% increase in developers over 3 years
12:16PM EDT - 'Powering the cloud and billions of smart and connected devices'
12:17PM EDT - Four topics being talked about today
12:18PM EDT - 'What does redefining the experiece of computing mean?'
12:18PM EDT - 'VR is now mainstream'
12:18PM EDT - Holding up parts of the vive
12:20PM EDT - Introducing... Project Alloy
12:20PM EDT - The SOC goes in the VR headset
12:20PM EDT - dual real sense cameras
12:20PM EDT - self-contained VR world
12:20PM EDT - I wonder what the TDP is
12:20PM EDT - can't be more than what, 10W
12:20PM EDT - can't be more than what, 10W?
12:21PM EDT - Atom based I'd imagine
12:21PM EDT - 'Providing the untethered experience'
12:21PM EDT - There's a chunk on the back
12:22PM EDT - We can see dropped frames, but it is being projected onto a screen which might add issues
12:22PM EDT - The real sense cameras enable seeing your hands inside the VR
12:22PM EDT - Full depth sensing and 5-finger tracking
12:23PM EDT - The cameras enable AR inside VR
12:23PM EDT - A hand becomes a skeleton when in front of an X-Ray console
12:23PM EDT - Some teething issues, but allows you to interact with the VR environment without controllers
12:24PM EDT - You can see people and objects in the real world in the headset
12:24PM EDT - 'Untethered needs to be able to avoid objects'
12:25PM EDT - Using hands to interact with a virtual lathe
12:25PM EDT - Using a physical object in the VR world
12:25PM EDT - Project Alloy is this 'merged reality'
12:26PM EDT - AR inside VR has issues of both though, it increases the degrees of freedom
12:27PM EDT - The VR headset has a rear module - could be battery?
12:27PM EDT - Talking about Holo-lens as a starting and positive point
12:28PM EDT - Holo-lens was based on Cherry Trail
12:28PM EDT - At June, Windows talking about sharing AR platforms with partners
12:28PM EDT - 'Intel can optimise hardware and software together'
12:29PM EDT - Windows Holographic Platform available for mainstream Win10 PCs next year
12:29PM EDT - Windows Holographic enables 3D and 2D holographic mixed reality apps
12:30PM EDT - One platform for VR, AR and MR
12:30PM EDT - So the usual demo now on stage of the office environment with 2D (OS) and 3D (tables)
12:30PM EDT - THere's a virtual dog too
12:30PM EDT - Using a remote control for some of the features
12:31PM EDT - All this talk about experience
12:31PM EDT - Nothing about hardware or battery life
12:32PM EDT - Using Skull Canyon for VR streaming
12:32PM EDT - So Project Alloy uses projected video...? What's the latency on that? What protocol?
12:32PM EDT - Release v1 in Dec 2016
12:33PM EDT - Alloy will be Open Source the hardware in 2H17
12:33PM EDT - Real Sense APIs will be opened up as well
12:33PM EDT - Available to partners 2H17, so we'll see updates this time next year with partner demos
12:35PM EDT - Now for VR Content Creation discussions
12:35PM EDT - UE4 with VR environment development support
12:35PM EDT - Talking about Broadwell-E 10-core
12:35PM EDT - Only $1700 or so
12:36PM EDT - UE4 game engine editor in VR
12:36PM EDT - Using Oculus to add assets
12:36PM EDT - Changing colors and textures
12:36PM EDT - I had a very bad demo along similar lines at Computex
12:37PM EDT - Complete light render on the CPU to help time to market
12:37PM EDT - Rebaking the lighting with the CPU
12:38PM EDT - More and more cores helps with this sort of thing
12:38PM EDT - so why not use dual 10-core E5s for the same price as the i7 10-core?
12:39PM EDT - Depends on NUMA support in software I guess...?
12:39PM EDT - Now time for 'making VR more real'
12:40PM EDT - Talking about 360 replay technology now - stitching videos together
12:40PM EDT - Sports replays are the big draw here
12:41PM EDT - In the process of installing the 360 camera systems in basketball stadiums across the country
12:41PM EDT - Digital representation of the volume of the arena
12:41PM EDT - Rather than from fixed camera positions
12:41PM EDT - I suspect there's a big deal with the NBA league at the minute
12:42PM EDT - Though I can imagine if you want to sit under the basket, it'll be PayPerView for VR experiences
12:42PM EDT - 'The whole industry of filming could change as a result of this technology'
12:42PM EDT - 'It's a game changer for VR'
12:43PM EDT - 'We're in the process of putting together a production studio in LA' - 'TXL Labs'
12:43PM EDT - 'Dedicated to pushing the limits of the technology for production'
12:43PM EDT - 'The virtual world can be real'
12:43PM EDT - Ed: It's a faaake!
12:43PM EDT - Now talking about 7th Gen Core
12:44PM EDT - Demo of highest perf CPU
12:44PM EDT - Kaby Lake
12:44PM EDT - Now a guy on stage bragging about his 90-inch 4K TV
12:45PM EDT - Kaby Lake is hardware accelerated for 10-bit HEVC
12:45PM EDT - 7th gen HP 2-in-1 on the stage
12:45PM EDT - He's showing decode
12:45PM EDT - i.e. HEVC Main10 Profile
12:46PM EDT - Go Pro handling 4K video in its UI on a 2-in-1
12:46PM EDT - Quick-Sync mentioned
12:47PM EDT - 7th Gen Dell XPS on stage playing overwatch
12:47PM EDT - V-Sync isn't on, that much is clear...!
12:47PM EDT - didn't mention resolution, quality...
12:48PM EDT - 7th Gen is shipping to partners today
12:48PM EDT - Consumers this fall
12:48PM EDT - Didn't mention desktop
12:49PM EDT - Probably 4.5W and 15W first
12:49PM EDT - Probably 4.5W and 15W first
12:50PM EDT - Now Real Sense
12:50PM EDT - 'Pushing the limits as we continue to advance'
12:50PM EDT - Use case examples on screen, including ASUS Zenbo
12:51PM EDT - Now talking about UAVs/drones
12:51PM EDT - Real Sense front and center on smart drones
12:52PM EDT - Combining the compute in the drone with the real sense camera and depth data
12:52PM EDT - AVailable for purchase for $1899
12:53PM EDT - 'It's an amazing experience'
12:53PM EDT - For $1899, it would have to be
12:53PM EDT - or did he mean $18.99? :D
12:53PM EDT - Now project Intel Aero for UAVs
12:53PM EDT - we saw this at Computex iirc ?
12:53PM EDT - Supports Real Sense, LTE, SSDs and mapping SDKs
12:54PM EDT - Complete drone system in one board
12:54PM EDT - Available for preorder today
12:54PM EDT - $399 for the kit
12:54PM EDT - Complete Drone Platform with Aero and Realsense available in Q1
12:55PM EDT - Intel Euclid using Realsense
12:55PM EDT - 'Truly a developers dream'
12:56PM EDT - Integrates compute, comms and realsense in one form factor
12:56PM EDT - A complete system
12:56PM EDT - Robots using Euclid
12:56PM EDT - CR300 real sense camera, an Atom SoC
12:56PM EDT - Running Ubuntu
12:57PM EDT - Person tracking on Euclid
12:57PM EDT - on the module, not on a notebook
12:58PM EDT - Robot in follow mode is following the human
12:58PM EDT - Real Sense Camera 400
12:59PM EDT - the next-gen RS
12:59PM EDT - smallest RS camera yet
12:59PM EDT - A few inches long, very thin
12:59PM EDT - Doubles the number of 3D points and operating range
01:00PM EDT - 'Real Sense is a family of products that keeps getting better and better'
01:00PM EDT - Now on to automotive
01:00PM EDT - 'Intel intends right in the middle of the ecosystem'
01:00PM EDT - 'The need for integrated visual intelligence'
01:01PM EDT - 'We believe we're the only company to bring compute and machine learning and cloud expertise all in one for automotive'
01:01PM EDT - SVP BMW Automotive on stage, with flashy intro
01:01PM EDT - He's coming on stage in an electric car
01:01PM EDT - BK said it would be a flashy entrance
01:02PM EDT - I was half expecting the John Cena intro
01:02PM EDT - Elmar Frickenstein is the BMW VP
01:02PM EDT - The car is now driving itself to find a driving space
01:03PM EDT - 'Our new BMW 7-series with driver assistance and remote control parking'
01:04PM EDT - I just heard the word homologation on stage
01:04PM EDT - Now a graph of the transition of responsibility
01:05PM EDT - Level 4 is a full autonomous vehicle - hands off, mind off
01:05PM EDT - Level 5 is robocar without driver
01:05PM EDT - 'end-to-end architecture' for auto driving
01:06PM EDT - the theory behind auto driving has been done to death for a couple of years now, it's more about implementation, power and compute
01:06PM EDT - big data, analytics and learning are key barriers, but implementation is key
01:07PM EDT - 'A holistic sensor-fusion mix to understand the scene better than a human'
01:07PM EDT - I'm expecting to talk about machine learning later in the week, which would be relevant here
01:08PM EDT - Mobileye is involved as well
01:08PM EDT - Announced collab with BWM, Intel and Mobileye on July 1st
01:09PM EDT - 'THe door is open to the next century'
01:10PM EDT - Now they're bringing smart city like stuff on stage
01:10PM EDT - 'The barrier between digital and physical is disappearing when everything is smart and connected'
01:11PM EDT - 'The cloud today is made up with people - 1.5GB/day in 2020; but the average autonomous vehicle in 2020 will be 4TB/day'
01:12PM EDT - A smart factory could generate 1000TB per day in 2020
01:12PM EDT - 'Intel can fuel the cloud with this in mind'
01:13PM EDT - Curie being shown off again with a Core CPU, sensors and a BT module
01:14PM EDT - 'Building the ecosystem around Curie'
01:14PM EDT - Announcing Curie Knowledge Builder
01:14PM EDT - Pattern Matching can now occur on Curie
01:14PM EDT - The Knowledge Builder toolkit will enable pattern matching on Curie
01:15PM EDT - Uses example data to train algorithms
01:16PM EDT - 'We believe Knowledge Builder can cut dev time from weeks to minutes'
01:17PM EDT - Now available for select customers
01:17PM EDT - Broadly available in Q1
01:17PM EDT - Now 'The Future of Cities' with IoT
01:17PM EDT - City management is a key area
01:18PM EDT - Chaiman and CEO of GE, Jeff Immelt, on stage
01:18PM EDT - GE is a big smart city player
01:18PM EDT - 'Industrial is the next step'
01:20PM EDT - 'Every asset we have needs a digital model to be tuned'
01:20PM EDT - 'You either embrace the future or find yourself unable to satisfy your customers'
01:23PM EDT - Nothing much is happening, the GE CEO is discussing what we've just seen from the industrial perspective
01:24PM EDT - 'Joint commercial relationships, and collaborative device development'
01:25PM EDT - 'Leveraging the cloud for edge devices'
01:26PM EDT - 'Smart street light LEDs with an integrated network'
01:27PM EDT - Chief Digital Officer of GE on stage, John Gordon
01:28PM EDT - 'Speed and security is vital'
01:28PM EDT - An intelligent light post, with Intel CPUs we can do analytics
01:29PM EDT - Detecting people walking by on the street and collect meta data such as amount, speed, direction
01:29PM EDT - 'No personal data being taken'
01:29PM EDT - Using analytics to find parking spaces
01:30PM EDT - So you just build an app with the data and a monthly fee that tells you where the empty parking spaces are
01:30PM EDT - Air quality measurements with street lights
01:31PM EDT - 'metadata to be available for developers'
01:32PM EDT - I'm sure we're getting to the end here, sounds like a wrap up is starting
01:33PM EDT - 'The next generation of developers'
01:34PM EDT - Announcing - Intel Joule
01:34PM EDT - The newest maker platform and most powerful
01:34PM EDT - Joule will transition from prototype to scale
01:35PM EDT - Joule-added smart glasses on display
01:35PM EDT - Computation on Joule
01:35PM EDT - I wonder if Intel is saturating the maker/IoT space with all these parts
01:36PM EDT - Joule, Curie, Edison, Atom
01:37PM EDT - Using the glasses, can easily identify missing bolts on a factory line for example
01:37PM EDT - VoIP with expert for the worker to direct with live video
01:38PM EDT - Joule is available online and at IDF
01:38PM EDT - no mention of price
01:38PM EDT - Now time for America's Greatest Makers Season 2 announcement]
01:38PM EDT - Now time for America's Greatest Makers Season 2 announcement
01:39PM EDT - Team Grush, winners of Season 1 on stage
01:39PM EDT - The Gaming Toothbrush = Grush
01:39PM EDT - Interactive gaming brushing for kids
01:40PM EDT - 'Tooth to tooth' monitoring
01:40PM EDT - Now showing the GRUSH app and game
01:41PM EDT - You can track how a user is brushing and adapt the game to ensure better brushing
01:41PM EDT - So if a child neglects a certain tooth, on the rear, the game will adapt to encourage the user
01:42PM EDT - The GRUSH available by the holidays
01:42PM EDT - not price, no exact date, no mention of volume or which retailers
01:43PM EDT - Final video now, they've overrun. There's a talk on Optane next...
01:46PM EDT - That's a wrap!
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Drumsticks - Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - link
It's a live blog, not an official written and edited article. I think some stream of consciousness is allowed in this medium.yannigr2 - Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - link
6 core Kaby Lakes?Adaptive Sync support from Kabe Lakes?
nandnandnand - Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - link
Mainstream 6 core from Intel? Good luck. Otherwise, you can wait until... 2018 (?) for Kaby Lak-E.You'll get that from AMD at least when Zen comes out (ignore Bulldozer). I was hoping for mainstream Zen 6-8 core APUs for laptops, but oh well.
nandnandnand - Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - link
"01:39PM EDT - The Gaming Toothbrush = Grush"Kids gonna get so addicted to brushing their teeth that they will put too much force into it and MAKE THEIR GUMS BLEED. Then they will get infected and die.
I'm nandnandnand and I've been reporting to you live from the Intel 2016 Grush Joule Oral Keynote.
sweetca - Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - link
Too much brilliance hereThortonBe - Wednesday, August 17, 2016 - link
Thank you for reversing the post order after the event is over. I hope this becomes a standard feature.