Last month, showed the Intel Project Alloy helmet, disclosed the VR/AR plan. Project Alloy is a similar to Microsoft's HoloLens helmet, can mix to the real world and virtual world. PC makers can copy Project Alloy helmet, Intel to find a market opportunity: chip for MR (mixed) reality helmet.

Project Alloy is a prototype helmet, it was running Microsoft Windows Holographic platform, the future, the platform can also support other VR and AR products. Early next year, the Alloy will be open to the outside design and specification. PC makers if you are interested, can design and manufacture according to the Alloy helmet.

Intel system architecture group, iot business and customer department President Aaron Du Qin tara (Venkata Renduchintala) said, as in the past in the PC market, Intel is trying to provide guidance for equipment manufacturers, tell them how to design a helmet, integrating hardware, solve the problem of camera, may also provide production, the production of ideas.

Aaron Du Qin tara said, mixed reality will form a new type of VR/AR products, there may be custom chip on PC platform, it can enhance experience.

Project Alloy helmet-mounted Skylake notebook chip, so far, Intel did not launch a special chip helmet. Intel recently launched seven generations of the Core PC chip, code-named Kaby Lake, but there is no chips in the product line is dedicated to one of the helmet.

In the past, Intel for notebooks, super book, smart phones, 2 in 1 equipment to provide the reference design, but the Project is open source of Alloy design. Before Intel for super book, mobile phone sets strict norms, for example, requirements for the thickness of the product and the size of the screen, PC manufacturers must comply with these specifications.

Aaron Du Qin tara forecast, future equipment manufacturer with a reference for design and development of different shape, different sizes of VR headsets.

VR market is developing rapidly, the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, these helmet needs to connect to the PC, need the support of high-end GPU. Under the stimulus of HoloLens, some enterprises have developed wireless PC VR, AR helmet, but manufacturers need to solve the problem of wireless connections and life. Moving a VR in the rapidly expanding, samsung Gear VR is the representative work.

Think marketing consultancy helmets shipment will continue to grow, Intel special chip development of VR is meaningful. In Intel's point of view, the PC type MR experience is more important than the mobile VR experience. Aaron Du Qin tara said, Alloy provides powerful mixed reality experience, is Intel want to win the market.

Aaron Du Qin tara also said: "what we show expressed our position on VR, we need to push it evolve, VR now just install smartphone mask to similar products, the installation program 99% are Android APP, the future is not the case, it will become a 15 to 20 watts of embedded PC, speed of 2-3 trillion times."