Hillcrest Labs

LG and Hillcrest Labs renew smart TV technology deal

LG Electronics has extended its license to use Hillcrest Labs’ Freespace MotionEngine software in its smart TV’s for an additional three years. Hillcrest’s Freespace MotionEngine powers the point-and-click and motion control features of the LG Magic Remote, which comes with LG’s OLED, Super UHD and UHD 4K Smart TV product lines. LG began licensing Hillcrest’s […]

Hillcrest makes TV browser available to open-source community

Hillcrest Labs has said it will provide its Kylo web browser to the open-source community for TV source code under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) 2.0. Kylo is a free, Mozilla-based TV browser designed for viewing online content on connected TVs that is compatible with the Mac OS and Windows. Hillcrest will provide the Kylo […]