在上周的年度開發者大會上，英特爾展示了軟件廠商如何利用它的技術打造產品。公司也借此表明自己正在向核心計算機芯片業務以外的領域擴張。受個人電腦市場滑坡影響，英特爾的芯片業務依然增長緩慢。

英特爾以及伙伴公司在舊金山Moscone會展中心展示的東西并不會都變成真正可供出售的產品。但這些展品包含的思路確實表明英特爾意欲在如今快速變化的科技市場保持競爭力。

以下是《財富》雜志在本次會議上看到的五件有意思的展品。

1.英特爾新推出的虛擬現實頭盔

為了不被谷歌、Facebook以及中國臺灣智能手機廠商宏達電子甩在身后，英特爾推出了自己的虛擬現實項目Project Alloy。和谷歌的Project Daydream虛擬現實項目類似，英特爾自行設計了這款產品，并計劃在2017年將設計圖公諸于眾，以便其他制造商進行生產。

英特爾首席執行官科再奇說，該頭盔“功能齊全”，使用時無需和計算機或智能手機相連，也不必連接任何線路。

Its annual developer conference this week is a showcase for how coders can build products using Intel technology. It’s also a way for Intel to show that it’s branching from its core computer chip business, which continues to sputter because of the declining personal computer market.

Not everything that Intel??or partner companies showed on the floor of San Francisco’s Moscone convention center will eventually become an actual product to sell. But the ideas do indicate Intel’s attempt to stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing technology market.

Here are five interesting things?Fortune?saw on the conference floor:

1.Intel’s new virtual reality headset

Not to be outdone by?Google?,Facebook?, or Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC, Intel unveiled its own virtual reality initiative, Project Alloy. Similar to Google’s?Project Daydream VR project, Intel designed its own virtual reality headset, the blueprints for which it plans to make publicly available in 2017 so that other manufacturers can build the device.

Intel CEO Bryan Krzanich described the headset as “completely contained” and with no requirement that it be used in conjunction with a computer or smartphone or with any attached wires.

科再奇和另一位英特爾高管夸贊了這款頭盔采用的英特爾RealSense攝像頭技術，它可以追蹤人周圍的實際環境，甚至能在虛擬世界中顯示人的雙手。顯然，英特爾希望推廣這項技術，而途徑之一就是說服虛擬現實頭盔制造商把RealSense技術用于底層硬件。

2.可充當計算機的虛擬現實背心

英特爾正在實施的一個虛擬現實項目打算找到一種方法，以便在不連接臺式機的情況下使用Facebook Oculus Rift等現有虛擬現實頭盔。英特爾展示了一款后背上嵌入了英特爾芯片的背心，可以和虛擬現實頭盔配合使用。

英特爾工程經理羅希特·考拉利亞介紹，這款背心配備的電池可供電一個半小時，它采用的設計可避免芯片散發的熱量對人體造成傷害。考拉利亞還解釋說，英特爾制造這款背心的目的是展示基本設計，以便合作伙伴參考，進而推出類似產品。但英特爾不打算出售這款試驗性原型產品。

穿著這件背心，我覺得自己好像是在牙科醫院等著拍X光片。它很沉，像一件大號圍裙。但由于沒有連接任何線路，我覺得很自由。我可以轉身并且四處走動，不存在被電線絆倒的危險

Krzanich and another Intel executive bragged about the Intel RealSense camera technology that’s embedded in the device for tracking a person’s surroundings in the real world; it can even show a person’s hands in a virtual world. Clearly, Intel wants to sell more of its RealSense technology, and one way it can do so is by convincing virtual reality headset makers to use the RealSense as the underlying hardware.

2.A computer vest for VR

One of the VR projects Intel is working on involves creating a way to use existing VR headsets like the Facebook Oculus Rift without needing to be tethered to a desktop computer. Intel showed off a vest with an Intel processor embedded on its backside that can be used to power VR headsets.

The vest, which contains a battery that can last an hour and a half, was designed to protect the human body from the heat generated by the processor, said Rohit Choraria, an Intel engineering manager. Intel built the vest so it can show partners a basic reference design for creating similar products, but the company has no plans to sell the experimental prototype, Choraria explained.

Wearing the vest, I felt like I was at a dentist appointment waiting to have my X-rays taken. It’s heavy and resembles an oversized bib. But not being tethered to any cable made me feel free, and I could turn and step around without risk of tripping over wires.

英特爾還在這款背心里安裝了震動傳感器。當我在虛擬現實游戲中和喘著粗氣的暴龍相遇時，貼近胸部和腹部的傳感器就會讓背心輕輕震動，以模仿現實生活中接近巨大野獸時人體的感覺。

3. 可聯網摩托車

一家名叫Bolt Motorbikes的初創型企業展示了它的混合動力摩托車和自行車。Bolt Motorbikes首席執行官喬希·拉斯姆森解釋說，他們使用了英特爾子公司Wind River開發的技術，從而將自己的產品和互聯網相連，這樣騎行者就知道胎壓是否不足以及車輛是否需要修理。

拉斯姆森說，Bolt Motorbikes的測試項目之一是利用Wind River的技術來防止車輛進入它們不應進入的地區。舉例來說，如果有人偷了摩托車并且想把它開到城外去，摩托車就會減速甚至停下來。拉斯姆森指出，如果晚上“小家伙”未經允許就出去了，聯網功能還可以通知他們的父母。

Intel also outfitted the vest with vibrating sensors, so when I played a virtual reality video game that put me face to face with a heavy-breathing Tyrannosaurs Rex, the embedded sensors near my chest and belly caused the vest to lightly vibrate, loosely mimicking the visceral feeling of actually being near a giant beast in real life.

3.Motorbikes that can connect to the Internet

A startup called Bolt Motorbikes showed off its battery-powered hybrid motorcycle and bicycle. It uses technology by Intel subsidiary Wind River that connects its hybrid bikes to the Internet so that riders know whether the tires are getting to low or if their bikes need to go to the repair shop, explained Bolt Motorbikes CEO Josh Rasmussen.

One of the things the startup is testing is the ability to use Wind River’s technology to prevent the bikes from driving in places they shouldn’t be, Rasmussen said. For example, if a thief steals a bike and tries to peddle out of the city, the bike would start to slow down and eventually stop. Rasmussen also said that the bike’s web connectivity allows parents to be notified if “junior goes out” for the night without permission.

4. 工廠機器間的連接設備

工業技術公司Exor Embedded制造了一個小型計算機模組，作用是把工廠中的設備連接起來，從而將所有的機器納入一個系統之中。

該公司展示了一個汽車噴漆廠模型，其中的傳送帶都聯了網，并且有一個數字化顯示屏來幫助操作者追蹤所有機器之間的信息流。

4. How to connect factory machinery together

Industrial technology company Exor Embedded built a small computer module for connecting factory equipment so all of a facility’s machinery can be viewed as one big system.

The company showed off a model of a car painting factory where conveyor belts are hooked to the Internet while a digital panel helps its operators track the data flowing back and forth from all the machinery.

5. 庫存跟蹤機器人

Simbe Robotics展示了它的一款機器人，后者可以在商店里巡視，掃描洗發香波或香皂等物品，進而發現是否需要補充庫存或者商品是否貼錯了標簽。首席技術官米爾扎·阿克巴·沙阿解釋說，這家初創公司最近開始用英特爾的RealSense攝像頭技術為自己的機器人進行室內導航，以防它們撞人。

5.Robot inventory trackers

Simbe Robotics showed off one of the company’s robots that can?cruise down store aisles, scan for items like shampoo or soap, and track whether or not inventory needs to be replaced or is mislabeled. The startup recently started to use Intel’s RealSense camera technology that helps its robots orient themselves in a room and prevents them bumping into people, explained chief technology officer Mirza Akbar Shah.

沙阿說，和其他機器人初創公司一樣，Simbe Robotics也使用過PrimeSense的傳感和追蹤技術。但2013年蘋果公司收購PrimeSense后，許多初創企業都無法繼續使用此項技術。英特爾的RealSense則有可能取而代之。他沒有談及客戶的情況。但據報道，今年4月份美國塔吉特百貨公司曾在舊金山的一家商場里測試了Simbe Robotics的機器人。（財富中文網）

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Simbe Robotics, like other robotics startups, once used the sensing and tracking technology of a company called PrimeSense, Shah said. But when?Apple?bought that company in 2013, many of the startups reliant on PrimeSense’s no longer had the access to the technology. Intel’s RealSense is a possible replacement, Shah said. He declined to comment about the startup’s customers, but?Target?was reportedly?testing?the robot at one of its San Francisco stores in April.