As connected cars roll off the assembly line and smart-home technology gains traction among consumers, the question is, how will cars communicate with homes and other digital devices? Dr. Roland Krause, Director of Engineering at ICS, will discuss connected cars, smart homes and the greater world of IoT, and examine standards and protocols that will allow them to converge. He will also present an IVI media architecture developed by ICS, and address the challenges of preparing for unknown future capabilities with a plugin architecture that is extendible and robust.

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Learn how ICS worked with Intel RealSense to create the next generation of natural, immersive and intuitive applications.

ICS has released the open source Media Manager software code which we've been referring to in the Media Manager blog series. The code is now available for download at ICS's GitHub repository.

I was present at the 2007 MacWorld Expo where the iPhone was announced. Ever the master marketer, Steve Jobs orchestrated a live demo, placing a call to Apple’s VP of Marketing as he was walking down the aisle of the packed auditorium. Afterward, in the large Apple booth on the exhibit floor, there were two suspended models of iPhones rotating in plexiglass cases: you couldn't touch them, you couldn't hold them, you couldn't make calls on them like Steve Jobs had done from the stage.

In this blog post, we will explain the core architecture of the media manager.

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