- Hillcrest Also Announces Freespace^® Availability for Android™ 4.2 and Google TV -

Hong Kong and Rockville, Maryland, USA – May 23, 2013 – Hillcrest Labs today announced that TCL Multimedia has signed a new multi-year agreement to extend the use of Hillcrest’s patented Freespace^® in-air pointing and motion control software in TCL’s Internet-connected Smart TVs. Freespace enables small in-air movements of remote controls to move a cursor around the TV screen. This allows users to navigate their TV user interface with point-and-click controls, just like they do on computers, smartphones and tablets.

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- Hillcrest’s Freespace® software integrated into Intel® Media Server Reference Design (MSRD) for Point-and-Click Control for TV –

Rockville, MD – March 19, 2013 – Hillcrest Labs today announced that Intel’s newest reference design kit for IPTV set-top boxes (STBs) and media servers will use Hillcrest’s patented Freespace® in-air pointing and motion control technology. With the Freespace Motion Engine™ software embedded on the Intel® Media Server Reference Design (MSRD) kit and controlled by a handheld remote control, TV operators can provide subscribers the ability to control TV with mouse-like navigation, and point-and-click simplicity.

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- Hillcrest’s MotionEngine™ Mobile Software Increases Accuracy and Usability of Groundbreaking VENTURI Augmented Reality Platform -

- Freespace®-enabled VENTURI Applications to be Demonstrated on ST-Ericsson’s NovaThor™ Platform at Mobile World Congress, February 25-28 in Barcelona -

Rockville, MD and Barcelona, Spain – February 21, 2013 – Hillcrest Labs today announced the integration of its Freespace® MotionEngine™ Mobile motion control software with the VENTURI project, the scientific project developing a next-generation augmented reality (AR) paradigm. MotionEngine Mobile’s responsive and precise motion control enhances the VENTURI user experience with smoother images, quicker response, and more accurate motion tracking.

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Smart TV Remote Control Provides In-Air Pointing Using Hillcrest’s Freespace^® MotionEngine^™ Lite Software and Bluetooth^® Low Energy RF Technology

Las Vegas, NV; Rockville, MD; and Chula Vista, CA – January 9, 2013 – To meet the growing need for cost effective, power efficient pointing in Smart TVs, set-top boxes, streaming media players, and PCs, SMK Electronics and Hillcrest Labs have teamed up to create a new consumer remote control solution. The new remote, to be manufactured and marketed by SMK Electronics, enables in-air pointing and cursor control by combining Hillcrest’s Freespace^® MotionEngine^™ Lite software with Bluetooth^® low energy RF technology in Hillcrest Labs’ award-winning Scoop^™ pointer. The remote uses Bluetooth low energy wireless connectivity technology from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI).

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CSR8510™ and CSR1011™ combined for turnkey solution, reducing time to market for new, cutting-edge remote controls for TVs and Set Top Boxes

INTERNATIONAL CES 2013, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA – 7 January 2013–           CSR plc (LSE: CSR; NASDAQ: CSRE) today announced the availability of new Evaluation and Development Kits for makers of the newest generation of Smart Remotes for TVs and Set Top Boxes (STBs).  The kits will enable the development of the first Voice Command enabled Bluetooth® low energy remote controls as well as a low power, robust link for motion pointing and gesture capabilities. And, in collaboration with Hillcrest Labs, CSR has created its solution to work seamlessly with Hillcrest’s Freespace® MotionEngine™ software, which has become the standard for motion control in consumer electronic devices around the world.

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Combines MEMS gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer with Freespace MotionEngine™ software and a single 32-bit MCU

Enables precise motion control in wearable computing and HMDs for augmented reality, virtual reality, military simulation, and many other applications

Rockville, MD – November 8, 2012 – Hillcrest Labs, a market leader in multiplatform motion software and products, today announced the newest addition to its family of Freespace^® Sensor Modules: the FSM-9, a fully-integrated 9-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU). The FSM-9 is a turnkey solution that combines MEMS sensor hardware with Hillcrest’s Freespace MotionEngine^™Universal sensor fusion software and a 32-bit microcontroller (MCU) in a compact surface-mount package. The FSM-9 is designed to enable fast development of high quality motion controlled products.

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Gaithersburg Awards Ceremony Attracts Business Executives from across Maryland

Gaithersburg, Md. – The Gazette of Politics and Business released its list of the 53 top businesses and organizations in the State of Maryland. The program, produced by The Gazette P&B, acknowledges the top 53 businesses and organizations in Maryland based on criteria that included the recipient company’s noteworthy product or service innovations, community service efforts, and how the companies portrayed themselves as “good places to work.”

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First 8-bit MCU compatible MotionEngine software available today for Texas Instruments ZigBee® RF4CE and Bluetooth® low energy solutions

Rockville, MD – August 28, 2012 – Hillcrest Labs, a market leader in multiplatform motion software and products, today unveiled a new addition to its award-winning Freespace® MotionEngine™ software family: Freespace MotionEngine Lite. MotionEngine Lite provides high performance, in-air cursor control on 8-bit processors commonly found on remote controls, with lower costs and simpler integration than typical Smart TV motion control implementations. Hillcrest’s Freespace MotionEngine Lite software is available today for Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) ZigBee® RF4CE (Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics) and Bluetooth® low energy solutions.

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Hillcrest’s Freespace® MotionEngine™ Used in TCL’s First Domestic Android-Based Smart TVs and Motion Sensing Remotes

Rockville, MD – May 23, 2012 – Hillcrest Labs today announced that TCL Multimedia (“TCL”), one of China’s leading TV and consumer electronics brands, is using Hillcrest’s patented Freespace® motion software for TCL’s Android™ -based Smart TVs, including its flagship V7500 Android 4.03 Smart TV, and motion sensing remotes. The Smart TV system will be available in China this month and in other markets later this year. TCL and Hillcrest have entered into a worldwide license agreement for TCL to use Hillcrest’s Freespace in-air pointing and motion control solution in current and future products.

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- Enables Developers to Innovate and Create New TV Browsers and Applications –

- Works Seamlessly with Freespace® Devices for Better TV Browsing Experiences –

ROCKVILLE, MD – May 15, 2012 – Hillcrest Labs today announced that it has released the source code for the award-winning Kylo^® Web browser to the open source community for the first time. Kylo is a free, Mozilla-based TV browser uniquely designed to view online content on TVs connected to the internet.  When used with a Freespace pointer like Hillcrest’s award-winning Scoop, Kylo makes it easy to surf the Web, watch online video and play casual point-and-click internet games, whether in the living room, family room, bedroom or dorm room. It is compatible with the Mac OS^® and Windows^®.

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