Wireless DisplayPort Standard Now Part of WiGig Agenda

The IT industry seems to be especially bent on eliminating all traces of cables from the computing environment, or at least some of them, and the WiGig Alliance has now decided to even make DisplayPort wireless.

Those versed in such things will know that the DisplayPort standard is one that had been showing up on a variety of video cards.

Still, like the other types of connections, such as HDMI and DVI, it relies on a cable to actually be employed by monitors.

With technology slowly drifting into a so-called wireless age, however, the WiGig alliance decided to start working on the Wireless DisplayPort standard.

This should allow PCs, HDTVs, monitors and projectors to communicate with each other via a new type of multi-gigabit wireless connection.

The image quality and I/O performance will supposedly be equal to the one delivered by the existing wired interfaces.

No other information is known, however, not even a loose estimate for when the specification will be completed.

"As a high-quality content creator in Hollywood, it is exciting to see the innovative solutions being offered by advanced wireless technology to fulfill the ever-increasing demand for anywhere, anytime content consumption," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation.

“WiGig technology is a perfect match for DisplayPort since it provides the multi-gigabit bandwidth, packet architecture and bi-directional I/O capabilities needed to support the DisplayPort v1.2 feature set and beyond,” said Bruce Montag, VESA chairman.

“Wireless DisplayPort will enable new connectivity options in a wide range of devices, from lower-power handhelds to tablets, notebooks, monitors, projectors and HDTVs,” he added.

“We are thrilled to begin defining the specification and certification program for wireless DisplayPort products,” Montag went on to saying.

“With many proprietary wireless A/V technologies on the market, our vision is to standardize a wireless display interface, and we are excited to partner with VESA to extend multi-gigabit wireless functionality to DisplayPort technology,” said Dr. Ali Sadri, WiGig Alliance president and chairman.