The Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) and Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) today announced a cooperative agreement to define the next generation standard wireless display technology. VESA and the WiGig Alliance will share technology expertise and specifications to develop multi-gigabit wireless DisplayPort capabilities. A certification program for wireless DisplayPort products will be developed in parallel. The WiGig-VESA collaboration will deliver a wireless display capability with image quality and I/O experience equal to that of wired interfaces like HDMI.

“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. We are thrilled to begin defining the specification and certification program for wireless DisplayPort products.”

The new Wireless DisplayPort standard will support complete DisplayPort v1.2 feature set along with HDCP 2.0 copy protection and work on 60GHz WiGig technology. Specifications for wireless DisplayPort Standard will be published in early 2011, with devices supporting the new standard coming to the market by end of 2011.