Re: [projectvrm] Intel TV that watches the audience...

[Iain Henderson < >]

Yes, it took my wife about 10 seconds to come up with 10 reasons why such a 
TV or game gadget was a stupid idea.

The upside is that when things get this desperate building on the sell side, 
they have to start looking at the buy side soon….

Cheers

Iain


On 14 Feb 2013, at 20:54, Sean Bohan 
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 wrote:

> Cry.
> 
> Microsoft has applied/gotten a patent for the XBox Kinect in your living 
> room to count the number of people watching a pay-per-view video and shut 
> it off if the number exceeds the number of viewers on the license of the 
> video you are watching.
> 
> They are innovating the wrong way (away from the customer as opposed to 
> towards what the customer needs)
> 
> Sadly, gestures and voice are going to be the emerging interfaces in the 
> living room (see the TVs Samsung is rolling out, the LEAP, thew Kinect, 
> etc.) and these are the intended unintended consequences. 
> 
> No one wants better advertising and no one wants their devices ratting them 
> out
> 
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Iain Henderson 
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>  wrote:
> I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry at this innovation.
> 
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2278701/Big-Brother-TV-Intel-latest-firm-announce-box-spies-you.html
> 
> Best quote: 
> 
> Erik Huggers, vice-president of Intel Media, said the new service would 
> offer users a TV 'that is much more personal, that learns about you, that 
> actually cares about who you are.'
> 
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