Saturday, April 13, 2013

New Xbox "acquire" the TV - News

Xbox game console next generation, which Microsoft will introduce in early May, will get a set-top box functions.

reports The Verge citing sources familiar with the intentions of the company. Thanks to a close partnership with Microsoft content providers, the ability to have the new consoles will be wider than that of Google TV.

to a new device has access to a television signal and could perceive the “stream” media, it would require a permanent connection to Internet. Cable TV signal will be transmitted to the Xbox via HDMI. So, Microsoft will be able to impose its own interface on top of the TV signal, or set-top box content.

This “TV” function is not limited to Xbox. According to the blog, contactless controller Kinect next generation learns to recognize the presence of several people in the room and observe the movement of their eyes. If one of the visitors will turn away from the screen, the prefix temporarily stop the broadcast.

recent implementation Mediaroom IPTV-platform company Ericsson is the fact that Microsoft is trying to move away from the support software for set-top boxes and fully focus on entertainment features Xbox . With all that Microsoft still holds a personal project to release a low-cost set-top box. We are told The Verge, “Xbox TV” unlikely to be released before the end of the year.

According to recent reports, the company will demonstrate the new console on May 21. Announcement of the next-generation Xbox to a wider audience will be at E3 and the BUILD conference in early June. Console will arrive in fall 2013 implementation.

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