Thursday, April 11, 2013

The new Xbox will try to "capture" TV - BBC News

Xbox game console next generation, which may provide Microsoft in May, will get a set-top box functions. This writes The Verge, citing sources familiar with the plans of the company. Thanks to a close partnership with Microsoft content providers, features a new console will be broader than that of Google TV.

to the new device has access to a television signal and could take “stream” media, it will require a constant connection to the Internet. CATV signal will be transmitted to the Xbox via HDMI. So, Microsoft will be able to impose its own interface on 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 learn to recognize the presence of several people in the room and watching the movements of their eyes. If one member of the audience will turn away from the screen, the prefix will stop broadcasting.

recent sale Mediaroom IPTV-platform company Ericsson is the fact that Microsoft wants to move away from the support software for set-top boxes and focus on entertainment features Xbox. In this case, Microsoft still holds a plan to release its own low-cost set-top box. As noted by The Verge, “Xbox TV” is unlikely to go before the end of the year.

According to recent reports, the company will show a new console on May 21. Announcement of the next-generation Xbox to a wider audience will be at E3 and the BUILD conference in June. The prefix can be sold in autumn 2013.

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